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The Reserves don't quite train John Wick to also do medical stuff... Active (possibly) but plan on either 18X(D) or 68W/18D.. or Guard with 19th or 20th Group. https://goarmysof.com/specialforces/sfrecruiting.html

Yeah, that's patient driven. Although once or twice I may have done something along the lines of "Hail Mary, full of Grace, let this (IV/ETT) slide into place." Another time or two, there could have been a quick prayer caused by the partner's driving or the helo's flying.

So, the dude wearing a paramedic cap in Kenosha who was almost disarmed... please say he isnt a real paramedic.

Unless there are major indications of permanent death, I'mma gonna get that 4ld ECG strip just because I can. Traditionally did the 30 second listen for any cardiac tones. Wouldn't mind a POCUS on the heart, but hey. Excluding: Decapitation, incineration, decomposition, rigor mortis...

We drop two amps (total 1 gram) in a 100 NSS and 5-10 minutes. Generally it's set to a quick drip and just ran in the ballpark.

I'm in a very crazy system. Qatar. There are an insane number of languages living here, particularly in the industrial/ laborer neighborhoods. The "majority" can speak arabic and/or english, but... the lower level workers? Nope. Good luck with that. That's what they have supervisors who can...

Ive seen a bunch of them around. If the bird can't go to an oil platform, we have an "ambulance boat" available. It gets messier when involving the coast guard or navy. Trying to get it in general service for a pair of busy marina areas with all the highly intelligent and capable seamanship...

We sometimes do fairly aggressive cooling... but from rural areas (and beach) to hospital can be 1.5 hours or better. by road. People out in 130-140F weather don't always do so good... The hard part would be finding ice, although there are tons of small shops, "restaurants" and all have...

Cheers and good luck. Also, let us know how it goes. I'm looking at putting in papers next year, and we're eying up a few places after chilling with family for a couple of months. Portugal, Costa Rica and Belize being towards the top of the list. I'd love to dabble on the side to keep me...

Haven’t been chatting much, or logging in much lately. Too busy. Wife is knocked up, expecting two boys. Theoretical due date 31Jan but she’s doing the preeclampsia dance and at 33w5d is a “next time her BP goes over 145/95, game on!” Generally getting tired here. A couple of good people are...

I utterly despise our 2 day, 2 night “four off”. - but we rarely get all 4 off with extra shifts, training and OT. I don’t flip very well between day and night shifts and it’s getting brutal.

Completely irrelevant, but I was in Malaga about ten days before you posted that. Cool dive trip out of Benalmadena.

The dispatcher / ambulance paramedic (EMT-I kinda) is roughly $2600/month, give or take, plus housing, etc. Give or take, that's not my pay grade. It seems to draw quite a few recruits from the Phillipines, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, India,... My time at the comm center was there as a critical...

Still here. The call center is fairly busy. There are breaks and all, but it isn’t a very studying kind of environment. Breaking it down, you have call-takers (dual language, plus some extras thrown in) who do PROQA processing 999 medical calls. You have dispatchers that operate one of the...

First off, cool. My wife is Turkish. Was there back in June. Visit family in Istanbul, visit the summer home on cinarcik, and then a road trip for diving down to Kas and Fethiye with some pitstops on the way. And yea, from past trips to Turkey I looked at a fire station and ambulance or...

Good evening. Still here. Gonna be here longer than planned, life changes. “Ambulance Paramedic” is, in US terms, EMT-I. A lot of good people. Most of our APs are Filipino, Indian, Jordanian, Moroccan, Tunisian and batches of several more. A few Pakistani, Afghani, Somali,... I’m not up...

Seen on the book of face.

Seriously, refer this question to your local law enforcement authority, attorney, and state EMS agency. Your mileage WILL vary and it's better to get a formal response on letterhead before you end up disarming someone and storing their long rifle and pistol in your former LBB compartment and...

Just adding a comment. Nothing worthwhile, but paying attention to after Qatar.

No where can have a 100% pass rate. That's a bit of a red flag. No matter how carefully you prepare and screen everyone via assessment and selection, No matter the education, quality, mentoring, etc... the material itself and testing process itself will always produce a fail rate.