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    Fort Collins, CO

    Greetings, My name is Greg (clearly), and I'm looking for info on ALS projects in the Fort Collins, CO or Cheyenne, WY area. I'm coming from an urban hospital-based ALS-only company in the Burlington/Camden area of New Jersey and would really like to continue to work in a high call-volume...
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    Hospital ORs suck!

    Sorry to hear that...my experience in school wasn't too much different. I think a contributing factor is that the OR staff doesn't have as much understanding of emergency medicine and as much appreciation for the technical skills we need to do our job as the ED staff has. I'd get looks from...
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    Your moniker-what's it mean?, why did you pick it?

    mine is a completely random selection of letters from the alphabet
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    Docs Report!!

    AFROTC...scholarship cadet so I am on contract with the USAF.
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    Anyone from NJ ?

    I am from New Jersey. Currently going to school in Philly though.
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    Arrest at doctors office/clinic

    That's almost word-for-word from an MVA i ran a while back.
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    I hate being played...

    How is fentanyl any different than morphine in relation to abdominal pain?
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    Quit smoking ideas

    I'm not sure if anybody else has heard of this, but my Grandfather recently told me about a cigarette company he bought stock in. The company is called Quest Cigarettes, and they try to help people stop smoking. There are three levels of cigarettes: low nicotine, extra-low nicotine, and zero...
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    Your First Call

    My first call as an EMT-B student was a febrile seizure, which was sad (I hate running calls on kids), but it was a huge learning experience. My first call as an EMT-P student was sepsis, but my second call was an attempted suicide. A physician took 76 vicodin pills and left a timed and...
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    Problems while taking the National Registry

    There is a lot of information about CBT on the NREMT Website- Computer Based Testing. - Videos (you can learn more about computer based testing, see step-by-step instructions for applying online, or tour a pearson-vue testing center if your heart so desires. - Frequently Asked...
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    Problems while taking the National Registry

    You click to go on to the next question, but instead of a question it'll show you a message that says you're done and your results will be online in the next few days.
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    Problems while taking the National Registry

    The National Registry test is not only on the computer, it's also computer adaptive. What this basically means is that not all questions are equal. Think of it in terms of "points". It starts you off on a medium-difficulty question and if you get that question correct, it will move you to a...
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    Number of People on the site

    I haven't posted yet because.......well, most of the reason I registered was so I could see which topics have new updates and such. I'm sure I'll become more active in the future, but it's nice to be able to lurk and gather a good idea of the atmosphere here before jumping in. I've witnessed...
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