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Okay for most of you, you know or remember that I run with a volley squad. And love every minute of it. Right Well not so much any more. I still love going on calls and helping the patient and their families. Which is what EMS is about right? Well I have taken myself off the schedule for...

I would agree with the others. Load and go, you can always stop and deliever if needed or you can arrive at the hospital and leave her in the hands of the hospital staff. Now if her water broke I'm thinking that would be another story.

Is here again and I wish you all the best of luck in fun this week as I know there are some places that go out for EMS week and show their support of us and there are other places that could care less. Have fun and take care everyone.

Alex best of luck being a park ranger and with your future plans. I to have been burning out of our department and right now am on leave for personal reasons. Although most of it is to do with our director. You do have an awesome support group and everyone is right this place will not be the...

Sounds about right. With the above comments. That is how we do it in Iowa. You are the only student and the pt along with the evaluator are both EMTs. The evaluator is your helper as long as you tell them what to do.

I got on from my mom putting my name in and they said okay. This was for a volley squad.

Welcome and congrats on the certification.

I'd agree with everything posted up above. Death is something we deal with and we all find our own way to deal with it after it has occured. I will also agree with others that have mentioned that once you loose the feeling of loss after a death it is time to move on. You just have to know...

EMS week whats that?? Just jokin A picture of our squad is put in the paper, and thats about it.

Congrats Matt:)

All I carry in to the house with me is my pager, cell phone, pockets: cash for meals, chap stick, pen, tape (if it is a major incident), Stethoscope Depending on call B/P cuff hanging around neck, and if needed a scissors in a pocket And if anything else is needed it is all in the bags.

Happy Easter to you all. I am one of the lucky ones that get to work all weekend. Enjoy the time with the family and be safe.

I know we have been busy this year also. If I had to guess we have had a good 150 for EMS and fire has had between 6-12. I'm not really sure. This week "Knock on wood" has been fairly descent. You have to remember we are a small town and a good half of the calls are transfers to the city...

Heres mine: Certifications: EMT-Basic (Iowa) ERT (Emergency Rescue Tech) AHA BLS Provider Hazmat Operations for EMS Hazmat For our local hospital ICS 100, 200, 700, 800 and a couple others (only because they made me) Working towards ADN (RN) after next May LPN this May Organization: IEMSA...

I know in Iowa they offer an Emergency Rescue Technician class once in a while. This class covers rope rescues from both high and low angle, water rescues, basic fireground operation of using ladders, hoses, and so forth, Vehicle extrication, and agriculture rescues. I would check with the...

For us the reason why we have at least 2 backboards is most of our accidents seem to involve at least 2 people and we often times transport both pts in the same rig if we have 3 EMTS in the rig. I can't even tell you how many times we have taken an ambulance full of patients. Where there were...

I agree about having a min of 2 LSB. We however have about 3-4 LSB, 1 KED, 2 Peds Board, Scoop, 1 Stair Chair which can be used as a stretcher.

We run two twelve hour shifts each day. A 6a-6p and then 6p-6a. As for those that work 9-5's depending on where they work they can take day call and if they aren't allowed to leave work then they just pick up the night shift. We also tend to break up day shifts if we can only be on for half...

Make sure there is no sign of trauma before using a nasal. But it does work well to wake people up:)

Do you guys participate in rehab for the firefighters and if so what is your protocal? I'm also trying to get skills stations set up. What have you guys found to work well for this? I'm thinking of spliting the squad into small groups and having the basic stuff that we don't do every day in...