Who is cooler than Olivia Beauregard? Nobody, that’s  who! Thanks for making us proud Olivia, best wishes to you and your partner. http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170330/providence-firefighter-finishes-first-in-opening-round-of-amazing-race

Waiting for the government to “do something” leads to narcan gathering dust in parent’s medicine cabinets, increased costs for narcan to EMS agencies, kids ignoring adults and trying things for themselves and coffins being filled with people who didn’t get another chance. The calvary ain’t coming people. It’s up to those who are in the […]

  It is there, but I barely hear it: background music designed to put the shopper at this pet store at ease. “It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the usual crowd shuffles in …”   The crew is working hard, some stocking shelves, a few at the registers, two grooming dogs and cats and a […]

“What’s your name,” I asked him as we helped him down the stairs. He lost his concentration and nearly fell as the next performer sauntered past us. Thankfully, one of us was fully focused on the job at hand and caught him before he went down. We slowly made our way down from the upper […]

She sat in a dark apartment, with her coat on because it was freezing in there, two directors chairs that probably came from Wal-mart the only furniture in the place, other than a twin sized bed, without a headboard or sheets, but at least it was covered with a blanket in the tiny bedroom. She […]

…Society is filled with people suffering from emotional and psychological problems. Many of these folks lead productive lives once helped by remarkably effective treatments; therapy and medication produce tangible results in the mentally ill. Some patients have given up on treatment, choosing to make their own way in the world unimpeded by modern medicine. Most […]

A lady I know has had a tough month. Her son was struck by a car while walking in a snowstorm, broke several ribs, collapsed a lung and hit his head so hard he was knocked unconscious and ended up with a severe concussion. He was brought to the nearest hospital, stabilized and transported to […]

This blog is all about Rescuing Providence,  or more accurately rescuing the people who live, work and play here. But it is also my place. I come here when I need to sort things out, write a little and think a lot. I’m glad I had the opportunity  to do what I did for as […]

The fire started in the kitchen, he told me, his mother and aunt had been drinking, and forgot about the pan of oil on the stovetop. It ignited, then before they could put it out the stove caught fire. It was an oil stove, he said, before they had natural gas. He was in the […]

Engine company members need to understand that an attack on them by a combative patient is not personal. The patient likely is seeing threats in the form of shapes and sounds and is reacting on an instinctual level. Treating the situation as a problem to be solved rather than a fight to win helps reduce […]