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  1. ride2k

    Meret Bags

    CodeBru - I am looking for something small. I'm looking at that Meret bag I posted on Amazon and it's cheaper so I might do that. I want to only bring two smaller bags with me to work... gear bag, and a lunch box. With one big bag, I feel like I lose everything at the bottom. DesertEMT - It is...
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    Meret Bags

    I keep trauma sheers, cell phone, gloves, and pen on me. In my bag I would like to have b/p cuff, stethoscope, pulse oximeter, extra gloves, notepad, roll of tape, 4x4s, maybe a kerlix, pen light, set of oral airways if I get ahold of some, and some NPAs. Oh yea, and CPR mask. That covers the...
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    Meret Bags

    Anyone ever used a Meret bag? Specifically this one... http://www.meretusa.com/product.php?product_id=334 ? Thinking of buying it to tote my most used personal gear on the ambulance. It looks like a small compact bag, so I don't plan on stocking it with everything. Just a nice small addition to...
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    Schedules

    As far as schedules go in EMS, I've seen companies with all sorts of shifts... 9-5, rotating schedules. The city I live in and where I would hope to get a job upon the completion of my EMT class would have me working a 2 week rotating schedule. So it would be as follows: Work Schedule...
  5. ride2k

    I'm Back

    I took a bit of a hiatus from EMS. I never re-certified my CT state EMT-B cert (I was a couple months shy of 18 at the time), moved to KY for school (among other things), and now I'm back a few years later to hopefully take another class starting this month. I applied a bit late and faxed my...
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    EMS Boots

    I am looking for some steel toed boots. I find that my pink painted-on converse don't look the greatest with EMS pants. :P Does anyone know the best place to find some good boots? Specifically for women?
  7. ride2k

    NEW EMS Saftey Product

    Interesting new idea. In my area we don't have to worry about things like that, beause we really don't have any appartments or buildings like that. But I visited your website, and it looks like a pretty cool product.
  8. ride2k

    Hey, you and I are the same age/have the same birthday.

    Hey, you and I are the same age/have the same birthday.
  9. ride2k

    Duty to act.

    Also it is volunteer.
  10. ride2k

    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    It was around 110-115 and I passed. Wished I had payed attention to the exact number, and I wish they sent the exact scores when you pass!
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    Not getting an avatar up.

    Okay! Thank you. Actually when I was reading that PM I saw the user thing.
  12. ride2k

    Duty to act.

    Thanks for the input. I mean, this whole stuation happened almost two years ago. The feelings of animosity were not quite mutual. And no, I do not need anger management. It was a unique situation.
  13. ride2k

    Not getting an avatar up.

    Where do you even go to put up an avatar? I cannot find it! What is my problem?
  14. ride2k

    Lifting fat people - I'm not pulling with "all my might"????

    I would deffinately have called for a nurse or someone else to help. You don't want to hurt yourself or the patient. Was the patient able to reposition herself? What happened?
  15. ride2k

    Funniest thing to ever happen to you?

    I was riding along with the ambulance before I got my EMT. All morning I was complaining I needed a belt, and we were finally headed to my house in the ambulance to pick one up. On the way we got a call on the highway and I was bending down to get the plastic wrapper from the c-collar. Well my...
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    Duty to act.

    So earlier today I was thinking about something. Maybe I am overthinking it, but I had a question... so I figured I would post it here. So about 2 years ago, before I got into EMS, there was a fight between my dad and his ex-wife (my former step-mom). And not caused by my dad, but as a...
  17. ride2k

    This Scenario Caught Me Off Guard

    We did a scenario in class to emphasize scene saftey one evening. Our instructor had us all go outside without us knowing what was going on. We all stood outside, confused as all hell. The she had us form a line in front of the entrance. One by one she let us in. We had no instruction on...
  18. ride2k

    Reflective Vests on the Highway - 23 CFR 634

    We JUST got them and now it is required that they be used on the highway. The reflectors on our firegear though are better than those on the vests, but we still need to wear them.
  19. ride2k

    Passed!

    Haha, yes I checked daily too. It was about a week until my actualy certification number up online. But I learned when I passed a few days later via email. I actually got my letter saying I passed today. So even though the wait seemed long, I'm glad I didn't have to wait months. The way they...
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    Passed!

    Thanks. I just looked on the website (for CT) and they say "The file is updated each business day. The information provided on this web page is the same information that this office would provide in response to written or verbal requests for verification." But it also says that the last...
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