Andy Anderson is a former Firefighter & First Responder for Suqualena VFD, Paramedic with Metro Ambulance, former part-time SWAT Medic with DPS backing up MBN & MHP. He currently works as a part-time Deputy with Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department’s SWAT Team, ER Physician at a Level I Trauma Center, Medical Director for Central Mississippi EMS District, and Medical Director for Hinds CC Paramedic program. He also teaches firearms classes at Boondocks Firearms Training Academy.

By Andy Anderson

When I was a paramedic, the schedule was grueling yet predictable: 24 hours on, 48 hours off, rotating through A, B, and C shifts.

In our town, there were three hospitals, and each shift had an assigned destination for patients who couldn’t choose—whether due to altered mental status or simply

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