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    Making a career switch from LE to Medic

    So to highlight my main concerns, anyone switch career paths and regret it down the line? What kind of career were you in before you went into emergency medicine, thanks
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    Making a career switch from LE to Medic

    Title may be a little bit misleading since I'm not currently working in LE. I'm 27 and graduated from the police academy 2 years ago. In NJ you can sponsor yourself through the academy and the placement after graduation was above 98%. About half of the people that were already hired by a PD...
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    I posted this on the first page but nobody responded. I didn't feel anything 'pop' but it definitely started to feel different after a while, guess it kind of makes sense now
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    Just wanted to update in case anyone cared, the pt went back home a week ago. She spoke with one of our members and is a little distraught about the whole incident. Apparently we (probably me) broke a rib and it punctured a lung. I don't know 100% but its what I heard down the grape vine...
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    It was a CPR save, only way I'll find out is if she tells one of our members I guess.
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    If I hear anything I'll update this thread, thanks for everyone's replies.
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    It's always safe to say someone is exaggerating on lying online, i think I'm describing it fairly though. The medic said he's never see that much blood coming out like that before. And I don't know the size of the portable suction container but it filled up half way. Also on the big squirt from...
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    usafmedic45 - there was A LOT of blood, I watched a video on youtube of ruptured varices and would say the amount of blood in the suction/on the floor could have been consistent with ruptured varices. Maybe I didn't describe just how much blood came from her mouth, about 2-3 were used to wipe...
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    Would broken ribs cause the same type of bleeding? First time doing chest compressions so I have nothing to compare the feeling of the Pt's rib cage to but a few times during compressions the chest didn't rebound instantly, I paused for a second for the chest to rise and continued like normal.
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    The blood was bright red coming out and filled up 1/2 of the portable suction container. The blood only squirted in the air twice, the tube was being suctioned just prior to the shock on both occasions. The other few times it was just kind of leaking everywhere. Hx - non smoker 50yo, unknown...
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    First time CPR - Blood squirting

    Long time lurker first time CPR so I thought I would share. About an hour ago a cardiac arrest call went out right down the street from me. I arrived first with the police and we went into the house and started CPR. We delivered a shock inserted an OPA, at about this time the medics, duty...
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    well hes guaranteed to do it at least once.. after that, who knows :) the reason they rob convenience stores is because they know its an easy score, when they could make ten fold the amount of money if they robbed a firearm store.. but you know, the guys in the gun store... have guns About...
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    What i meant by retraining with the glock specifically was because it seems a lot of people use to having a manual safety and or carrying a revolver on duty take a little bit of extra time to realize you can't touch the trigger at all until you're ready to shoot, like i said, the statement was...
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    check out www.glocktalk.com if you have any questions
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    theres nothing wrong with the glock, people just need to realize its not their old revolver with a 12 pound trigger, or 911 with grip/thumb safety i think when you transfer over, not knowing anything about your knowledge on firearms should take a little course or re-train other than just...
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    not fair, you edited your post before i finished typing, and yes thats the same prices that i saw Edit: Try the G19, if you're hands aren't too big it feels amazing, and conceals nice too
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    I read on a glocktalk forum and they said that its not called the LE discount anymore, its called First Responders Program and that it extends the discount to EMT/firefighters/police/military/pilots, but you need to go to a state LE dealer, i was just curious if anyone had experience with this...
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    i didn't say anything about carrying in an ambulance :wacko:
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    Glock First Responders Discount

    Has anyone heard that Glock offers a discount for EMT personnel now? It's the same discount as if you were a peace officer, let me know if you've heard anything. -james
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    Helllooo -Introduction

    Hello, I've been looking over this site for about a week or two and decided to introduce myself. I'm 22 and reside in SE PA. I'm in my 4th year in college, for a BA in criminal justice, and I have just decided to become a volunteer at a local medical service corps (had my first interview...
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