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Well yeah thats a given :P. I always take a set of vitals immeadiately before we start moving. Easier than taking them on the go, and I also have something to compare the tech to and see how its coming out. Thats actually how we discovered we had a patient in A fib once.

I'll honestly admit 3/4 of the time I hook them up to a pulseox and a 3 lead as soon as we're in the back so I dont have to take a pulse again. I do find though that the more contact you have with the patient and the cot, the less the bumps and vibrations will bother you. Also I have to agree...

Working for a volly has its downsides. Going on 2 weeks for medical, going on a month for a fire.

Now going on week 2 with no calls

My department has that cuff and we think it's absolute :censored:. I would honestly advise against getting it.

The good majority of my work is first responder through a fire department, so I will alot of times write the vitals on my glove, then when the ambulance gets on scene I will toss them my glove (if its clean obviously) and put on a new one. My report doesnt require a set of vitals, only the...

Its lonely in chat right now

mmmmm breakfast at 12:30

Questions of the day: Why is it that whenever you go to another department for training its guarenteed they will get toned out, but if you stay at your own department for training you never will? Why did God only put 24 hours in one day? Why is it our school is forced to play a team...

God I'm so frickin tired but my schedule won't let me sleep :sad:

All you need is enough to throw a snowball.

Snow is over rated, okay not at first but after a while it gets old

So says the texas girl, try living in a snow drift in Indiana.

What the hell is he gonna do, not like he's gonna be in office or anything then

*Sits back and reads quietly*

Gotta agree with Epi-do: Home State ALL THE WAY: COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS, COLTS!

You know when your from a small town fire department that runs an average of one medical call a week, it kinda gets annoying when everyone and their mother decides that they need to call 911 in one night.

No matter how hard you try something in life is always going to suck

I don't mind Tik Tok, but I agree with you on Lady Gaga

Sure that may be fun, but my department's coverage area is prone to flooding, flooding means sandbagging.