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It's weights, and a short cardio warm up. No biggie

Sounds like you're in good shape. Don't smoke right before you go in, don't drink a monster/red bull/mocha before you go in. If possible avoid hitting an inhaler before you go in, those are all things that will mess you up on the warm up (heart rate will take too long to recover, or your BP...

Actually, AMR Riverside runs BLS IFT rigs. If you're talking about what responds 911, yes, they're all ALS.

KC, it's pretty simple, really. I'm 5'0" and today 110 lbs, had a small amount of trouble when I was testing coming off a back injury, but, then, while I was out I wasn't allowed to lift more than 10 lbs. If you haven't done it yet, don't worry, if I can, you can!

Like dan said, I really only noticed the "head up" position when we're in the load position, aka, the highest you can take it. It does seem to be a bit more comfortable and less disorienting to a boarded pt. Additionally, the back does raise for fowlers, and as do the feet

The AMR agility test is the same everywhere. And, kc, in one and one counties, you do time on a BLS rig (no 911 during this time) before you get on a one and one rig. There are some counties where they run BLS 911 rigs. :cough:LA:cough:

What daedelus said.

Mexican Coca-Cola is better than US Coca-Cola. I'm pretty sure it's the real sugar vs high fructose corn syrup.

Ah, I generally get somewhere around an hour on shift, and 6 hours at home during the day....

After you flush the line of air/bubbles, remember to turn off the flow! In holding it for the medic who is sticking, hold on to the cap at the very end, and when s/he grabs it, twist and pull. That's it, not difficult

Generally, we move them facing forward, then turn around at the rig, except for elevators, which, generally are loaded head first.

My agency pays us, above minimum wage, for our entire shift.

4 11.5s a week, total scheduled 46 hours per week. I've not yet had a check that was less than 100 hours (2 weeks) unless I took a day off.

No pictures, 2005 Jeep Liberty.

They do have substations in LA county (or, so I hear). Not sure where exactly they are. Sorry, nimbo, can't help with the CEs, I get most of mine through my employer.

LOL, Knitting and pistols :)

Heh, only time I puked, was because I was working with the flu... :p

It's not the whole "more" posts from Californians, its the huge number of "I just finished class, now what" posts from Californians. It's especially irritating in that all of the information should have been presented IN your class, and even if it wasn't, it's not hard information to find with...

depends on how busy it is tonight. Last saturday, we never stopped moving

My guess is, Lifesavers was handing out free candy, and, she being perhaps a bit ignorant, thought they were cough drops, and really wanted one?