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Looking cool was more of a joke but for some reason others took it like it is the main reason I cot surf. I provide the best care possible and is why I've actually had patients call into my work to thank me (even with a paramedic). I work hard and learn everything I can possible (it's why I'm...

True, but I'm not jumping on some bloody stabbing victim or someone who looks like they eat MRSA for breakfast. I found it easier to ride the side of a gurney than hop on top of some 300lb fat guy who is already falling off the sides of the stretcher. But that's just me, you do what you like.

I had a black partner who was accused of being racist from a black patient. Weird thing was, that the patient was cool with me.

My first day in the field during EMT school. Patient knocks on our door at about 10am (how she found the station, I have no clue) and her tongue is swollen to hell in her mouth. We get into the truck and I went to start an IV (my very first). I put the tourniquet on and the patient says to me...

I guess that is the simple way to put it. I did it once in EMT school and some fellow students saw me coming in. They said it looked cool which is what I like the most about it.

They aren't, but I had to do it with a patient going into the ER. I was on the left side of the stretcher (being I'm right handed) and held on to the right rail with my left arm, put my feet on the bottom stretcher rail, did chest compressions with my right arm, and rode into the ER all the way...

There is a new smart-phone thingy that a doctor developed that can take an ECG and then send it to a doctor. If they add a defibulater on top of wikipedia, then we'll all be out of a job. Cell phone is the best piece of equipment. Now if you plan on going camping or rafting with some...

I Agree if it is just an EMT and a Medic (or even a medic and medic). If you have other people available (wether a cop, FF, student. or joe schmoe) to do chest compressions, it seems reasonable for a medic to work on the drugs and eletrical therapy, while the EMT secures an airway. Any...

Has anyone ever had a medic use a combitube? I had a medic once who used it on a full code. I went for the intubatin kit but he told me to get the combitube.

The worst people I struggle working with are other EMTs who feel that being an EMT is beneath them and that they really should be a paramedic with the scope of practice of an intensivist. Those people drive me nuts, and are often the ones who freak out when their BLS patient suddenly goes ALS...

Wow, amazing! Now this long pre-hospital CPR is something I thought about on a flight I was on yesterday. What if someone had a heart attack on a flight? Now my flight was short and if someone did, it wouldn't be a big deal because we could be at many airports in a short amount of time...

I'd say for right now. Libya and Detroit.

This story has an upside. There is a story about models in bikinis at the bottom!

What about the guy who decided that the suction canister should have an expiration date?

And if you ever forget you are an EMT, hop on a MICU unit with a Nursegod. They'll be sure to remind you.

THat was the most nerve racking thing I ever did. Luckily the medic I was with was a funny guy. I said to him "I don't want to sound stupid if I call in and say something wrong". He said to me "You'll be talking to a nurse. THey already think your stupid so don't worry. The worst you can do...

On my first ride along my medic took me out and showed me how to load a stretcher back into the ambulance by myself. He told me that I have learned 90% of what I need to know. He would have me stay with the patient until it was time to leave. And becuase of that I was able to see a lot of...

Cool, as long as I have my fanny pack, golf shorts, and Disney T-shirt I think no one will notice. THough I won't have a $3,000 DSLR camera to complete the look. I'll look into the conversions. 3.7 seems right. Our professor gave us a book called (Ask Ali: A guide to Abu Dhabi). It showed...

That's about the same as it cost me to go in the Sears... I mean Willis Tower (My fiance is from Chicago and not calling it the Sears bugs her). Except all I saw was clouds and maybe 5ft worth of the Lake and 0degree temps (I hate cold). We'll only be in Dubai for one night and probably won't...

I for sure want to get one of those. I've heard those are very nice in the desert. I also forgot that we'll be going to some place called Al Ain. Not sure what we are doing there or what it is, but apparently it is on the border of Oman. One thing I for sure have to do over there is...