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Paramedic Sophie

Co-Founder of Life and Sirens Podcast
🚑Speaker, Educator, & EMS Advocate🚁
💌P.O. Box 1137 Murfreesboro, TN 37133
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21/07/2025

Yeah I wore denim in this heat… I’m unsure why.

19/07/2025

Laminated and ready for the chaos!

I keep this crash form on the truck and use wet erase markers to capture all the critical info fast.

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It’s a game changer on chaotic scenes—everything important in one place!

Snag this printable and laminate it for multi-use or print off a stash of them so you’re ready to roll on that next highly involved call!

17/07/2025

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15/07/2025

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15/07/2025

Sharpen the Steel: The Use It or Lose It Mentality in EMS and Beyond

In EMS, the stakes are too high for knowledge to get dusty. We’ve all heard the phrase “use it or lose it”—but in medicine, it’s not just a saying. It’s a warning.

Skills fade. Knowledge gets rusty. Protocols evolve. If you’re not studying, you’re slipping.

In the early days of training, we obsess over vitals, drug dosages, anatomy, and pathophysiology. But once we’re certified, it’s tempting to think we’ve “made it.” The patch is on your sleeve, the shift schedule is full, and the books are shoved to the back of a shelf. That’s when the decay begins.

Your brain is a tool. You have to keep sharpening it.

Whether you’re running 911 calls or flying interfacility, your patients deserve someone who doesn’t have to guess the RSI med dose or hope their 12-lead interpretation is right. It’s not about memorizing obscure facts—it’s about maintaining clinical readiness.

Study isn’t punishment. It’s protection.
• Re-read your protocols.
• Run scenarios with your crew.
• Watch a webinar. Listen to a podcast.
• Quiz yourself on meds you don’t give often.
• Ask yourself: “If I saw this today, would I be confident—or just lucky?”

Even if you haven’t used a skill in months, practicing keeps it from becoming a liability. Whether it’s needle decompression, OB delivery, or a tricky sedation protocol—you don’t want your first time in a while to be on a real patient.

We’re professionals. That means we don’t just work—we train.

EMS is evolving fast. What you learned five years ago might not be best practice today. What you never thought you’d need might be on your next call. If you stay curious, you stay ready.

So pick up the book. Take the course. Watch the video. Ask the question. There’s no shame in refreshing what you know—only in pretending you don’t need to.

Because in this line of work, the phrase “I used to know that” is never good enough.

14/07/2025

Life and Sirens Podcast

13/07/2025

🫀Cardiac Biomarkers 101 – Know Your Peaks!

review the big 3 markers for cardiac events: Troponin, Myoglobin, and CK-MB.

⏱️ Timing matters—onset and peak can guide your care and conversations in the field and at the bedside.

And don’t forget those heart failure levels—BNP tells the story when the heart’s struggling.

13/07/2025

MAP dropped? Push-dose activated.
The holy trinity of emergency pressors —
💉 Epi for the bradycrash
💉 Neo for the tachytank
💉 Levo for the sepsis spiral
Because guessing isn’t a treatment plan.

NOTE: Dosing may vary!

12/07/2025

EMS & Kids: The Treasure Box Hack 🩺🚑Set up your entire ambulance treasure chest for just $35—and we’ve got overstock to keep it full! Making scary moments ...

12/07/2025

There are days in EMS that feel like chaos wrapped in more chaos. Days where the shift starts with coffee and ends in blood, heartbreak, or just sheer exhaustion. And yet—I keep showing up. Not because I have to. But because I love this job.

I love EMS because it’s real.
There’s no fluff. No filters. Just you, your partner, and a patient who needs help. It strips life down to the essentials—airway, breathing, circulation, and humanity. You see people on their worst day, and somehow, you’re the steady voice in the disaster. That’s not something everyone gets to do.

I love EMS because of the moments that no one else sees.
The quiet hand you hold in the back of the truck. The elderly patient who says, “I’m scared,” and you make them feel safe again. The little kid who stops crying when you hand them a stuffed animal or make a silly face. It’s not always the dramatic saves. Sometimes, it’s the tiny victories that remind you why this matters.

I love EMS because of the people.
My coworkers are family—the kind forged in stress, sweat, and shared trauma. We laugh until we cry and sometimes cry until we laugh. EMS doesn’t attract average people; it attracts those wild enough to run into the chaos and smart enough to make sense of it. And somewhere in that adrenaline-fueled mess, we find each other.

I love EMS because I’ve grown in it.
It taught me leadership, resilience, empathy, and how to think fast on my feet. I’ve had to make calls that scared me, comfort families in grief, and speak up when things didn’t feel right. EMS doesn’t just shape the way I work—it’s shaped who I am.

Most of all, I love EMS because it gives my life meaning.
This job hurts sometimes. It asks a lot. But when I look back, I know I made a difference. Even if it was just for one person, one night, one moment—that’s enough.

Because when the tones drop, and we roll out with the lights reflecting in the windshield, I know I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.

11/07/2025

🚑🍌 This Job Is BANANAS… So Here’s a Little Relief! 🍌🚑
If you’ve found a banana stress ball in your ambulance—surprise! It’s from me. 💛

EMS is a wild ride—full of chaos, compassion, caffeine, and sometimes… total madness. That’s why im gonna start dropping these little banana stress balls in random ambulances across my region. Why?
Because this job is bananas, and sometimes we all just need a silly little reminder to squeeze, breathe, and keep going.
✨ If you’re stressed, it’s okay.
✨ And if you’re still showing up and giving your all—thank you.

Tag me if you find one, and keep up the good work out there. 🍌💪

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