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Mike McEvoy's Blog – August 2016 Archive (1)

EMS Wake-Up Call

The mother of a 13-year-old girl gave me a wake-up call several weeks ago. After her daughter overdosed on heroin, her husband rushed home from work following a panic-stricken call. On the way, he passed an ambulance idling on a roadway several blocks from their home. That same ambulance later arrived to provide care but only after law enforcement appeared on scene. I knew exactly what the ambulance was doing--staging until the scene was safe. Trying to explain this protocol to the…

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