Recent content by sabbymedic

Are you saying that I am not trained as well as the U.S? Because if you are I have to disagree with you. Secondly I did not say that to do this job you needed to be cool. Once a medic you are always a medic on or off duty. I am not sure what I said that is confusing but I am confused with all of...

Me too. Just using you as a general term.

Good for you!!!! Don't give into the negativity of some of the people on this site. I find that there is a lot of that here and hopefully the moderators will be able to deal with it. I responded to the original post because it was a legitimate one. Does anyone remember Johnny and Roy or Chips...

This one I did as a new medic. Palpating a broken leg I stated to my senior partner that the patient did not have any step off deformity in his leg. Never still have not lived that one down.

Middle of the night and it has been a busy one. Get a call as second car to MVC car vs horse. The scene has horse parts everywhere and the end trails are stuck to the back window of the car. Two pt's from back seat are sitting on the front lawn of someones house. Bring them back to the...

I have been working full time since 2000 my training ended in 1992. I can tell you that there are lots of books available to read but then there are also movies and stuff. The reality is that to know if you want to do this comes from you. Every new beginning is scary that is ok because I feel...

No offense but if you think that you can educate someone past the basic or even advanced first aid stage you really need to revisit your training. I am from Canada and to become a Primary Care BLS provider it is a two year training program full time. To get your ALS ticket it is another 6-8...

Where I work we have been using the Ferno stretchers for years. We are now using the 35P Proflex. Some of the issues I don't like about it are the way the handles are at the foot end because they are too wide away from the body of the stretcher to release some of the time. We have had that...

I think this is a good point. Where I work unfortunatly we do not have the ability to tell people that they do not need an ambulance. As a medic we can suggest to them that they do not have an emergency needing an ambulance and perhaps they could check with the family doctor or even a walk in...

Sounds a lot like Telehealth Ontario to me. Where I live we have a service similar to this and since it has been in place I have had Code 4 (Lights and Siren) calls to someone who were not even expecting an Ambulance. I think it is a good idea but I have heard that due to liability issues...

Congratulations on saving a life. I am sure that the pt felt the same way as well.

Hello enjoynz. Long time no talk. I hope all is well with you and the family. Sherri and I have been very busy around the house. I am on Modified duties again, this time I am not sure for how long. I tore my supra sponatious muscle in my rotator cuff in my right arm. Well you take care of...

Been there done that!!! I was working part time about 9 years ago 3:30 in the morning and on a priority call. Turned the corner and out of the corner of my left eye saw a deer starting to charge but it was too late I could not stop. The deer hit the Ambulance and pushed us sideways. I made sure...

Good game. I have not been reading ekg's in a couple of months I have been on modified but I guess I still remember. I managed to get them all right the first time out. Too funny

I work in Ottawa Canada and our policy is to send Fire on most if not all collisions. The reason behind this is in the event that someone is trapped or there is fluid or fire you have the proper agency on scene to deal with such an emergency. We are all dispatched through different centres...