Recent content by CaydenElizalde

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    How long did you go between getting your certs and landing a job?

    I got my NREMT and State Licensing all completed at the end of June 2011 and then landed my first EMS job a month later.
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    Drug Screening / Testing in EMS

    Why do you need fake pee...? If you're going to do drugs that are going to cause you problems without any real medical reason, then you shouldn't be doing them anyways, especially as a healthcare provider. That said, we get tested often enough and randomly.
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    what Knife do you carry on duty?

    I carry a Smith and Wesson Swat Knife. A little big, but it does what I need it to do. http://sniperrifle.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=425.0;attach=624;image
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    Need link to nyc ems emt -b protocols.

    :p http://www.nycremsco.org/bls.asp?intCategoryID=3&intArticleID=60 It WAS pretty easy to find on google :P But I figured I'm bored at work and have nothing else to do, so I took 30 seconds of boredom to post the direct link.
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    BLS Supplies for ground pounders

    I work as a floor EMT at a casino right across the border in Oklahoma and we carry backpacks that hold all of our medical equipment. They're heavy as crap, but very very useful. My list will be all out of order and random from trying to haphazardly remember where everything is. 1 O2 tank...
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    i was told i have to get a haircut?!?!?

    I work EMS on a native american reservation and am native american myself, so typically short hair on males I work with is uncommon. My hair actually extends to midway down my shoulder blades. It's just a cultural thing I suppose and it doesn't interfere.
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    After a long time of searching and hoping...

    I finally got a job with Love County EMS in Oklahoma. Since I live in Texas and work there, I thought I'd see if anyone here worked out of the state that they live in and how they like it. Sent from my Android mobile device.
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    first ems job interview..

    Pretty well xD the guys and girls I met were very nice and I think I might have got a new job
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    Subjects They Never Taught You In EMT-B School

    I wish they would've taught us how to deal with the smell of those "severely dead" patients. Never gets old.
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    first ems job interview..

    So I received a call today from Texas Vital Care here in north Texas and I was asked to come in for an interview on Wednesday! I'm really excited and I hope that my being bilingual will have a large impact on them. I'm not over confident that I'll get a position since this will be my first...
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    Texas Job Hunt Commences!

    I turned my application for tvc in todau in Bells. I have to go up to Cooke County tomorrow to pick up an application since I just now have really started my North Texas job hunt.
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    Texas Job Hunt Commences!

    Champion EMS I did my rideouts with Champion out of its Henderson station, which covers almost all of Rusk county and does both 911 and IFT. The people I got to work with were all pretty awesome and they have a great management team and very advanced protocols. I'm pretty sure it's now Champion...
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    Ick factors

    Definitely Vomit. A little sputum I can handle, but the aforementioned tex-mex/beer vomit is a definite day killer.
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    allergic reaction or anxiety attack???

    I'm not tempted really to believe it was initially an anxiety issue or an allergic reaction. I've personally attempted to clean things out like my shower or other such things with Clorox and after inhaling a bit too much of the chemicals that released into the air from the surface, I noticed...
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    Dumbest thing heard on the radio

    I heard this in one of my first ride outs, just kind of an odd moment late at night after a busy busy day: Dispatch: "Champion pre-alert...uh....someone I think..." Us: please not us../ Dispatch: "Champion pre-alert (our town)" *tones* Dispatch: "Champion (####) please respond to a possible...
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