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    First call?

    Drunk and homeless wallowing in own feces outside liquor store.... Welcome to EMS. I forgot to touch on the smell. It was so bad most people in the ER put on masks and they took him and the gurney to the decon room.
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    Credit check

    No credit checks when I worked there?
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    Our shop's new pride and joy: a vintage 1969 Econoline Ambulance

    my vote is original
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    100% Directionless Thread

    You can actually defend Welfare and the Affordable Care Act? :P
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    Falck - or the 900-pound gorilla no one is aware of

    Orange County CA, San Jose, and San Francisco are 3 of the top ten places with the highest cost of living in the United States. The statement that NorCal cost of living is ridiculously high (as compared to OC) is king of a generalized statement. Completely dependent on where you live. San Fran...
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    100% Directionless Thread

    For better or worse no sense in dwelling on your decision.
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    How do you keep your uniform away from home/car?

    Have to agree with Clipper on this one...
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    The Who's Working Out Thread

    squatted 455 yesterday. on the third rep i pushed so hard i felt and saw a flash, then i got real hot and flush. Once i racked the weight I got a squeezing pain in my head. That is probably normal right?
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    Most reputable ambulance companies in SoCal

    CARE and McCormick are great companies. There are others but those are the two that come to mind for me.
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    Giving my name out on calls...

    My full name was on my uniform so I never exactly had a choice. Never really cared either except the few times I have been threatened by a patient.
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    Need some advice for a call I went on the other day (heat exhaustion)

    This.......
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    The Who's Working Out Thread

    Got the 110lb dumbbells up for eight reps on shoulder press today. Feels good to be back in the gym.
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    The Who's Working Out Thread

    If its just a cold I still workout moderate intensity.
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    Broken fingers with elevator BP

    Exactly, Where I am at a diastolic greater than 100 is an ALS call. Cannot tell you how many times I had blood pressures like you stated and ALS documents over /90
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    "Nothing prepared me for it..."

    It can become confusing when in EMT school you are taught what your book says, then your instructor goes off on a "but in the field tangent," then you have local protocols you are taught that differ from national, so on and so forth. Suddenly your thinking, "Is it a systolic of 90 or 100 for...
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    Need some encouragment

    couldn't have said it better
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    100% Directionless Thread

    I would love to know what company that was
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    100% Directionless Thread

    Just an FYI you have a ll outed yourself if anyone is concerned with anonymity
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    Finding medical research?

    Google Scholar
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    100% Directionless Thread

    impossible
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