Author: A.C. Brooke
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Mass Casualty Simulation
Mass Casualty Simulation Yesterday, as part of my role of Marketing Director at Lancaster EMS, I got to photograph a mass casualty simulation put on by the PA College of Health Sciences. Our EMT Academy students participated as patients while paramedic students were tasked with triaging and transporting patients, responding to the fictitious scenario—a truck…
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“I’ve Never Been To Iceland”: A Piece of Prose About Living with PTSD In Your 20s
Hey guys! Bit of a depressing prose I wrote last night but I wanted to share (trigger warning for mention of sexual assault). For a really long time I’ve wondered how to capture what life with PTSD is like, more specifically, how it feels to navigate in your 20s. Spoiler alert: it’s kind of rough!…
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Past the Patch: Finding Our Place In The World
Finding Our Place In The World SPOTLIGHTING DONOVAN AUGUST The world is a pretty big place, but for Donovan August, it didn’t always feel that way. “I went to a one-room Amish-Mennonite school that only went to the 8th grade and I homeschooled myself though high school.” Donovan, a non-binary transmasculine person, was raised in…
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Past the Patch: Back In the Driver’s Seat
Back In The Driver’s Seat SPOTLIGHTING JEREMY Off to the right of a short tree lined street tucked between two neighborhoods in Lititz, PA sits a small park: a place of the Earth carved out for people looking for peace and quiet. But the serene sounds of a humble stream and the soft sway of…
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Impromptu Closet Photoshoot
What do you do when it’s 10 pm on a Friday night with nowhere to be? Maybe do a photoshoot in a closet because why not? Thanks Karlee for always being my muse!
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Men: The Silent Survivors
“Paper Birds”: Caleb’s Story “The thing about men is, they’re silent survivors.” Five of us sat in a dimly lit basement. A space that had been empty just a few hours earlier was now crammed with wires and camera equipment. By default, it seems wherever a group of college kids gather, there’s bound to be a frothiness…
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Past the Patch: As Long As You’re Still Breathing
Read about Lynn Koller’s harrowing struggle with addiction and how motherhood and EMS fueled her recovery.
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Past the Patch: Motherhood In Emergency Medicine
Motherhood in Emergency Medicine SPOTLIGHTING LEANNE YAKE “I remember saying, ‘Okay I hear you. Now is the time to follow that dream.’” It was in the early hours of the morning when a vehicle with a bright red and royal blue logo painted on the side pulled up in front of the Yake household. Leanne…
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