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My ex was (is) not a very pleasant person, particularly to me and my oldest daughter. We were together over 10 years when I left him early last year. He was controlling and mentally and verbally abusive. He did not support me becoming an EMT and he still feels that EMS takes me away from "his"...

I need ideas for things our BLS squad can do to for Brownies and Girl Scouts trying to earn their First Aid badges. I have attached the outline that the leader gave us. I was thinking of having them cut their own cravat from bed sheets (or something) and then show them how to properly dress a...

Ladies, do you wear your engagement ring while working/on call? What about wedding rings, do you wear them or take them off?

Simple question, do you refer to those in EMS that are not certified at the Paramedic level (EMTs, EMRs, etc.) as "medics" or do you use it more widely to refer to others in EMS, like EMTs?

I am considering resigning from my EMS squad and possibly the entire fire department. This is long but I wanted to post and see if you all could help me walk through this. I know there are things I am not considering or may not be able to see because I'm in the middle of it. We are a volunteer...

I am just beginning work on a "firefighter down" training program for my department. The last time they had that sort of training was at least 6 years ago and the woman that ran it didn't do a very good job so I am starting from scratch. We have not had a firefighter down on a fire scene in...

To give some background, we are a very small rural, volunteer, fire department with emergency squad and BLS ambulance. This frequent flyer, whom I will refer to as Frank is an overweight, 70 year old sickly man with history of cardiovascular issues including heard surgery. He has open sores...

On a whim I applied to work as an independent contractor for a company that was looking to staff their client (a well known company) with promotional specialist for a NASCAR race about an hour away from where we live. I found out about this opportunity through a mutual acquaintance of ours and...

This Saturday my boyfriend and I are riding his motorcycle on a 98 mile tribute ride to honor Vietnam Veterans. I do not have leather anything, what should I wear? Expected high of 82, low of 61, 0% Chance of precip. There is a scheduled stop for gas and food and then at the end of the ride...

Yesterday was the first time since I've been with my boyfriend that I've seen him in full firefighter gear. He had a couple of green tags with a number on them in white lettering hanging on a hook through a hole in the back of his helmet. What are those and what is their purpose?

In our storage closet we have various sizes of "sponge" according to the package. Are these the same things as "gauze"? I don't know if these would pass for our part 800 list or not, and if they serve the same purpose in the same way as the packages labeled "gauze" would. There is nothing...

800 parts list says we need both, what purposes do they each serve?

I've been offered a job at a local racetrack, first as and Aid, and then as EMT when I get certified.. My Chief said in all the years he's been racing at the track there has only been one person taken away by ambulance and that most of the treatments are for people that work on the cars...

The best I understand it, my department is sitting on thousands of dollars that they have to spend before other money is available. This money has to go to the building per grant(?), it can't go to the trucks, community outreach, etc. Ideas? ETA: It's a joint Fire/EMS station.

What is more common for you all to see/do for one rescuer: one rescuer BVM or something else? According to book and Instructor one rescuer BVM is least efficient way to ventilate, but that's what people in our [very small] squad do. It's been bugging the crap out of me because *I* don't want...

When legs are crushed under a slab of concrete, the blood supply is diminished to the cells in the legs. This condition often results in: a) carbon dioxide being produced b) lactic acid being produced c) aerobic metabolism d) all of these If you could put your level of training with your answer...

I know a guy in our FD that helps out with the EMT refresher courses. He told me last night he would be coming in for skills nights for my EMT course. He went on to say that he went in to help at EMT refresher course last night and one of the EMTs couldn't find his pulse, that he was screwing...

We're covering Anatomy and Medical Terminology tonight. Can someone please write out some information using the correct anatomy, abbreviations, and medical terms-you know something you would have to write on or read on a PCR or similar. It doesn't have to be from a real patient or, you can make...

Should I buy it?

We're a small (as in population, not size, we're actually larger in sq ft) rural community in NYS. Our FD and EMS are volunteer. Typically, calls come through text messages sent to EMS and FD volunteers' cell phones. I am not on "the list" yet and so I have to keep my ear out for the sirens at...