Birth, and Everything Else

There’s something we almost never talk about in EMS — not because it’s rare, but because it doesn’t match the rest of what we see. It doesn’t belong in the same category as cardiac arrests, stabbings, overdoses, trauma codes. It’s too… sacred. Too fr...

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Jun 06, 2025
LIFO Leadership: When Founders Become the Bottleneck

LIFO Leadership: The Bottleneck of ExcitabilityIn accounting, LIFO stands for Last In, First Out. The last item added is the first one acted on.In leadership—especially entrepreneurial leadership—it shows up like this:A founder has an idea in the sho...

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May 29, 2025
Baptism by Blood: My First Gunshot Call in Trenton

Trenton isn’t just rough — it’s a battleground. The city pulses with tension, like a live wire stretched too tight. The houses lean with age, windows dark and hollow, like eyes that have seen too much. It’s the only place I’ve ever worked where you w...

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May 27, 2025
The Night That Never Ended

Some EMS shifts end when you clock out. Some haunt you for days. But a shift like this one? It changes you. This city has a way of doing that.I’ve worked in quiet rural systems where a whole week might pass without a single call. I’ve worked in busy...

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May 26, 2025
The Asynchronous Advantage + Big News for Less Doing Labs

Hey everyone,This week, I want to talk about something that’s been a cornerstone of the Less Doing philosophy: asynchronous communication—and I’ve got a big announcement too.The Asynchronous Advantage: Redefining How We Work and LiveWe live in a worl...

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May 14, 2025
Sugar

After the hospital pronounced the jumper, we got cleaned up — wiped down the blood, restocked, shook the snow out of our jackets — and went back in service.It didn’t take long.Within minutes, dispatch sent us another call. “Sick person.” Woman in her...

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May 10, 2025
Christmas Eve

It was Christmas Eve, and the call came in as “unresponsive adult female.” Mid-30s. No further information.I arrived first. The house was large, quiet, and meticulously decorated. A couple met me at the door — polite, composed, maybe in their sixties...

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May 10, 2025
She Asked for the One with the Blue Eyes

It came in as a lift assist.That’s one of those calls we almost don’t talk about. A person has fallen — usually older, usually unharmed — and needs help getting up. It’s the EMS equivalent of a courtesy call. No sirens. No adrenaline. No chart, if yo...

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May 08, 2025
What He Didn’t Want to Say

The call came in just after midnight: young adult, allergic reaction, epinephrine administered. Stable, but requesting transport.We pulled up to a health clinic just off campus. That kind of setting always lands somewhere between clinical and collegi...

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May 08, 2025
The Jump

The dispatch information was simple: 4-year-old child with a head injury on the side of the highway. There was no report of an accident, no explanation offered as to what took place, just “head injury on the side of a highway."There’s a specific kind...

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May 08, 2025
The Wildest Night

December 16, 2020The storm had already started when FDNY activated Central Park Medical Unit under Mutual Aid. That night, I was riding with Megan, a seasoned EMT, and Dylan, who was just seventeen and already sharper than most adults I knew. We were...

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May 05, 2025