Hal Newman
La version française succède à l'anglais. Back on the very first day of The Last Ambulance project, I was asked how we arrived at this point - where the critical shortage of paramedics continues to worsen. 347 days later, here's my answer. Paramedic shortages are inexorably
Hal Newman
Everything you see on TV is a firefighter. You always see, and I've had this argument with photographers for newspapers, you always see when the firefighters are running with the kid, but they never take the photo of who they're handing the kid over to -- there's never a hand-off picture. Ever...
Hal Newman
Code 99, Code Blue or just Code. Shorthand for cardiac arrest. An absence of life signs. No respirations. No pulse. Seldom as simple or as clean as the previous description. Often comes as a surprise to both the patient and the other people at the scene...