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    new york state and spinal immobilization

    I wouldn't
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    Does working on a bike detail/team change what you carry?

    :glare:
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    Does working on a bike detail/team change what you carry?

    If your not a medic or it isn't an ALS agency, you can only do BLS. You can't carry backboards so you can't do that until a rig or some other vehicle brings you one. What else would you do that is so special?
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    Nyc dry?

    Empress in Yonkers Citywide needs to be called. They are in the bronx. They take new EMTs.
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    NYS lights in POV

    No reason for the light unless your responding to your dept for a call. On scene it means nothing.
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    You come across someone who has been shot..

    I work for an IFT company in NY. We have the same protocols as the 911 units. We transport. With the shooter's location and identity being unknown, we are not sticking around and we aren't leaving the patient there.
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    The Who's Working Out Thread

    I did crossfit endurance today with bronchitis.
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    How does your company number its ambulances?

    With numbers usually
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    Someone help me: Ambulance or ER Job?!

    ER tech, youll learn more and they might pay for nursing school.
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    being a women in ems..

    There is no place for men or women in EMS.
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    ems ghost stories??!!

    I am often haunted by ambulances that died prematurely.
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    UMDNJ EMS Newark

    They do not pay you to become a medic like fdny does. They sponsor you in a program that you pay for.
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    Are you allowed to release c-spine, and when?

    Only allowed to release during definite positive spinal injury.
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    aspirin in new york state

    It doesn't matter what people state. You can give up to 4 81 mg pills.
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    Anyone heard of using a BP cuff as a tourniquet?

    Not everyone says that. Those who are preaching the old doctrine. Tourniquets are back in.
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    Muslim Girl

    Don't think it's a problem. If you want to work as an EMT, just do it. I'm Jewish and have zero problems with it. Have had Muslim partners. No problems.
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    Labor Unions: Good or Bad?

    Only major benefit to union is that all punishments are treated fairly. Otherwise, no benefits
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    NYS EMS "Vital Signs" 2013 Conference in Buffalo

    Nope. Avoid those things.
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    Economy and EMT jobs in Southern California

    5 emts just called 911
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    Volunteer during disasters

    would you not respond with an established relief organization?
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