Shooter Self Care in Fort Worth
For you gunnie types, I’ll be teaching a Shooter Self Care course at Elk Castle Shooting Sports in Fort Worth on October 30, sponsored by our friends at Among The Leaves. Get the details here at Among The Leaves. See you in Fort Worth! (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 7, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Shooter Self Care Source Type: blogs

Here There Be Dragons
Evil struck again yesterday. Some loser desperate for his own Wikipedia page shot a bunch of innocent students at Umpqua Community College yesterday, before being smoked (but not soon enough) by the local constabulary. I’m not going to editorialize. I will never mention the name of the shooter – or any mass shooter – publicly. ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 2, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

For You EMS and Airway Types…
Gene Gandy, Jason Kodat and I have a new article in EMS World Magazine. Applying the pit crew approach to RSI/DSI. Enjoy. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: airway management EMS World Magazine Source Type: blogs

Settling Up
A few weeks back, I offered a humiliating kilted photo for anyone who donated $50 or more to Team Ambulance Driver for Kilted to Kick Cancer. Well, my Inside EMS co-host Chris Cebollero donated $100, so he gets a little something extra: (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Inside EMS Kilted to Kick Cancer Podcasting Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015: The Charlie’s Angels
I said I’d do it if enough people donated, and you did. So feast your eyes on the awesomeness, courtesy of my homeboy Mark Oribello. That photo is now my Facebook cover photo until the end of the year. Thanks to all of you who supported Team Ambulance Driver, and made this a record-setting year ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015: The Fog of War
As usual, the last 24 hours of the Kilted to Kick Cancer Fundraising Challenge are hot and heavy. Team Dragon pulled into the lead just a few short hours ago, with Team HBC Concealment less than $100 behind, with rumors of a big dump of raffle money into their campaign later today. Team Ambulance Driver ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 30, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs

Where’s Ambulance Driver? Fall Edition.
If you’re EMS folks in southeast Colorado, southwest Kansas or northwest Oklahoma, I’ll be giving a full day of talks at the Southeast Colorado Hospital in Springfield on Thursday, October 8. Talk to the EMS Coordinator if you’re interested in attending. Colorado EMS continuing education credits will be awarded. In November, I’ll be at the ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 28, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS Conferences EMS Education Go Team Me! Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015: The Kelly
No, this Kelly. We’ve got less than 48 hours to go in the KTKC 2015 Fundraising Challenge, and the tally stands at $19,044 as of 0900 CST on September 28. Team Dragon is less than $100 behind Team HBC Concealment in the battle for 1st Place, and Team Lonely Mountain has edged ahead of me ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 28, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015: The Jill
Okay, here’s the second Charlie’s Angels pose. Feast your eyes on the awesomeness: I’ve been stuck in 3rd place with $1,050 for three days now. Will no one  push me forward to $1,100 and beyond? Come on, my legion of flying monkeys! Team Ambulance Driver for the win! The KTKC 2015 Fundraising Challenge total stands ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 27, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015: The Full Sabrina
Okay, you guys asked for it, you got it. I promised a Charlie’s Angels pose for every $50 donation, and if you got me to $750 in 48 hours, I’d Photoshop them all together into one image and make that my Facebook profile image for the rest of the year. So here’s the first one: ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer #noshame Source Type: blogs

Kilted Sporting Clays
Today, I went kilted to an informal sporting clays tournament as a fundraiser for local LA Representative Dorothy Sue Hill. My goals were simple: don’t suck, and finish in the top half of shooters. I accomplished both goals. I didn’t suck, but I didn’t cover myself in glory, either. Made some stupid mental errors, and ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Shooting Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015 Fundraiser Spotlight: Team Unwired Medic
Five days left in the fundraising challenge, and our total is $13,874 as of 2300 CST on September 25. The top four fundraisers are unchanged, although Team Dragon is nipping hard on the heels of Team HBC Concealment, in 2nd place by only $261. Team Ambulance Driver is still in 3rd place at $1050, with ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs

Inside EMS Podcast: Bad Partners Edition
In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss difficult partners. Some are toxic, some are merely the result of miscommunication, and others are simply incompatible personality types. Give us a listen and weigh in with your thoughts. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Inside EMS Podcasting Source Type: blogs

KTKC Fundraiser Spotlight: Team Hast
Michael and Jennifer Hast have been supporters of Kilted to Kick Cancer from the very beginning. Evyl Robot donated some of his custom holsters for the 2011 campaign as well as participated as a fundraiser, and in 2012 was the second place fundraiser with $2,263 raised, beating out Stingray by a mere three dollars in ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 24, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs

KTKC 2015 Fundraising Challenge: The Underdog Edition
We’ve got six days to go in our 2015 Fundraising Challenge, and as of 12:49 PM CST on September 24, our total stands at $11,885. I’ll be doing these posts daily from here on out, and I’d like to spotlight some of our Kilted Fundraisers who have taken the challenge, kilted up, and spread the ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 24, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Source Type: blogs