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Move on and once again DO NOT MESS WITH ANYONE YOU WORK WITH AGAIN..... GO to the other service or have a sit down with him and the HR Director to get something worked out between you two....I mean just tell him and everyone else to grow up we are all adults here right.

Right now I have a IPOD charger cord...PB&J...granola bar, and crystal light....I don't carry a jump bags or 1st in bag that is my own..and if your a guy most people call them man purses....lololo

I usually just take cat naps anytime I can coffee etc does not do it for me...so cat naps power naps etc...

Our policy is no pictures period!!! There is a Hippa problem there also..the patient needs to be ok with the pcitures and if so a waiver should be signed. Our policy is no pictures while on duty during calls....No pictures a crash, fire, patient injuries, etc.... We do allow pictures...

Just wondering what the average responder puts out of pocket for licensing fees and other EMS junk that we all seem to buy. As of October 1st my State Lic. fees are going up to $150 a year, then add my required 48hrs of CME time plus ACLS/PALS/NALS/CPR/National Lic recert etc.... I figure...

Here is a fast and easy practical joke... Take a rubber band and place it on the PA for the siren but be sure to adjust the volume to prevent feed back...it needs to be low enough for only really close cars to hear. Then when they roll up to an intersection and chat about the hottie in the...

Call the FD or a what ever your special rescue team is called. I would not venture out there just because of the potential risk of you and your partner. He would be too excited for you to ride on someones ATV he would be hauling butt to try and help you save HIS daughter/frined. And first...

I never got into putting it around my neck. I usually leave it in my airway bag...got into that habit 20years ago and haven't broken it yet.

Our shifts late night snack is from the local spanish rest. they close at 0430hrs so it is great. We like: rice/bean and pork half chicken and fries potatoe balls (mashed potatoes with beef in the center) then deep fried. Not good for the heart but great in the tummy.

I use both ZOLL and EMSCharts. I work for two services and each use different programs. THe city I work for has the money and went with the expensive ZOLL program..As a manager I get to see more of the behind the scenes working of the program and it is much better to integrate with our...

The best bet is to surf youtube...most services will NOT take pictures of a patient drop and then with hippa that brings in a whole new added charge on a civil suit. So I would suggest youtube for the cell phone videos

A good resource for I.E.M.S. is the Firehouse Forums forum boards. There is a whole group of Indutrial responders that regularly discuss. http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=18513

Thanks guys now I am hungry and need to go out for breakfast!!! :sad:

Danners Rule Danner® Acadia Waterproof Duty Boot ...Pricey but good for cold and wet areas of the country...they are a little hot in the summer. After broken in they wear like slippers...It does take sometime to break in tho. They stand behind thier product also. I had a pair that...

A few guys from another shift went to a conference and all met at the station to carpool to the airport...well one week later in 10 degree weather they came home to cars covered in ice...every few hours for a week we sprayed their cars with a hose....they looked like bugs in an ice cube. Sad...

Umm yeah...IPhone junkie...problem is I work alone and go into withdrawl.... want to swap places so I can ride shotgun...man I need to get off the medic and back on the bus.... whoa..almost crashed..ok enough while driving (just joking). I used to use a palm a lot at work with some ok...

I am 95% complient when it comes to putting gloves on but the worst thing of all to happen is........ Moving a pt from bed to the EMS cot on kneeling in urine....Even after a uniform change and bath in a bag/spit wash I still feel nasty....uhg I hate that!!!! From now on I stay on the...

I was working for my service OT on Medic 7....We just cleared back in service and walked in to the breaking news.... That night my wife got ordered into work (she is an ER Doc/Med Examiner for the State of CT) I was held over and sent to Greenwich, CT to the CT staging area...thats as far...

Hey...I didn't do the IV's I was driving watching the passenger/family member eat my lunch...I was on a 24 and she ate a sandwich of mine... I don't condone my partners actions and maybe the roads were bad...I mean this was in the late 80's and we all know how hard the old Econoline350's drove

Best thing that was said to me from a patients family was...... Asthma call..blah.. blah... blah... load pt neb treatment..tell girlfriend to get up front we will leave in a minute. Close doors walk around to drivers seat to see the patients girlfriend EATING MY LUNCH!!!!! ....I was...