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    Los Angeles Minimum wage $15hr

    Yea the debt system is sad, yet easily fixed by turning the Federal Reserve scum of a corporation into nothing but a place to print money instead of a place to scam every American alive. Don't forget to abandon the IMF and world bank....
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    Driving Record

    All the places ive applied in Washington state have required no more than i think 2 tickets on your record for anything concerning driving in the past 10 years. That's just for reference.
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    Pre Course Preparation

    Buy the EMT book in advance and start studying it or find anatomy and physiology books and study them.
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    overnight or day shift?

    This is why I love part -timing so I can pick and choose when I want to work whether a 24hr shift that I might get 3-6hrs sleep during or something as little as 6,12,18hr shift. Also I find the best way to deal with keeping my sleep on the right schedule is even if I only get 1-2hrs sleep in a...
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    Bad Blood between the emt and the p all input is appreciated

    Yea seattle has a minimum wage of $15 an hour so I am sure I would change my tune but the only thing is I don't want to work in seattle.
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    Bad Blood between the emt and the p all input is appreciated

    Nope I work in Washington state. They do of course get paid more but that is mostly because they are paid by the state and not a private company that is withholding as much pay as possible. Also they have more training than a regular EMT or medic since they have to be trained for the fire side.
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    Bad Blood between the emt and the p all input is appreciated

    All the firefighters i work with are actually very good at their job, so i don't know what makes you guys hate firefighters so much.
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    Beginning a career but having doubts.

    As everyone said keep learning, not just from your coworkers but by reading anything you can to absorb some new information such as medical terminology and a new A&P book so that you have some exposure(not physically) to many different diseases. I focus on pathophysiology myself so that I may...
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    how do you treat a person in a pool of blood?

    You could heed all of the very good suggestions on here as well as get a pair of boots that have a blood and body fluid liner.
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    4 year old with heart rate of 260

    The equation i stated was for pediatric pts only.
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    Bad Blood between the emt and the p all input is appreciated

    Can't understand why someone would do this, it is so damn easy to get some quick vitals. Hell I have access to a lifepak but still do vitals manually very often not only to continue practicing the skill but also because I do not always trust the lifepaks vitals. As for the OP, I always consider...
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    4 year old with heart rate of 260

    80+(2x4)=88 being the AVERAGE, so.....ok...
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    Staff Systems with More EMTs and Fewer Paramedics

    I would have to agree with you on this a little because I worked in thurston county jumping calls in Olympia, Tumwater, Rainier, and Yelm and 99% of the time we needed a medic for an unstable pt or pt that was in extreme PX we would be policy 27'd which means that the medics are busy/too far...
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    Suggestions on ways to find a sponsor/affiliation in Washington State?

    The protocol test from what I remember is mostly scenario based but some of it would also ask like 5 or so short answer questions pertaining to indications and contraindications for albuterol or aspirin or NTG. As for how often you can take it, I believe you can take it once a day but i could be...
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