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    the 100% directionless thread

    Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and just as good (if not better). @TransportJockey Talk about a long hood!
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    first call of the day is...

    Dialysis. Second call was the B leg.
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    What are hobbies of EMTs and Paramedics?

    Scuba diving
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    the 100% directionless thread

    http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/device-shows-your-veins-bright-green-could-make-donating-blood-easier
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    first call of the day is...

    Not often the first thing to hit the ground is your chest.
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    Took the National Registry today! Test shut off after 102 questions

    and resurrect a thread from 2010 to do it in, no less.
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    Exactly when/how to use the siren?

    http://www.ems1.com/paramedic-chief/articles/1977768-The-truth-about-using-lights-and-sirens Relevant article on the use of l&s
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    the 100% directionless thread

    What they meant(?) to say was that only 8% of folks who go into cardiac arrest outside of the hospital survive. That's an AHA statistic.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    8% of people who have a heart attack outside of the hospital survive?
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    First shift, what to expect? Private Ambo

    Remember to lift with your legs and not your back.
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    The "Inexperienced, experienced EMT"

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    Full Arrest

    Oh so now online medical direction is part of it too? Excuse me but that was not what you said earlier. I have read my protocols and none of them tell me it is my responsibility to deviate from them at my discretion. EMT is a 150 hour course. You don't tell someone like me who has just dipped...
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    Full Arrest

    I dunno but whenever anyone tells me that it's at my discretion to deviate from protocols I have to assume they are kidding.
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    Full Arrest

    I'm not sure if you're being serious.
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    Coordination of Resources

    Also important to remember that the vast majority of 911 calls are not for something that will kill you within minutes.
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    first call of the day is...

    Scheduled dialysis run. We get there and the patient is unresponsive (unbeknownst of course to the staff) and bradycardic. Reroute to ER.
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    Full Arrest

    Wait... when did I stumble into the ALS section of this forum?
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    Coordination of Resources

    It is, as usual, about money.
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    Exactly when/how to use the siren?

    Driving is one of the most dangerous things Americans do on a daily basis. But dangerous /= difficult. That's my point. There are a few very simple rules to follow when driving [an ambulance]. I don't think there's content enough to fill three weeks. Driving is not calculating the trajectory...
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    Exactly when/how to use the siren?

    I'd link the "non-ambulance accidents and crashes Compilation" video from just yesterday but YouTube won't let me upload 10,000 hours of footage. What's your point?
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