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sooo, would i be better off(more effective) not messing with tape and just tucking the ends in, or even tying a knot?

maybe im using :censored::censored::censored::censored:ty kling, but even duct tape wouldnt stick to it! hence why I broke down and asked a EMS 101 quesiton. im gonna check out vet wrap too. good bang for the buck, and you dont have to mess with tape.. seems like a winner!

thanks tons guys! I like the idea of spitting down the middle if i was stuck without tape. Is the cloth tape from the sports stores you mentioned the same as the grip tape you would wrap around a lacrosse or hockey stick? I'll try that and the 3m silk tape. Do either have any degree of...

guys, i hate to ask, but I give up. I've gone through about 5 different brands of tape, and I cannot find any that sticks to kling. I don't have access to an ambulance to look, so I figured I would check the next best thing: here whats a damn good, go-to, store brought tape that will do...

So its not such a bad thing that I have no official fire dept experience? I got my EMt cert through the red cross.

wow, I didnt realize how much I didnt know about hot shot crews. So for starters, you've got to WANT to do this job. Its much more of a commitment to the mental and physical mentality than I thought. I also didn't realize there were so many different levels, type I, II, III, etc- kinda...

lets say a guy gets hurt, and as the on scene EMT, I want to give him tylenol for the pain. His buddy comes up and hands him a vicodin instead. I could advise against it, but there is nothing that I can do to prevent him from taking it? Or an asthmatic who wants an extra does of their own...

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As a standby unit, or working events then it makes a lot of sense, and I think its a worthy idea. I was thinking more towards the emergency response side of things. Lets give this guy a tylenol for his amputated leg?? <_<

here's my confusion- if a patient is in pain a) and its minor enough to be helped with a tylenol, why couldn't they just take one themselves being that its such a common medication? b) if its serious pain/trauma then i doubt a tylenol will matter, and its most likely going to be an ALS call...

we'll only have it in pill form. x2 325mg tablets for adult. no where in the protocols does it mention fever, only for pain. i wonder if we'll be using it for fevers as well... im hoping its the case that no one will really know.. lets hope the word doesnt get out

great. they just upgraded our BLS pharmacology to allow administration of Acetaminophen.... Tylenol!!! so now we're going to get calls for stubbed toes and hangovers. and are we really going to stay on scene for the 30 min or so for it to kick in and get results? i just dont understand the...

yeah, I dont really know of any hot shot crews out here on the east coast. hell, without googling, i really dont think we've ever had a forest fire out here. so the first steps would be vol with a regular dept, take classes, get certs, and then apply?

you guys confirmed what I was thinking then.. not really a reusable piece of gear. I'll stick with the cheaper one with writing on it.. hah

from my understanding, hot shot crews are kinda seasonal? im assuming these guys do the regular thing with their fire departments during the off season. what other kind of wildland experience do you mean? where would you start?