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Well said by Ops Paramedic. Njoy the rides

Your safety first, then your crew then your patient. I would also have waited outside or even further away if I was unsure. Being a hero might just push the numbers of injured patients and not to say of endangering your partner. I understand what was mentioned regarding armed and non-armed...

All the best dude. You will even enjoy it more now. When the bug bites, you cant get rid of it.

I would not mind to be on the same shift as you airwaygoddes....:P All those nice food. he he Personally I dont bring food for everyone else, depends if it was arranged before hand for a specific reason. I try to take my food to work, if I remember, 'cause when you just think you can go and...

Beginning of last year a guy was caught out during his interview for an EMT-I position at a private company. He could not answer the basic questions posed to him during the interview and his practice number was traced - needless to say it did not appear on the system. Eventually when an off...

DNI / DNR is not legal (enforceable) in our country. A patient may have a living will, but also we have to treat even if the family says no unless enforced by a court of law. So pretty much we have to treat patients to the full scope of our practice, where possible and under circumstances.

Our company does not use the electronic reporting yet, but another private company does. I have heard good and bad about the system. Positive issues: It is fast and cut out the paper trend. Billing gets done faster and QC gets the patient info quicker. Down sides: The guys have complained...

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Magnum Viper - non slip, excellent breath ability and very comfortable

I am not sure what you mean by "click-style" oxygen regulators. We use mediflows with built in regulators and bull-nose adapters on the main lines. Laerdal suction units... not bad. Also prefer the mediflow rather than the pin-index.

You dont have to be a bodybuilder, but you have to be fit enough to lift and carry. In my area that I work in, we deal with a lot of patients that need to be carried down stairs as the lifts arent working or there aint any. (Now with our newly introduced load shedding, its not wise to use a...

I personally dont think its professional, but in the same breath must say that I am sure you "will" take it out whenever you are working and only keep it in off duty. I used to work at a station in my region where on of our medics had over 32 piercings. He had about 10 in his face, but managed...

To add another point regarding the driver issue. Ops paramedic touched on this point. If , big if, we are lucky to receive advanced driving or being trained in driving skills, they are usually in the wrong vehicle. Example, they would train the ambulance technicians to respond or drive in a...

About two or three months ago I was searching the internet and most popular medical sites, including some encyclopedias, for research material on any write up regarding a certain procedure we perform on the road. I have not found anything on the entire website regarding this and struggled for...

I suffer from nose bleeds... It is nothing for me to have a nose bleed once a day/night... and the problem is it goes on for hours. I cant recall that I have ever had or felt "weird" after or during the nose-bleeds.