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Yup. I'd love to still pursue it. There's so much to learn, but fiscally it's not possible for me to do with 3 kids and a job that pays so little my kids are on medical assistance (actually, we just lost that so yay, I get just barely enough to lose my kids insurance LOL).

I should have added my anatomy comment was in reference to other arguments we've had over where specific areas were in the body as he reprimanded me to go back to anatomy class (only to pull the A/P book I have on my bookshelf and point out that I was again correct).

Yes but graduating at 40 years old 300K in debt, does not make for paying off school loans before retirement.

I realize the anser may only be "suck it up and deal", but here is my issue... My volly unit only runs as BLS. We have a transplant from another state who hasn't run as a paramedic in a few years, but was assisted in gaining reciprocity here and went through all the steps and...

So, I finally am attempting to accept the fact that med school is financially not in the cards for me. I contacted the local comm college where I started working towards pre reqs and discovered I'm only A/P I and II as well as microbiology short of applying to the RN program. They also said...

That's a big help actually. 14 y/o female without mom present due to being transferred from behavioral facility to hospital. We were doing the return trip to the behavioral facility. She could not remember her meds, the hosp did not have a full list, and kept saying "I have something called...

Ok wth is this? Pt sent to rule out brain bleed due to history of this. Nothing shows up on google except colon issues. Hmmmm. Unless the pt is an *** hat I doubt she has to worry about a brain bleed in her colon.

I knew this was going to be about mono as soon as I saw the subject line. Hope you feel better in time for practicals.

Normally auto insurance covers costs related to these things. If not your auto insurance than the person who is deemed at fault in the accident. Was this submitted through your health insurance?

If 35 is too old to continue my education just shoot me now. We are NOT old. We are not too old. We are not too busy with our children. Do they get in the way and slow us down sometimes yes. Definitely. I just took a two year hiatis from my premed courses because my nanny up and quit three...

Sitting waiting on a IFT transfer. Boss sent me earlier than pick up time and nursing staff refuse to let pt go without lunch yet calling and informing boss they aren't ready has boss irritated with me. But boss set up the apt. Boss should know he sent me way too early.

O.k. I went with the non technical "wooshing sound" in the trip sheet, as much as I hated to do it. I hate non technical terms. They sound so elementary.

socal I don't like you right now. Just sayin'. Brrrrr.

Sounds like a recent situation my partner told me about at his other unit. Apparently my neighbor was involved and they got in a disagreement. Patient covered in chem burns. Neighbor says decon him. Partner says not until we know what he's covered in. Patient says "not tellin'" Since...

Hubz called me and said drive kids to school cuz it's -10 and he doesn't want them standing outside. Then I couldn't find my keys. Then I realized he had my ice scraper for my car. Yeah, kids were late to school. LOL But they were warm!

Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. A lot of issues. On a vent. Almost called my boss in (he's the medic for the co.) but mom was trained in all the equipment so we were a go. Hmmmm....it sounded wooshy almost like a heart murmer, but normally when I hear a murmer I normally hear skipped beats...

On calls used to only get one maybe two max IFT runs a day on Sundays...every Sunday for the past two months has given me 5 calls half of which are long distance transports. I'm thinking I won't be available weekends anymore LOL. I've worked every weekend for the past 2 months and will be next...

I'm trying to explain what I heard in my narrative upon listening to lung sounds. I normally don't note anything about the heart even though you hear it while auscultating the lungs, unless there is something abnormal like a murmer or something definitely NOT normal. However, this particular...

Troubled yes. Potential cutter maybe but currently, the way it transpired I'm negating the term cutter for this young lady. It was a first time offense and with the right intervention it won't get any more intense than this moment.

Instead of mom rushing to ER is what I was typing before my toddler hit submit on my phone and now it won't let me edit. LOL