“That beautiful season the summer! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Here in Colorado, July came with all the freshness of weddings, heat and afternoon thunderstorms. I took a short break to go to California and play best man at the wedding of a great friend. And then it was back in the EMS blogging saddle. We started with a discussion about eight tragic EMS behavior flaws to avoid and then I gave you 207 reasons to stay current on you continuing education . I explained why litter begets litter and then asked you to finish the sentence, “ Behind every great EMT… ” We ended off with a lively discussion about fire based EMS vs. private EMS which is still raging on. Bring the storm! Lot of great stuff on other peoples blogs as well. Basics Doc touched on the unspeakable moment when words just won’t come . (He also hasn’t posted since. Come back BD, we miss you.) Greg Friese asked, “ What would you do? ” (And I answered.) RevMedic asked about a patients medical history and got the best answer evar (sic). Firegeezer, Bill Schumm highlighted more hits to the public service world with a slew of layoffs on the dusty roster roundup . Jaramedic and MsParamedic joined forces for a very cool video project called Mutual Aid . MedicTHREE related the story of an elderly couple’s death that he found tragic yet sweet . EpiJunky rocked her National registry practical . The Happy Medic spoke of cookies and marriage and what he overheard in the firehouse

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