Ted Flanagan
Cognoscenti contributor
Ted Flanagan is a writer and paramedic from central Massachusetts.
Recently published
What It's Like To Be A Paramedic During A Pandemic
Many people who work in emergency medicine say this is the most challenging moment in their professional lives. Today, in our ongoing series of dispatches from the front lines, we...
As Paramedics, We Know What's Coming. We Just Don't Know When
Coronavirus is infiltrating central Massachusetts in fits and starts. But the math is clear. The line will not hold, writes Ted Flanagan.
They came in 104th out of 104 teams. And they won big
In the hills outside of Cooperstown, New York, 11 boys reminded Ted Flanagan that there is still joy to be had in picking up the lance and jousting at windmills....
'Go Set A Watchman' And The Reader's Dilemma
Will reading "Go Set A Watchman" forever change the way we read "To Kill A Mockingbird"? Should we read it, anyway?
In A Darkened House, A Disaster Without A Cure
We have plans for pandemic flu, tornadoes and Ebola. But for the increasing numbers of dementia patients who find their way into my ambulance each month … Nothing.
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The Power To Reverse An Overdose, The Powerlessness To Prevent The Next One
Heroin addicts most sadden me because I see in so many of them the lives they might have had, and because I understand less than ever why they would trade...