Recent content by emtB123

I realize how ridiculous i was being. As I've said I toned myself down, I gave some flashlights away as gifts, and I don't even bother with a knife. Thank you for your input though.

I realize that now... Thank you..

My service issues us a BLS bag. Just the all the essentials for the first 5-6 minutes with a patient. I would not invest in one myself. If you get on a service that issues one like mine, that's a different story. They end sucking up too much money otherwise.

I've actually toned down my collection after posting this. I gave some away as gifts. Now I keep one small one on me, one in my truck, and one in my girlfriends car.

In Wisconsin, specifically on my service, we have to have 3 people to roll, keep in mind this is an intermediate service. A driver, and either a basic and and an aemt or 2 aemts in the back. The aemt classes in my area take credits you've earned as a basic and adds on to it. So it only costs...

So, despite a recent posting of mine on here, I have accidentally turned into a "Ricky Rescue" which in a sense I'm okay with. The thing is, I'm on a Paid Volunteer Service, so what I did was quit my fulltime job to focus on ems. Which I've actually been able to turn into a pretty decent living...

Not that anyone can tell when it would happen, but I'm super nervous about running a code. I sometimes take things really hard so there's no predicting how I'm going to take it either. Any advice?

I'll be getting a Jump Bag from my service soon and I'm nervous about about being first on scene. Especially sense I don't have a very good command presence yet. Any advice or tips or tricks for being first on scene?

I guess I'm asking because were I live is a very rural area, and sometimes and ambulance can be 15-30 minutes depending on where you are. Especially with the amount of volunteer services in the area. I've even heard of up to an hour for a response. So for providers like myself, what's too far? I...

Is there such a thing as being too Ricky Rescue? I mean we work in a field that can go from cool and calm to complete chaos, so is it really a bad thing to have a meriad of favorite gear/equipment on your person? I just want to be prepared all the time, but I don't want to look like an idiot...

Ohhhh! I didn't realize that. I'm new here! Haha

Where are you out of?

Do you get your ACLS & PHTLS certifications through a medic course, or is it like BLS CPR course that you taken separately?

Pretty rough. Took me a few days to wrap my head around it.

My first run ended up being a case of SIDS.