Recent content by snoslicer8

PulseOx may be unreliable at times, this much is true...who's up for on-the-go ABGs?!? :D

I was newly certified as well, and I finally, after about 6-7 months, landed myself a job. If you have a branch of AMR (American Medical Response, a private ambulance company), I would try applying with them. They offered me a position at the same time that Baptist Hospital did. The hospital...

I definitely found this site through google. I don't really remember what I was looking for at the time...I think I was trying to search for an online listing of standing orders or protocols for the state of Florida. Something in my wording must've tagged a post here...anyways, glad I stumbled...

I also work for Starbucks...get the **** outta here wit your $.75. :P

I guess I will be the first one to welcome you, as I have been welcomed in as a newbie already. =) I'm just starting as an ED Technician at Baptist Hospital here in sunny Miami, FL. I finished my EMT-B training in Colorado at the end of 2003, and was certified there about 2 weeks later. I...

I must say, haven't had any experience as of yet. Baptist Hospital, where I will be working, actually has 3 seperate emergency rooms that make up the entire department. We are a level 2 trauma center, only because of some technicality that says privately funded institutions can't have some...

Just saying hi to all...not sure how well I'll be appreciated here, though...I live on the other end of the EMS world...in the ED! I'm just starting as an ED Tech at Baptist Hospital in south Miami, FL. Anyways, good to meet you all. -Brady

Here in Florida you need to have a non-commercial business license with an emergency vehicle endorsement (much like the add-on to drive a motorcycle) in order to drive an ambulance. It's an extra test full of bigger-vehicle road rules that you have to take on top of the regular operator's license.