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It's like there was a reason they chose 60 as the base rather than 50...[emoji6]

Off to Hawaii for the next couple weeks! Bye EMS, hello to scuba diving and hiking. All punctuated with occasional umbrella drinks...

I just went on a chicken house fire in the pouring rain. I feel like a hen crawled up my nose and somehow crapped directly on my brain. My truck and I are covered in what is likely 20% mud and 80% chicken feces. Ahh, this paramedicine thing 'tis a glamorous and high speed/low drag career.

Outstanding picture. That was quite the storm yesterday. I watched a bit from the beach and was impressed.

We can't offer medical advice here. Thread closed.

Yeah, my required EKG class before paramedic school was me sitting with the clinical education coordinator at my service for 20 minutes as he explained p waves and QRS complexes. It was simple to say the least. I think I had to pass some kind of rudimentary rhythm identification test as part of...

Local LE responds to MVAs, GSWs/stabbings, ODs, assaults, and dispatched cardiac arrests or DOAs. Their role on scene really depends on their experience. They'll always assist with CPR and basic extrication if no one else is there, and I've had a few that have previous BLS experience and are...

I'm working my first shift as a "mentor" tomorrow. This means we have a designated third rider who will frequently ride along with me. He "showed promise" in a recent interview for a job here, but demonstrated some weaknesses in skills or medical knowledge prior to reaching the interview portion...

Fair warning first man...This is not the place to get sympathy as you look for a quick and easy shortcut. Most here, including myself, believe the US paramedic certification is a skillset that has an enormous scope with way too little real education. Any attempt to increase your scope or "become...

I've moved the recent CISM posts and discussions to a new thread under the "EMS Talk" forum. It's easy for related discussion on one topic to get swallowed up in this thread, so feel free to continue there. http://emtlife.com/threads/cism-peer-counseling-discussion.43515/

Sounds pretty busy for your number of trucks. You staff one ALS truck for a population of 250k at night? That's impressive.

My preference is 1 mg IN off the bat then begin looking for an IV. Typically by the time I have an IV up and running they have either had some improvement in their respiratory status and we can move on, or they haven't and I can administer an additional 0.5 mg IV. I don't really use IM that...

Yup. I've given Solu-Medrol for precisely the above situation. Patient was on vacation, known to have Addison's, hypotensive, and hardly responsive. We had a 40 minute or so transport, so I ran the idea by the medical control doc and he was all for it. Worked out just fine.

I had a friend work a shift trade for me last night and he texted me the following picture this morning in reference to a call he ran right before shift change. Hahaha!

Sounds like an interesting area. Are you somewhere near the border on the US side? Sounds pretty rural and isolated for sure. Also, what is an "emergency care attendant"?

Great day of OT. Only one call, and it was a raging STEMI. Proximal LAD occlusion, and I was lucky enough to transport to the one local PCI facility that lets us bypass the ED on our stretcher and observe the catheterization if we choose to. Definitely a lot to learn from those folks in the cath...

We have something similar in regards to leave, although we only work 12 hour shifts. We receive 14 shifts of "Holiday" that can be used equivalent to vacation time every year. We also receive 15 "Vacation" days annually that increases to 21 days with time of service. Sick time is accrued...

This thread has been locked as I clean it up. Refrain from personal attacks and keep the conversation on topic, or the thread will remain locked.

An inflammatory statement without evidence to back it up is meaningless. If your thesis is something comparative like "we put more lives at risk than we save" you need to provide some kind of basis beyond vague opinions. Your entire other thread had some good discussions about the merits of...

In an effort to answer your original question, yes this could hurt your career prospects. Moreover, I agree that this shows a bit of a pattern of poor decision making, even with our limited exposure to who you are on this website. Again, get your life in order first. EMS as a career means...