I’m Guy Robin. More than a decade on the rig. I came in for the calls you tell stories about. I stayed for the ones you don’t.
Why this exists
Here is what kept bothering me. I’d hand a patient off at the ER, walk back out to the rig, and never find out what happened next. The nurse who took the report stood twenty feet away. We didn’t speak.
That happens constantly between people treating the same patient an hour apart. CODE IV is a small attempt to close that gap. One briefing. EMS reads it. Nurses read it. Both sides get to see what the other one is carrying.
The chain doesn’t stop at EMS and nursing. Fire crews, dispatchers, ER techs, flight medics, RTs. Anyone working the front of an emergency reads it for the same reason: same patient, different angle, same operational pressure.
What you get on Tuesday
One email. Five sections. Around five minutes to read.
Clinical
Protocol changes, drug shortages, and lab values that just shifted.
News
What changed this week that directly touches your shift.
Career & Pay
Travel rates, union movement, and compensation reality by market.
Burnout & Help
Support resources and honest stories from people still on duty.
Gear
Field-tested buying notes: worth it, or leave it on the shelf.