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    Look To Work Internationally

    Hi guys/girls, I know this topic has been posted a few times on here, I appreciate all the info people have already given, but most of what i've read is a few years old so i was hoping to see if much has change. Some back ground on myself is i've been in EMS in Canada for about 5 years now...
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    Doubting - Need some advice!

    I sort of went through the same decision, i had a marketing diploma and was working as a sales rep and hated my job and my life, this was at age 25 too. Had always though about taking me EMT and working in EMS, so i quit my sales job and enrolled in school. Its now 6 years later, i have my...
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    Exercise Regimen

    The best advice i can give you is find a program you like and will stick too. When i started Ems i was 6ft 155, now I'm 217. a lot of that is good weight, but a bunch of it is from the 3am night shift corn dog runs to 7-11 haha. But the people above were right, most of the lifting is in your...
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    There is nothing more irritating than incompetent nurses...

    I was dispatched to transport a 73 year old male on a day pass from palliative care (over christmas), that has a Hx of Lung Ca, Emphysema and has little to no distal circulation in his extremities d/t extreme frostbite when he was younger. He's on Home 02 and ways about 115lbs and looks sick to...
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    Dumbest thing heard on the radio

    We have one dispatcher, nice lady but is just flustered when more than one call comes in. One day three calls came in at once and after a few mins she pipes up on the radio and says "will everyone quit talking i have no idea whats going on"....not what you wanna hear when your unit is on its way...
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    Versed vs. Ativan

    Hi all, new here so bare with me haha But i've given Versed IM before and it worked fast and had the desired effect, the only down side i'd say is the short half life, we had a 25min transport and had to give a repeat dose a couple of times.
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