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When you're parked in a dialysis pt's driveway, taking the stretcher out of the truck, and a 911 call drops and you're told to handle it. With the pt looking at you through the front window and her husband standing on the porch waiting for you to come in...

Working in a city, its common for us to double park on the street during emergencies. We've gotten a few complaints here or there from that, lol.

For 68W school, we started IVs on each other exclusively. There were no opportunities for clinical time and real patients so every time we did our casualty assessment, if the pt needed an IV, they got stuck. That being said, I got over my distaste for needles after about the 30th or 40th IV...

Monsters. Lots of Monsters. When I get tired I just drink another one.

Just going off his name, I'm assuming MountainMedic's post was more for a backwoods, wilderness situation. Even from a military perspective, some of the things listed are extreme. I basically look at my loadout in 2 parts: Tactical(GSW, penetrating trauma, blast injury) and "Sick Call"(the...

Just took a "High Performance CPR" inservice which states that current studies are showing that we over oxygenate arrest victims and that compressions without respirations improve circulation due to the increased intrathoracic pressure caused by ventilation pushing blood out of the heart. I...

Congrats, btw. I have the GAFPB but not the Schutzenschnur. I imagine yours was more fun to earn than mine... lol

I know in my area a big benefit of calling a helicopter is that they carry blood products.

I have a Combat Medic sticker on the back that a friend of mine gave me. Other than that I don't have any stickers.

Haha, I've been in your shoes man. Exact same thing, guys who have run wheelie vans for decades become EMTs and they start getting a superior attitude. There isn't anything you can do but bite your tongue and grit it out. Unless you're his supervisor, just let him be. Maybe talk to whoever...

Maybe a form of "vetting" should be required since his tag says he's a Paramedic... I'm sure its been suggested in the past and there is a reason why it hasn't been implemented. I just thought I'd mention it.

Blisters and tick removal is about 90% of my job...

I think I'm one of the only people in my service who has used an NPA in the past year. And I've used several. What I was taught in the Army is that if they might need it, give it. If they decide they don't want it, they'll take it out themselves. If they can't remove it, they probably needed it...

Holy hell, hahahaha. Thats not even funny, though

Just like in the Army, it may be more beneficial to teach your regular line officers to treat basic extremity, pelvic, and thoracic trauma and how to properly evac the patient to a higher level of care, i.e, a waiting ALS unit versus teaching medics to be members of SWAT teams where ALS...

Holy hell. I did a single 12 hour ER shift for my EMT. That was like 5 years ago.

Quoted for f-ing truth. Pilot G2s or nothing. Also, anything that asks for pity/sympathy such as "so how was your day?" etc. really bugs me. You applied for this job, quit if it isn't what you wanted. I know guys in Afghanistan who would love to be taking Granny to the hospital right now.

This is awesome and I totally agree. Thank you.

OP, I understand where you might feel confused. As having taught a fair amount of CLS classes, you are not wrong in your thinking that the pregnant female would be a black tag and not transportable. However, in the field, I guarantee we transport the pregnant female before a walking, talking...

We have several different styles of ambulances in my ALS service. The ones I prefer to work on are crest-lines with all the cabinets on one side(opposite the bench). Working from front to back we have airway supplies, IV supplies/fluids, Trauma supplies/miscellaneous(PPE, cleaning supplies)...