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  1. mikeN

    What do you carry with you?

    cheap pens and a small note pad. Dunkin donuts receipts work great for note taking meds and pmh stuff. The cheap stethoscopes work fine. I haven't used my 150 dollar littman in months.
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    Drug Cards

    This is how mine are set up. I use 4 x 7 cards. Multi colored. I associate the drugs by colors, don't ask. 1: names of drug. Card number so I notice if one goes missing 2: adult dose with how long to administer and max dose 3: pedi dose 4: class 5: description of drug/how it works...
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    Massachusetts EMT-B jobs

    I'm not saying the name in a post but I know the company I work for is always hiring.
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    What Music do you listen to?

    I've seen mum(original line up) and explosions in the sky.
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    Paper or Computer?

    my company has been using computers for 3 or 4 years now. We use zoll rescue net or something like that. It's super easy to use after a week or two. We submit our reports as soon as we close out the call.Sending the call to dispatch immediatly after you are done with your PCR has saved my ***...
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    What Music do you listen to?

    les savy fav, cursive, the cure, depeche mode, interpol, gaslight anthem, Cocteau twins, Isis, pelican, sonic youth, m83.
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    Looking for work in Mass but having a hardtime.

    fallon, cataldo and Armstrong hire pretty much all the time. Armstrong is currently in the process of trying to get CAAS certified. Pro is only a full time gig but you get a ton of experience. It seems like they are trying to go in the all medic direction. Fallon seems to be hiring anyone. Call...
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    Is your agency hiring?

    The only company I know of in the Boston area that ISN'T hiring is AMR.
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    Attention Northshore MA area...

    I got this email today. I guess this has been a problem in one of our 911 cities too. Atlantic can have fun with lynn.
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    Has this ever happened in your co.?

    if your company is anything like mine your broken down truck became an unofficial supply truck.
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    Ford Says Bye-Bye to Diesel in 2010

    I saw one of AMR's spinters today at the BI. That thing is not easy on the eyes.
  12. mikeN

    Pupils

    I'm takig a wild guess and saying that is your parasympathetic system kicking in and taking over. Just a guess and still doesn't explain much.
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    What did you do with your patch?

    I have the basic patches but I like my mass patch better. I've only seen one person wear their nremt basic patch in mass and she was at a different company. I do like the old disco patch with the rocker. I would still wear a disco patch instead of the mass medic one. A lot of medics have a nremt...
  14. mikeN

    What do you recommend?

    Spanish and medical Spanish. I encounter Russian when I work on the ambulance more than any other language but my clinical site is an area with a lot of Spanish speaking people. Donde este el bano and una cerveza por favor doesn't help me in the ED.
  15. mikeN

    my OR clinicals

    10 is challengin to get but not impossible. I would have like to do more and my teacher would like me to have some more. If I don't get a couple more in the ED my teacher is going to put me in another OR for a week. As for IV's. My requirement is 75 by the end of my clinicals and I have 73 and...
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    my OR clinicals

    alright, update. I got my 10 tubes. I went to extra days to get them. I only missed one tube and I used a miller blade on that one. I missed a tube in the ER this morning on a woman that looked easy. She was anterior and her stomach contents kept coming up. A traumatic arrest came in today too...
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    Need assistance with school question!!!

    try working from AEIOUTIPS. I'm sure that is just an expanded version of this cars thing.
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    Civilan responses

    1. They are having a seizure, put something in their mouth so they don't choke. 2. Bloody nose, easy tilt the head back. I'd rather have people do the stare of life instead.
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    Murder? And your EMS recall!

    Oh wait. New Zealand. Nevermind. Proceed.
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    Murder? And your EMS recall!

    double jeopardy?
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