The Travails of Brother Shotgun of Love and Mercy

I started this as a place to keep track of the reflective journal I was required to write for school, during the first two years of my paramedic degreeI'm now finishing off third year part time, and work for both Crown Casino (it's a World of Irritation) as a First Aid Officer and a number of different pre-hospital care and transport organisations. I also do volunteer work with St. John Ambulance Australia, and still somehow manage to have something resembling a life in between times. I don't have to write weekly entries to a set theme anymore, but I continue to write about my work. I think that the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are one of the places where the oral tradition of story-telling and learning from others' stories are kept alive, and this

For those of you who were wondering, usuakari is one of the dozen or so words in Japanese that can mean twilight. It's the first one I learned while studying Japanese at school and the one I like the sound of the best. It usually describes the quality of light, rather than the time of the day. Twilight remains my favourite time for many reasons, including the shades of the light.

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And because some of this is work related stuff, what I write is personal thoughts and opinions only, and does not represent any official policy or communication from any of my employers. So there.






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