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day 2 of turning 22... its just no where near as fun as being 21!!

this has hurt my brain and given me much food for thought. i had tenses, plurals, verbs and nouns!! dam you english language(even though its my primary language)

outside noise, or lets say the patients is still waving arms around that will create the artifact or extra noise

i was born and raised a catholic, havent practiced in years though. dont have much time for god stuff anymore, maybe when im old i will again. thankfully it never comes up when treating patients, and with partners the chit chat is usually ems based, family guy and south park based or other...

no other way of putting it. jjr512 has typed it in one of the most clear and easy to read ways ive seen in along time! was good to read again whats going on inside! thanks

to overcast to see it in irl... DAM YOU SNOW!!!

our ambulance has its own, as does each medication bag with lancets and test strips.. i use my own jump bag on calls and standby events and re stock from the ambulance, so i carry my own glucose meter, lancets and strips. i keep it qc'd along with the other units and throw away more strips...

hahaha epic!! just like the movies... imagine the ammount of free travel miles you'd get after that one! free travel for life

i personally wouldnt tell them, unless something happened mid flight, then if i hadnt already had a few drinks, and was bored of all the movies, id consider making myself known.

i took my wirtten on a monday and my practical on tuesday

in my experence thats the exception not the rule though. most of my glycemic emergencies i come across are hypo though, who usually havent seen anything resembling food for hours at least.

my company made an s.o.p that we must wipe finger clean before using lancet, but give it a few seconds to dry before we take sample of blood. being entirley honest i dont see why in most cases? unless the finger tip is soiled. My mother has been a diabetic all her life and i have been...

that is brilliant, made my day that little bit better after reading it :D

just checked in my ambulance there, we have a phrase book english into 12 languages with simply phrases like where's the pain etc and then a little advice on how to deal with the situation. i forgot we had that, i thought it was something about the mechanics of the vehicle

its difficult i'll admit but it can be done eventually, just takes a little while longer then normal on scene. i only speak english and a bit of irish. We have a huge polish population in ireland as well as many other nationalities who dont speak good english, im not going to learn them all so i...

as far as im aware.. the ihcd programs are finsihed for paramedic level now and they are soley from now on going the degree route..(unsure of scotland but im just talking england, not scotland, wales and n. ireland) n.ireland also have a 2 year foundation degree program but uits an in house...

think that bit was aimed towards me, as im from ireland i can apply for the visa lottery to get a green card, or else marry a fine american lady haha:D i just like the us, well the places ive visited so far, and i like the (IDEA)* of working ems over there. the uk would be much easier for me...

i live next door to england in ireland and cannot find their national scope of practice either.. google the british paramedics association and email them, that may help. 1 thing to consider though is england an espicially london has gone very advanced and now requires a minimum of a 2 years...

but its friday?? well in ireland it is anyways, i didnt think you guys were that far ahead

personally i dont like tatoo's as it is.. but in a professional service such as ems, i think it gives off the wrong impression and doesnt look professional. now if they can be covered up easily like if it were on the back or shoulder then its ok, but any visible tat's in my book are a no no