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Ari Meisel

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Birth, and Everything Else

Jun 6

Birth, and Everything Else

Jun 6

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Baptism by Blood: My First Gunshot Call in Trenton

May 27

Baptism by Blood: My First Gunshot Call in Trenton

May 27

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The Night That Never Ended

Some EMS shifts end when you clock out. Some haunt you for days. But a shift like this one? It changes you. This city has a way of doing…

May 26

The Night That Never Ended

May 26

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“You Do It Once? F%*k No — You Do It Eighteen Times”

May 22

“You Do It Once? F%*k No — You Do It Eighteen Times”

May 22

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Sugar

After the hospital pronounced the jumper, we got cleaned up — wiped down the blood, restocked, shook the snow out of our jackets — and…

May 10

Sugar

May 10

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Christmas Eve

It was Christmas Eve, and the call came in as “unresponsive adult female.” Mid-30s. No further information.

May 10

Christmas Eve

May 10

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She Asked for the One with the Blue Eyes

It came in as a lift assist.

May 8

She Asked for the One with the Blue Eyes

May 8

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What He Didn’t Want to Say

The call came in just after midnight: young adult, allergic reaction, epinephrine administered. Stable, but requesting transport.

May 8

What He Didn’t Want to Say

May 8

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The Jump

The dispatch information was simple: 4-year-old child with a head injury on the side of the highway. There was no report of an accident, no…

May 8

The Jump

May 8

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The Wildest Night

May 5

The Wildest Night

May 5

Ari Meisel

Ari Meisel

Founder — Less Doing /The Replaceable Founder/ Overwhelmologist/Serial Entrepreneur / Ironman / Author / Inventor

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