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    Acadian Ambulance Service

    Lift test: The backboard is hinged in the air on one side (to simulate your partner). The other end is on the floor. Pick up the backboard (which will have weights on it) from ground level and place it on a box that will be like 4 ft tall. Its so easy a cavman could do it. Seriously it is very...
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    Me!

    Thank you Witter and Anthiny. Tornwingedangel: Dont get discouraged, hang in there and it will be over before you know it. And most importantly GOOD LUCK!
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    Fentanyl Effectiveness (Intranasal Administration)

    I am personally a big fan of IN
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    My NREMT I test cut off at 85 and NREMT Paramedic cut off at 150. I passed both on the first try.
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    Spring-loaded IV caths... WHY!?!?!

    absolutely dislike the spring loaded caths
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    Acadian Ambulance Service

    I am not employed with acadian however, they run EMS for my fire dept. I also have many friends that work there. I believe they still do a physical agility, it is very simple, but they do have one.
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    Tension pneumos are wild

    Fall I had a pt with one after he fell from approx 45 ft. He had all of the s/s of one. We darted him and pt cond improved.
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    Me!

    10 months of terror and not fun times has finally paid off. I AM NOW A PARAMEDIC! Im stoked!
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    HI i did figure out how to accept the friendship. I have been busy in paramedic school sorry it...

    HI i did figure out how to accept the friendship. I have been busy in paramedic school sorry it has takenme a month to respond to your visitor meesage. How are you?
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    Thank you for the comment. :)

    Thank you for the comment. :)
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    You sent me a message quite some time ago and I apologize for the late response. How do i accept...

    You sent me a message quite some time ago and I apologize for the late response. How do i accept your friend request?
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    How not to drive...

    So evidently not everyone takes EVOC!
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    Songs of the Firefighter

    wow. just wow
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    Funny things dispatchers hear

    common sense isn't common anymore.
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    Job Shirts

    The 5.11 job shirts with the denim is very fade resistant. The Denim is dark navy any sturdy. This is what my department uses. However, use the input of the crews to determine a uniform suitable for your department.
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