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I am one of those posters with the signature line that is now in violation of the new rules. I am also one of the posters that experienced an inability to log onto the site for a couple of days. I thought to myself - do I have a virus? is the site really really busy at Christmas? is it...

Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta عيد ميلاد مجيد وسنة جديدة سعيدة ¡Feliz Navidad y feliz año nuevo Весела Коледа и щастлива нова година Frohe Weihnachten und guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo Joyeux Noël et bonne année Feliz Natal e feliz ano novo 기쁜 성탄과 새해...

I received this from a member of my husband's platoon in Vietnam. He is an extremely reliable source. Good afternoon all I was at Fort Hood yesterday afternoon and got caught up in the events surrounding the shooting. I was in the Howze Theater to play my bagpipes as a processional to...

Out of touch for a few days and a really good thread gets locked without any help or input from me..... I have a point regarding this and I want your opinions on it. Where I was trained, we generally put saline locks on patients in the back of the rig. When I got here, almost no-one was...

Girl With An Apple (This is a true story and you can find out more by Googling Herman Rosenblat. He was Bar Mitzvahed at age 75) August 1942. Piotrkow, Poland. The sky was gloomy that morning as we waited anxiously. All the men, women and children of Piotrkow's Jewish ghetto...

I have hit a stupid snag in my paramedic career. I am brand new in the field and I have had 3 incidents in the last month where I have improperly disposed of my sharps. There are many reasons for this but obviously it is something I need to fix RIGHT NOW. I am looking for any tips...

I have been hired by AMR - River Medical running out of Kingman Arizona. I was afraid to jinx it but I got my offer of employment letter today. I am very happy. I really appreciate all the information and support I get from this site. I hope that with some practical experience under my belt...

Wrote the National Registries yesterday. I am now a paramedic. Now the real learning begins. I'm pretty happy - I feel like this was a real achievement. Just wanted to share and to bask in the congratsB)

Hey all.. that banner reminded me that I haven't posted in a while.. I wrote my final exam in class today - I got the best mark in the class.. I am quite pleased with that... glad that I could sustain the level of effort to the bitter end.. Lab final tomorrow, National Registry Practical on...

Part of our clinicals included 4 shifts in the ACU. This was my second. The first turn I did was at night and it was dull as dishwater. I studied telemetry strips till I thought I would puke. Today was a totally different experience. My clinical partner and I went to the OR to observe a...

Hey all.. that banner came up and said I needed to say hello - so Hello! I started my ridealong time - on top of school and clinicals.. if I thought I had time management problems before, now I really got to watch where I spend my time.. I love the paradigm where I work - you are a house...

Hi you guys.. I am posting because that message on the login page said to:rolleyes: I finished the second last semester on Dec. 18th - guess what? I got As in clinical, lab and lecture - finished #1 in my class - whoo hoo - now you KNOW I don't have a life... The day after lab finals, I...

I'm here to whine... (forewarned is forearmed)<_< I had my first clinical shift in the OR. The purpose is to practice intubations. I have been doing ED clinicals for the last two months and forgot how intimidating new environments and new people can be. I got to the department and changed...

Just wanted to post because a banner appeared on the top of the page that told me to..^_^ I am just over a month into my paramedic program. It is the best program in the state. No one else gets the clinical experience that we do. I am sooooo grateful. We had our first major exam on...

I had my first day on clinicals yesterday, and as luck would have it, there was autopsies scheduled. Our group of five went down to observe. What an experience. The subjects were both in their midtwenties and killed by a drunk driver. We had the opportunity to do assessments before the...

I asked my paramedic instructor on Monday what the attrition rate for the course was. I wanted to know how many of the shiny faces sitting in the chairs statistically would be collecting the parchment. He did not give me a percentage, but said "lately, we've been losing a lot for personal...

Finally !!! after 1 1/2 years on the wait list, here it is. The first day of paramedic school. Wish me luck !:unsure:

Back some time ago, on this thread http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=4612&, I got offended by the use of the term blue bloater. I got my stack of books for paramedic school today and was scanning them to get an idea of what I am in store for. Sure enough, in the respiratory section were...