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Hello all, first of all this is a great site. I am currently a basic working for a county service. i am working toward my medic. the service i am with pays the same for a medic with or without the degree. My question is...... should i go for the degree program. or go for about two less...

coweefirerescue.com check us out (the trucks displayed are only the half from station 1) tell me whatcha think

on that particular call she did sign another refusal for the second complaint. and of course the other call was DOA. Her family has recently moved her in with them.

Given the size of the bottle, placarding is not required.

In my truck i have turnout gear, wildland gear, my swift water rescue bag, a BLS jump bag and an O2 bottle. i use most of it a lot of the time but i have never used the BLS bag

Here in NC the EMT-B class covers advanced airway, which includes combitube and ET tube. and in class we learned and practiced these skills. However i havent heard of a service in NC whos protocol allows basics to use advanced airway.

In The County I Work In, Which Is Very Very Small. We Have Three Bases. One Truck At Two Of The Bases And Two At The Larger Of The Three Bases. So At Times When It Gets Busy We Are Quit Understaffed. We Have About Five Regulars That Call At Least Once A Day. I Vividly Remember One Day I Was...

My First Call As A First Responder With The Fd Before I Got Hired On The Truck Was A Mva Rollover Reported Pd Only 0430 I Pulled Up To Assist With Traffic Control. Four Guys Standing Outside Of A Truck On Its Top. All Was Well For A Min Or Two Until One Ask Where Someone Was. They Relized There...