Lights & sirens: the education of a paramedic

1. Classroom. January: Day one

January: Week one

January: BSI, scene safe

February: First IVs and pharmacology

February: The best way out is through

March: Struggling to stay afloat

April: Classroom finals

2. Clinical rotations. May: The eyes and ears of the ER

May: Delivering babies and a do-not-resuscitate order

June: In limbo

3. Field internship. July: Field internship begins

July: Baptism by fire

July: All eyes on me

August: A black cloud

August: Trial and initiation

September: Becoming a street-smart paramedic

September: Radio reports

September: Graduation.