Life Support

Mike Rubin is a paramedic and engineer who spent 18 years as a corporate manager and systems consultant before joining EMS in 1992. He rode with several 9-1-1 agencies in and around New York City, supervised Medical Control for Suffolk County, and served on the faculty of Stony Brook University until 2006, when he and his wife opted for the warmer climate of Tennessee. Mike then joined Opryland, Nashville's world-class entertainment complex, as a paramedic for six years. Mike has contributed more than 350 articles to EMS World, EMS1, and JEMS. He also created the EMS version of Trivial Pursuit and produced Down Time, a collection of rescue-oriented rock and pop tunes. Contact him at mgr22@prodigy.net.

IntroductionNews and Views


Lights, Camera, Lunacy!
Deconstructing Heroism
Informed Dissent
Goodness and Light
Past Imperfect
ACLS 2018
PALS 2018
Showing Up
Talking Back
The 800-Hour EMT
Stuck in Reverse
The Godfather’s Rules for EMS
The Safety Dance
I Get You, Babe
Good Manners, Bad Outcome
Happy Pongal!
Medics with Guns
Candle Power
Sharing the Burden
The EMS Book Club
Critical Care
Coach Class
Certification Experimentation
A Substance Problem
Desk Duty
Duty to React
Partners
How Much?
Death after Life
How to Tell a Good War Story
Legacy in the Dust
Anal Medics
Culture Club
Performance Anxiety
From a Distance
Socialized Medicine
No Meat Loaf for Lucy
MD Envy
The Narcan Monologues
I Protest
Head of the Class
Respecting the Game
A Night at the Opry
Without Substance
The Little Picture
Helping Hands
The Most Interesting Medic in the World
On Fallibility
Selective Service
Critical Thinking
EMS.O.S.
A Cry for Help
Hard to Believe
Letting the Days Go By
Practicing Medicine
Partners in Rhyme
Men at Work
Untitled
A Loyal Subject
Pack Mentality
Strong Work
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Essence of EMS
Lost in Translation
Sox Education
Seeing Is Believing
This Is a Test
Out of Service
Life after EMS
Spirituality in EMS


In Case You’re Interested . . .



Early Patient Assessment
The Low-Maintenance Employee
On the Money
Keeping the Scene Serene
A Hire Priority
The Write Stuff
Self-Employment
Enough Stuff
Negotiating EMS
Surviving Paramedic School

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index