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Hey All, Its been a long time since I have been in and posted, time just gets away from you when all you do is work! I was wondering if anyone worked the Bonnaroo music (drug) fest in Manchester, TN. I did and what a wild time. I saw things that I had only heard of and somethings that I had...

:o I haven't been here much in the last week. It was a week ago today that our service had one of our trucks taken out by a woman that pulled out in front of it. I know not surprising it happens all the time. The bad thing was that the truck had just went to pick up another ALS crew that had...

Hey all I was just informed that I have to meet with the TBI over a shooting I worked back in Sept. My pt was the shooter and 2 ended up dead. Has anyone else ran into this and what exactly is going to take place? The pt was drunk and making passes at me(to put it nicely) That was the first...

I am trying to locate an old post about a quad w/ a folley cath that needed to be changed and was causing fever and blood in urine. I have looked for sometime now and am unable to locate it. I came across the same situation a few shifts ago and want to look at the post because I want to know if...

I had a pt yesterday that really puzzled me. The pt had a hx of Alzheimers listed and was being tx to Siskins for rehab for a CVA. The only thing that struck me was the pt was NOT showing signs of Alzheimers, she had obvious CVA symptoms (left side weakness upper and lower, and slurred speech)...

I thought I would share with everyone the experience I had bright and early this morning, I figure everyone needs a good laugh ;) . I went to pick a body this morning from the morgue at 5am to take to the local funeral home. The body was that of a really good sized male, about 225lbs. I was...

Hey all I am looking for a pocket reference book. I think that is what you call them. It is the book that has all of the basics in it and drug info. I posted under another topic...oops wrong one! I hope someone can help me find one, it doesn't matter to me at this point if it is ALS or BLS. I...

I am new but not so new to this site. I have been reading all of the posts for a couple of months now. I am an EMT-IV in TN and have been enjoying all of the postings here. I am new to EMS and work in a fairly busy service, we average around 10--15 calls a day, sometimes more sometimes less. I...