Cadaver Lab
I'm currently attending an EMS conference. Started it off with the cadaver lab. This was my first one. It was an amazing learning opportunity. We had the option to exam the internal organs, which I found absolutely fascinating.
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I was in law enforcement for almost 11 yrs-up until I had my kids. This was back in the '80s and early '90s. My partner, in addition to being a police officer, was also a paramedic and a firefighter. We were members of a rural police dept., responded to all aid calls-and very often were...
"Oh, once time a cop tried to PREVENT me from treating people who had been banged up in an automobile accident. They had hit his car and he was pretty steamed up about it. I guess cops can be the best of friends and the worst of friends." bstone 7-20-07 "What Makes You Mad On A Scene?"
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How It Was....
My grandfather and my dad were firefighters and ran ambulance back in the '60s and '70s. No EMTS or paramedics back then. My grandfather was the chief and kept the ambulance at his house. It was a relatively small dept-he and my dad usually responded to calls from home.
EMS No Place For Enlarged Egos
I'm also a tad late-but what the heck? Usually people with huge egos tend to be trying to compensate for something they lack-or have very little of. One of my instructors just recently told me (he is a retired paramedic) that he sees just as many of the wrong kind...
New Here-But Not Really
Hello all-I finally made it back to this site after 2 years. I actually joined here 2 yrs ago but i believe this might be one of my first posts. Anyway, I'm an EMT-B with our local fire department in Washington State. I'm a mom of 5 kids, a licensed ham radio operator...