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I worked one of their shows in my city (I also work part time as event security). I got to work the barricade, picking up all the crowd surfers and whatnot. Halfway through the show Al Barr told the audience that our security company was the best they'd ever had work their shows, which is...

Unfortunate irony. Never had multiple codes in the same place at the same time.

In that case, as far as I know the PCP designation is not recognized by any state but I could be wrong. I'd assume at the very least you'd have to take an equivalency exam. However I would have to say it'd be best to leave this up to those who know the NREMT and U.S. EMS system to better explain...

Awesome, thanks for filling me in! I was always curious about it. Never really learned why, just how to treat (within my scope).

There's a bit of a freeze in hiring with services such as Edmonton EMS, but Edmonton suburbs such as St. Albert, Strathcona and Sherwood Park are apparently hiring. Don't hold me that, though.

Do you plan to stay in the States and work? Or do you plan on working in Canada?

I got some funny looks from some of the boys after I laughed out loud at that one.

The extent of my care of diabetic patients is nil (to date), aside from the occasional administration of oral glucose to severely hypoglycemic patient. I find it interesting how severely hypo/hyperglycemic patients can appear, and even smell, ETOH. The appearance is obvious to me, but why do...

Used the halo test (used a 4x4 pad of gauze) once and result was positive. Pt did in fact have a skull fracture, but my decision to treat as skull fracture was based simply off sheer doubt as to whether or not the fracture actually existed. "Better safe than sorry" thought process.

a bit expensive for something i'll most likely drop or misplace, knowing my habits. but i guess you get what you pay for in the end of it all.

This is by far superior to the last Hitler EMS video. I absolutely loved this one. "Now I'm f@*!ing Ricky Rescue! Lights and sirens, oh boy that's me! I gotta get more crap for my belt!" ahahahaha

Personally, I love our system. We don't have to worry about a fresh EMT-A with the ink barely dry on their cert walking in to medic school with zero field experience. In Alberta, you won't even be looked at to be accepted into medic school unless you have a minimum of 1 year of BLS work at the...

It's very unfortunate, but I'm curious as to how he rolled his vehicle during a routine patrol. Thoughts go out to his two sons.