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The 6.0 liter in the E series was the best boat anchor ever put in the front of a van chassis. Later! --Coop

In my experience, though there is nothing specific stating that GSWs or stabbings MUST be immobilized, it is commonly done here in PA. I think it's the whole "gunshot" thing that gets people in a tizzy. I've had an EMT tell me that the reason the PT was boarded and collared for a couple of...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. PS3. clown2theleft Later! --Coop

I forget what my EMT class was, but my paramedic class started with 10 and ended with 2. Later! --Coop

80something. Passed.

The 6.0 is a fabulous boat anchor, but a bad engine. Has no place in an emergency vehicle. And if you're going with an F series, you'll be getting the 6.4. The E's have the 6.0's and that's why we're going to a Chevy next time. My 2004 rig has left one too many PTs, one too many crews...

Only problem is the venerable 7.3 DIT went bye-bye in the 2003 model year. Later! --Coop

We're required to wear uniforms for clinicals and field time. Not in class. If we were required for class, it'd kind of bug me, for many of the same reasons you've already mentioned. Later! --Coop

Another was one of my wife's co-workers.

I see your point, Vent--and I agree, to an extent. I wasn't as clear as I should have been, I don't think. I do not advocate the robot-like performing of tasks A, B, and C for condition X, Y, and Z without comprehension of why. I think the street would teach you what you don't know --by...

I took tenth-grade math not twice. Not three, four, or five times. I took it SIX. Drug calcs, etc., were difficult for me. But practice, application, and honest self-assessment go a long way. And I agree with Rid: bag the calculator. LEARN it, and you'll be better serving yourself, and...

Sarcasm? Out of EMS providers?! NO!!!!!!!! Later! --Coop

Wait. You finish school, THEN go through clinicals? Hrm. Here, you've gotta be doing the clinicals throughout the course of the program, meeting benchmarks along the way. Go figure. Anyways... clinicals, in general... Some people in my course really like them and look forward to them...

As a former PT of King County Medic One, I can say nothing but good things about them. They treated/transported me for a hand bisection back in '02. Yeah, it was a real laff riot! Later! --Coop

Linuss: CONGRATS on getting an offer! That's great news. I understand your (perhaps implied) hesitation about companies that do IFTs. I've been avoiding any place that does them for a while, now--but unfortunately, these seem to be the only places hiring. I've got an interview at one in...

You really broke it! I can't get past question #2, either. Later! --Coop

Like Hienlien said: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new...

The original question: whether or not to have your partner --with a higher level of training-- handle the call. I answer it like this: if I were in that situation, and believed I could have handled the potential for violence better than my partner (their sex aside), I would have done so...

Never hit the county radio thinking it was the PA, but I have had the occasional open mic. The worst I've said over the air unknowingly is: "Oh, for :censored::censored::censored::censored:'s sake... can't ANYONE in this state make a left :censored::censored::censored::censored:ing turn?!"...

Hey, my school's on there. Wheee! Later! --Coop