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  1. ihalterman

    New EMT

    Welcome, and good luck in your EMS adventures. There are a lot of joys and pains in this field. Learn to enjoy and learn from both. Very big point!! Some people find it hard to talk about this stuff "Face-to-Face" This site is a great outlet as well. There are many very helpful...
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    When does a Paramedic not resuscitate a patient?

    Funny as hell, but I'm not sure it will help the OP. :)
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    Best Pranks

    One prank that keeps rolling around our station, and continues to get people, even those of us that have pulled this prank is: Wait untill people go to bed. Get the sim-man. Place sim-man in a seated position on the toilet. turn off lights. go back to bed. When someone gets up at 03:00...
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    "Proper narrative Descriptions"

    CCFCCP- coo coo for cocoa puffs HM-2FF - couple of french fries short of a happy meal <-- caught on QC CC- cancel christmas HBNCB- Heaven bound not coming back <-- caught on QC DRT - Dead right there <-- caught on QC DAD - dead as dirt LOGO- Lights out game over SWIM TC- Sure wish I...
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    Podcasts Topics

    I like the idea of "WHY" we do the assessments the way we do them. What happens in the PT's brain when you ask Name, Where are you, and What Year/day is it. What mental processes go into getting those answers. Why things like that are important. Why it's important to not make your own...
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    Paramedic School Mega-Codes

    When will I get to work on the 17yo Male that OD's on grandma's tricyclic antidepressants, in the garage where he get's organophosphate poisoning and downs a bottle of benzodiazepines after getting bitten by a poisonous snake, then falls from a ladder and gets bilateral femur fractures? If...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    Brown chicken brown cow
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    paramedic programs lets compare!

    Mercy College of Health Sciences-Des Moines, IA We started with Anatomy, Patho, Some assessment. We started clinicals in the first term. IV's, Intubation, Med admin, etc... second term is Cardiac and ACLS + more clinicals Third term is Peds, PALS, OB + More clinicals.
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    Kids and What They Say

    Several years ago my oldest son (then 5 or 6) after seeing a female hygiene asked if he drank masingil would it prevent him from waking up with bad breath.
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    New EMT looking for a Rig!

    That kind of waht I was thinking. ;)
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    Castration from a bad acid trip

    For the Win!!!
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    Cop Arrests Man For Taking Wife to ER

    My wife or my kids, I would have done the same thing. You can have my cert and I'll drop from medic school, but my loved one is in the hospital and getting treated. just my $0.02
  13. ihalterman

    Pre Employment Testing

    Well, I passed all of the tests Midwest had for me today. Durring one of the practicals, I told my partner (Casper) that this guy is Cahrlie, Tango, Delta and the proctor laughed hard enough to spit coffee on my test sheet. After he told me I passed we chatted for a bit and I found out 1. He...
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    Farooq Muhammed

    Click here for the artical http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXln3ZujCqs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4Imbhr5uc&feature=related
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    5 hurt in Manhattan collision involving ambulance

    Things like this make us all look like jackasses.
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    I need some good words of advice for my nremtb computer test i'm takin 2morrow. Pleas

    Your so funny, your humerus is jealous. :ph34r: :ph34r:
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    Just finished registry!

    Dudemanguy is correct. The test is constantly running an algorithm in the background. With each answer it decides if you have passed, failed, or if it needs more answers. If you pass or fail it ends the test. If it needs more data, you get another question. According to the NREMT site...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    Finaly, someone noticed. Can I get out of the freezer now?
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    When did you decide you want to be a medic?

    After 12 years in the Army my career ended abruptly. I have bounced from job to job with nothing fitting right. What I found was that I need a job that allows me to have a dynamic enviroment and provide a service to my community. I have no desire to be a cop. Fire tends to be too hot for my...
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    Pre Employment Testing

    Does anyone have any experience with Midwest Ambulance in Des Moines, IA? I have a pre employment test with them Monday at 09:00. I'm just kinda wondering what thier testing is like.
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