Daniel McAtee
Ambulance Driver
Danny is a Paramedic and Pre-Hospital provider who has worked everything from busy metropolitan areas to extended stents into the third world providing both basic and advanced care. His wit and engaging writing style are well matched with is vast experience and lessons hard learned. He is a genuinely good man, a leader in his field, and exactly the guy you want in an emergency or at a party.
April 12, 2017
I turn [...] and say, “Something isn’t right. I don’t feel right.” She agrees; “Yea me too. Is it a full moon or something?” You’ve probably felt “that feeling;” the pre-diarrhea, vague rumble in your gut that lets you know something suuuuuper uncomfortable is about to pop off. “That feeling” doesn’t always come, but when it does, it’s always right.
March 29, 2017
I was sitting in the driver’s seat of my own ambulance when this story started to flood social media. Not that long ago, we would have heard about this story later that night – maybe the next day – and would’ve imagined how horrible it had been......We don’t get to imagine things anymore.
March 27, 2017
Then the pager goes off. Highland. OR 6. I kegel, pound the rest of the latte, and start the car. OR 6 is where the big stuff happens – the stuff you see on the news. Many very bad traumas go in and few come out.