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At 45... what am I crazy? No... I'm a victim of my own success is what I am. I am the IT Program Manager for the Oncology Department of my local health system. For the past 20 years I have been chasing money. At 40-60K a year my quality of life improved. At 60-80K a year it worstened. At 90+...

How many people work in a healthcare setting as one part of your job and EMS as the other... Do you often see patients in the field and in the office? I work in Oncology and many times I get patients in the field and while taking a history I discover that they are seen at my other job by...

I wanted to know opinions about how you reconcile your personal scene safety methods with the tradgedy that happened 10 years ago... My belief is largely based on the hero's of 9/11... I have only been doing this for a couple of years as a volunteer and perdiem but seeing how much these men...

If I were the boss of EMS, I would allow students to go through the entire educational program and get their medic certificate but need to get their LICENSE in increments. So, you go to medic school, get certified and then hit the road as basic for a predetermined about of hours/calls, step to...

But I am telling everyone I can find anyway... I PASSED MY STATE INTERMEDIATE EXAM TODAY!! Thats all... carry on. :)

So, first three attempts... I successfully get the tube in the esophagus.... Instructors shows me, I get the stomach again.... he says just quit, I am not cut out for it (You have to know him to love him....) ;) Then... He Suggests.... "Don't stick the blade in so far, and try to pry...

So someone posted a thread regarding FD not wanting to transfer a patient and it I did not want to derail that thread but it does bring up an interesting topic. And not the who FD vs EMS question, that is pretty well played out... We all know what abandonment is, but can you be held...

Hi there, I wanted to ask you all your opinions on "smelling" things in the field... I went on a call for a pt who drank an unknown substance (Indicated someone put something in her soda bottle...) and was experiencing burning in her throat, esophagus and stomach. When I got there, I asked PD...

Hi all, this was sent to me by a medic friend who works the ME/NH border, three attachments are included... ______________________________________ NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) recommends: 1) Awareness of mosquito-borne diseases in NH, including Eastern Equine...

I know, I am pathetic as my daily source of news is Yahoo, but for all you in CA.... http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/whooping-cough-is-declared-an-epidemic-in-california-1828859/

Have any of you used the automated linen dispensers yet? They are sort of neat, but slow and yet another FOB to carry around. You scan your FOB, and it finds an empty slot, tells you to open the drawer and then dispenses 1 sheet, 1 Blanket, 1 Pillow Case and 1 Towel. Takes about 45 seconds...

You guys have sucked all of the fun out of getting my EMT-B!! :) I went to get my Maine EMT patches for my uniforms... I waited until I was done with the EMT process and Fire School before using my new shirts... there were SO many cool things at the store but every time I blinked they said...

Hi there. I have a question about the NREMT exam... haha... thats a new topic right? Here is my questions: If given a small 8x10 whiteboard and dry erase marker at the exam site, what would you write down?

Ok, the department has cut the check and I am on the roster!! Now I just need to study the RIGHT text book and get started. Very excited. Also excited that the hospital I work at had a "scrub" sale / fund raiser today and I was able to actually get something of use to me... a new BP cuff...

Does anyone have a copy they would sell? I am just trying to save some cash.

So, does anyone have any insight as to what happened from an EMS perspective today, or what "should" have happened? I have only heard positive stories, so this is not a knock on what happened. I am just curious. One of my work details has been organizing our "attic" and I have been trying...

Hi all. Great site, I love all of the educational elements. I just wanted to introduce myself. I am from Southern Maine, and I am at the point in my life where my daughters are getting to the age of being little women and my ability to coach them is done. They say nothing is worse then a...