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54Beautiful Boise
I've lived in the Boise area for much of my life. Growing up there, I had little interest, wanting only to move far, far away. I saw Boise as a hick town full of hick people. Then, on graduation, I moved...
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60Adventures in EMS: Slowly Dying
There are many tragedies to encounter in EMS. This weekend alone two terrible events took place in the districts I work in; my friends and family were EMT’s for them. In one, a young man crashed his...
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55Wedding: From the MOH
For the uninitiated, MOH stands for Maid of Honor. A little tidbit of information I did not know a few sometimes short and sometimes long months ago. For many women, the wedding is the pinnacle of...
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64This Family Thing
I should have known as soon as I heard about my friends' marriage. Undoubtedly it began before that, but it was my first concrete evidence. Every wedding of every friend before, I had privately greeted...
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65Adventures in EMS: Close to Home
I have always had a certain kind of contempt for drunk drivers. To me it was a high ranking crime. Partly because of the act itself being so deplorable, but also because, in my job, I see the gory...
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62Semantics in Relationships
Perhaps we can call this a rant rather than an article. But it has been on my mind a long time and writing has long been a vent for frustrations. It starts with my rather patchy social...
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71How To Visit A Doctor
1--I am not a doctor. No comment within should be taken as doctor's advice or substitution for medical treatment. 2--This article is intended as a tutorial on how to utilize a doctors visit. It does not...
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70Adventures In EMS
People in EMS are crazy. It is a pre-requisite of the job. If you are not crazy going in, you will either be turned or foisted out by your own sanity. We are among the crudest of folks as well as some...
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70A Beginner's Journey To Becoming An Accomplished Backpacker
August 13, 2008. My 24th birthday. I had been in college for six years and was looking at another one ahead of me. I had spent my entire life in academia and felt I hadn't learnt anything of value. So I...
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69Adventures In EMS: Sim Lab
Half of EMS is training and practice. So while half of the medical supply industry is products, the other is training tools. One of the coolest training tools to come out is the Simulation Manikin,...
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