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Nope, but color me unsurprised. People do some dumb sheit when they hear sirens. I am almost constantly amazed. I know the thought process isn't "what can I do to impede the progress of this emergency vehicle coming up behind me" but damned if it doesn't feel like it sometimes. Call it in on...

I actually score the NREMT, and while I'm disallowed from telling you how you did... since you took the trouble to post here...

Kickstarter is hard, especially when you don't have a finished product to offer as a reward. In the future, perhaps look to another platform that offers people to donate without the constraint of a minimum amount of pledges prior to completion. Indiegogo comes to mind, but there are lots of...

Consider taking it further than immediately becoming a fire fighter. If you're that interested in biology, take a look at colleges in your state with a good bio, pre-med or nursing program. The higher your terminal degree the more options you'll have later in life.

I go all the time (an exaggeration) for my full-time job. We'll sue anyone if they owe us money, but once you've won a judgment you have to collect. We will often wait until we have enough judgments won to send it to a collections agency to find us info on bank accounts, garnishments, etc...

I liked it! Not to encourage the "get into EMS to 'snatch folks back from the jaws of death'" mentality but it sure makes for good TV.

I dunno if I agree entirely with the idea that it's not our place to ask questions or educate our patients about what they can do to avoid having to call us in the future. However, I know plenty of overweight EMS providers so it's kind of a heal thyself situation...

Virginia is divided into various EMS regions... ...each of which has their own protocols. I run under ODEMSA (Old Dominion EMS Alliance) and we're already able to give glucagon and narcan IN as basics.

Link?

It's harder to hear in a crowded, loud restaurant than it is with my personal music on.

Trucks at the agency I volunteer at There's a few units more but those are the Google-able pictures I found. I prefer the short-nosed trucks for their maneuverability but damn does that Chevy get up and go.

But...! Look at that mechanism of injury!

Are the protesters treating EMS as an extension of the cops?

I wish!

Full-time non-EMS: 15 minutes Part-time EMS: 20-45 minutes (depending on traffic and which station I'm at)

I would venture to say that the tiniest of minorities of people that ever ride on an ambulance die because of what happens during those 15-30 minutes. It doesn't effect my care, but I do understand that everything I do is delaying the inevitable - be it on a 16-year-old with a broken leg or a...

Is your position that not entering the house with O2 makes one a mediocre provider? (Apparently someone decided to use their admin privileges to let others have a say, too.)

Speculative is good. I just drive an ambulance. I don't have all the answers. I can say the chest pain was more like pressure (5/10) and the computer didn't think it was an MI.

What is the non-mainstream media making it look like?

Should I be worried if the entirety of my crew is near breaking-point and I completely don't understand the emotions they are feeling?