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Manual Strykers in all our rigs ... no money for Power Assist or Load.

If it was a pre-employment test you usually won't get any kind of a reply for passing. It is usually just a checkbox on the HR list unless you fail. A normal drug screen will not be affected by Metformin.

I'm a medic in a busy 911 system ... I turn 57 on Sept 19th.

No. All classroom, and obviously field time. It is a two year program that ends with an AS degree.

In the Philadelphia area, you are not going to find an online or hybrid program to the best of my knowledge. There are a mix of full time and part time programs in the area. Some of the players are Good Fellowship EMS Training Institute in Chester County, Delaware County Community College (Full...

Absolutely. Had to fit them into the schedule as well. There were a lot of very long days and nights! I couldn't have done it without the 100% support of my wife, who saw me maybe a few hours a week, and my kids who took out a missing persons report on me ;-) For a year I embraced the...

When I did Medic school it a part time one year program. Every Tue/Thurs from 6p-10p, and every other Sat from 8a-5p. I had a full time 9-5 M-F job, and a P/T EMS gig as well. It does require good time management skills, and ate up a full year of my life. For that year I was missing from most of...

In PA the Department of Health requires Paramedics to have "Medical Command" to practice as a Paramedic, and is only good for the service for which command is issued. Generally each service has a "Medical Director" who is a physician certified by the state to provide oversight, standing orders...

Just happened to have attended an ALS skills review today and ran into the President of the regional EMS council. He told me that PA only does reciprocity via the NREMT certification since 2016. Hope this helps.

PA is a NREMT state. Reciprocity may be granted on the basis of National Registry status. If you have your NREMT you will be fine. Your NYS Emt-B Cert won't transfer as far as I know.

And that is how I found myself in an EMS career :-)

I became an EMT at 49, and a Medic at 53 ... now I'm 56 and having a blast running F/T in a very busy 911 system, and volunteering my off-time in a large and busy volunteer organization. I intend to do this till they pull me off the truck, or I physically can't do it any longer. Many of the...

EMS Crew: BVM, IV, titrate Narcan IV to effect, restore respiration, transport. PD: 4mg Nasal Narcan, rinse and repeat till all the responding PD has used their Narcan and the spare in the trunk, or the patient drowns. I am an advocate of removing Narcan from PD, and instead giving them a BVM...

I have attended two cadaver labs in recent years. Was a great experience and a valuable learning opportunity. Highly recommend attending one if you ever have the opportunity.

No morphine on our trucks for a while now.