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    Advice on dealing with this....

    I was doing some Ride along time as part of my EMT Class. Was called out for an elderly fall victim at an assisted living facility. We arrived to find a elderly female in her bathroom, complaining and yelling at the nurses trying to help her. We approach her only to be called names and...
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    Funny Story?

    I was doing some emt ride along time with a local ambulance company during my EMT-B Class. We got called out for a class 4 (physic transport) at the police station. We get there and a ladie was stating that she was looking for her dog, but she didnt have a dog that anyone knew of. The police...
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    Whacker

    IN pa we have volunteer fire fighter and run Blue lights and Red lights for fire chiefs and assistant chiefs. We refer to the term whacker when a person has alot of lights on there car/truck and/or has there Minitor(pager) in the open/scan position so that everyone can hear all the calls from...
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    DNR Question for a new emt!

    I have never faced and DNR but I have treated a patient who had one (she just had a cold) but however if I would be ever faced with a situation that resulted in this type of scenario witch I am thinking of what would you do? This is what I am thinking of and not sure how to over come this...
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    BLS Ambulance Staffing

    In Pa the citys run Duel Medics on the rigs and don't hire any Emt's (which I dont think is really right) on the rual areas they run medic/emt (BLS/ALS) or EMT/EMT (Bls) or sometimes Duel Medics too. When I went to emt school I would right on the truck observing and sometimes helping out with...
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    New Emt

    Thanks for all the help and information, I will put into good use on everything. My birthday is coming up real soon so I hope maybe I will get in the this future of technology thing and finnaly get an IPOD lol. But thanks for the help. Derick
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    Cetronia is busy one of the busiest stations in North East Region! I am not sure what IFT is but...

    Cetronia is busy one of the busiest stations in North East Region! I am not sure what IFT is but they do 911, transports Emergancy and Nonemergancy and also wheelchair vans assists.
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    Easton is good. Not really were I wanna be, only because I am living with my inlaws but its not...

    Easton is good. Not really were I wanna be, only because I am living with my inlaws but its not to bad.
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    Worst Call you've ever gotten ?

    My luietenit checked her pulse said she had one so we put her to the floor and applied the aed and then there was no pulse! That was the pertanit information that I didn't add! Sorry about that!
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    Worst Call you've ever gotten ?

    This doesn't really pertain to a story on the emt side only because I am fresh new emt. but however it was a sad story for me. I was with my vol. fire company and we got called out for a ems assist with our ambulance company on a cardiac arrest. We had a full crew on our squad truck but no...
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    EMT-B Class Questions

    I was going to buy the stethescope from him but he lost it! So I went out and got one but I am glad that you mentioned eBay I will have to check it out!
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    EMT-B Class Questions

    When I went to emt-b class I had to get a the big orange book and work book needed to by a pocket mask witch they racked me 16 bucks for and if I only would thought about getting it cheaper elseware, also we had to get a t-shirt saying were were a EMT Student. I had the opertunity to use a bp...
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    New Emt

    Thanks for the help!
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    New Emt

    I have just recently in the past 3 months became a new EMT in PA, I know that the laws and such are different in each state but how ever the calls and medical problems are not. I had gotten hired with a big company with in the past 2 weeks and will be scheduling my precept next week. After...
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