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Yes, yes, and yes. It's a bad, lame idea. Guaranteed more people will laugh at you than think it's cool. Show up to a job interview driving an ambulance and your application will be in the trash before you walk in the door. Plus, ambulances are gross you don't want to be in there if you don't...

Context? Conclusion?

A before B, B before C

Nah

Starbucks gift cards.

Nope. Expect a lot of discharges and overnight transfers.

I try to avoid passing on the right. I will take oncoming at an I tersection to go left around stopped traffic as the OP mentioned. I am very concerned about passing on the right only to have the motorist do the same. People are stupid. Code 3 is an art not a science. Hard to say if the...

Gun safety class today, tomorrow hanging out with my brother and nephews who are visiting from Japan.

Snacks, money, book, extra uniform, phone charger.

Treat the patient. Don't let your ego get in the way. I've administered CPR 3 times as a lay responder and managed a seizure until EMS showed up at the coffee shop, and now has ever known my name or level of certification. I don't need the glory and definitely don't want the extra attention.

This is what I think of when I see a personal business card

Doesn't make sense to me to go through the time and expense of medic school with out the payoff (and pay) of a medic gig. 1- get your medic and get a medic job and continue to volunteer as an EMT 2- buy your own books and school yourself 3- if you like medicine and want to do more, pursue...

If you want sound smart, hear smart, and earn respect in your profession, learn the language. Latin roots are not really all that difficult. But memorization does take time...I would prioritize your chapter of the week but at some point you should learn the lingo.

Abnormal vitals, abnormal BG, peaked t-waves

Go to nursing school, challenge paramedic.

Excuse me, I've been meaning to say eponychial fold, not nuchal fold.

The risk is that the nuchal fold will scar down and a new nail cannot grow out.

Any nailbed injury? Those need to be repaired in the ED. If the entire nail is gone, it should be replaced or somehow the nuchal fold needs to be splinted so the matrix can generate a new nail. Dont throw it in thr trash, we typically push it back under the fold and suture it in place until a...

Beware the hyperbillirubinemia

Memorization and practice