Oh, How Time Flies!

Yesterday, December 3, was a major milestone in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) history in Ontario.

Two friends of mine, Dave Mokedanz and Ed McDiarmid, (along with yours truly) became the first Paramedics in the history of Ontario to have been certified as Advanced Care Paramedics for 30 years.

One other person, another friend of mine named John Wultchyn, has been certified as an Advanced Care Paramedic and as a Critical Care Flight Paramedic for an equally long time.

I counted the number of certificates on my wall the other day and came to a total of 43. This does not include the "lesser" mandatory certificates.

I have been with EMS for over 35 years now (yes, I still love it) and I am very proud of the people I work with and for.

In the posted photo (taken in 1980): right to left (Dave Mokedanz, Ed McDiarmid, Jon Newman and the cute one on the left is me) Dave Ed and I are still working and Jon moved on to get into some serious medical research.

The blue & white truck on top is just like the one I started in.

How times flies.
Good times.