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Ms. Klopsis is an emergency medical technician on an ambulance in Brooklyn, New York. She writes about her experiences for the New York Sun.

Here are links to her tales.

Struck Sick by Sadness
March 5, 2007

Lighting Shop Blackout
February 26, 2007

Breaking Barriers
February 12, 2007

On Day Off, A Crisis
February 5, 2007

A Love Poisoned
January 29, 2007

Far From Home: A Hard Fall
January 22, 2007

A Sick Baby Brings Worry to All
January 15, 2007

A Death As Another Day in Life
January 8, 2007

A Cultured Cokehead
December 18, 2006

An Army Of One
December 4, 2006

Major Burn And Island Dreams
November 27, 2006

An Artist Of Horror
November 20, 2006

Parenthood Traumas
Before I can turn the page, we get a call to back up medics for a 19-year-old in cardiac arrest. "I don't buy it," I say. Genuine cardiac arrests are rare in the young.
http://www.nysun.com/article/43349

Raisinettes And Roaches
The apartment is crawling with cockroaches: on the couch, on the walls, on the floor. I break out in a fine sweat and am rooted to the floor, frozen.
http://www.nysun.com/article/41620 

Living Large
"You win a Ford Taurus," I say, monotone. I've been listening to Bronson recite medic protocols for months now, both verbatim as well as simplified for me, and am getting sick of it.
http://www.nysun.com/article/41171

Explosive Situation - October 2, 2006
It sounds so 1970s-ish, so "Dog Day Afternoon."
http://www.nysun.com/article/40739

Innocence Lost - September 25, 2006
It's an overtime shift, and I'm working with Garrett, a 22-year-old who just started working as an EMT a month ago.
http://www.nysun.com/article/40228

A Park Slope Shooting Gallery - September 18, 2006
The only furniture is the bare mattresses on the concrete floor. "Welcome to the Ritz," Bronson mutters.
http://www.nysun.com/article/39833


The Sad Progress Of Disease - September 11, 2006
Bronson and I get a call for a "sick" in a third-floor apartment on Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. En route, we drive past one edge of Greenwood Cemetery.
http://www.nysun.com/article/39422

 

 

Mar 5, 2007
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