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I was an explorer with the local paramedic service and sheriff's department,and we got the training that we needed through them.

CPR and Basic First Aid are the only things you can certify in until you reach the mandated age to certify in anything else.

-add on- 65 is an acceptable speed limit just as long as you can prove that you are on the fire department or ambulance and that you are on your way to the station due to a call.

Driving 85 mph while your family is in the car with you is totally unacceptable. In some states,law says that under no circumstances are you to drive in emergency status when you have members of your family with you,and it dont matter if you have proper lights and siren on your vehicle,its not...

My first call was a nerve rocker. I was sitting at the station and watching tv when my first call came out,and it was one I was not expecting,it was for a 30ish yr old female going into labor with her second child,so it was like oh my god,adrenaline was pumping big time since it was my first...

On 9/11,I was working as a security/safety officer at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor Mi. I was in the office filling out an activity report after returning from patrolling the parking lots when a lieutenant from one of the other sites called and asked if I was watching tv,I asked him why...

I think its funny how you did that TJ,I would of been sooo embarrassed if I had done that too.

Medium duty rigs I think are meant to look like rescue trucks for a reason,it seems like that though if you look inside a a rig that size that you would expect it to look a lil bigger,even though it looks the same size as a type III on the inside.

I live about an hour from Chicago. It's a nice little town that I live in even though it is getting bigger now that there is a casino going up here and will be opening sometime in August. This place is a tourist trap,and as much housing that there is going up that the a--hole population is...

It hurts just to look at it,omg,he is lucky to be alive!~

I was in EMS before 9/11,and I havent regretted it since. I was part of a county disaster response team for a while but it disbanded due to lack of interest,it was going good when it was first started but then it dropped off totally. I've been with 3 different services since I've had my license.

Matt you are way true on that,chicks do love a man in uniform! My wife has a habit of sometimes wearing my old ambulance uniform to bed,she loves it to death.

My answer to that is when I was growing up,watching tv shows such as "Emergency" and "Code Red" kinda got me hooked into wanting to be involved in the field of Public Safety. I love what I do cuz it makes me feel good knowing that I can make the difference between life and death. I have loved...

Ambulance dont mean taxi either,and I swear people seem to think it's printed on the ambulance.

Ive done that before,lol. One time myself,and two other ambulance personnel,1 was my on-duty partner and the other was an EMT for our service but was on duty for a neighboring service were sitting at the local truck stop enjoyin some lunch when a call went out for a subject having chest...

Im from New Buffalo Michigan which is in the southwest corner of the state. I've lived in Michigan a majority of my life minus five years I spent down in Falmouth Virginia,which is outside Fredericksburg.

In some states,they refer to ambulances as RA's,which Im sure everyone knows means Rescue Ambulance,and in New York,they refer to ambulances as busses. Good thing ambulances cant hear what we call them otherwide they would think they are having an identity crisis,lol.

I was on a 72 hour shift (from 6am friday morning to 6am monday morning),and was sleeping in the back of the unit (cuz it was comfortable),and I thought I heard our service's tones go out,so I got up and jumped out the back of the unit and jumped in the cab,started it up,and pulled it out. The...

Educating children on 911 usage is a very important subject that you could use,and also arrange for the local ambulance service to come out there and show off the equipment they use,and talk about it.

In the event you pick someone up for a non-emergency transport,you have to get the patient's health insurance info and bill the insurance company.