Keith Klinger News Today

On May 22, 1958, a series of oil spills and explosions ignited the Hancock Oil Refinery in Signal Hill, burning for two days and sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air. Writer D.J. Waldie, who was 9-years-old at the time of the fires, recalls the explosive event.

No one’s sure whether it was humorist Will Rogers or author Oscar Wilde, but both are credited with saying, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” Whether it is a first date, a job interview, or your encounter with a patient on an EMS run, this is certainly true. I believe that as an EMS provider, you have 60 seconds or less to make a good, professional initial impression on each new patient and scene—and in most cases those 60 seconds will determine how well t...