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Had a catastrophic belt malfunction and my pants fell down, cartoon-style, in front of a patient. And the hospital security camera.

Interesting... Third services are not common in my state so I'm unfamiliar with how they're usually funded. Is that a common way of doing it? Are you guys familiar with how other third services get their funding?

Love it!

I appreciate all the thoughtful responses! Staffing a third truck, especially a dedicated transfer truck, is something that we have been trying to make happen, although our manager seems convinced that no one would willingly staff a transfer truck. I would love to see something like this...

Hey everyone, haven't been around in a long time but I was hoping I might be able to pick your brains a little about this situation we have my service. I work for Anonymous County third service in Generic Rural Area. We’re served by a small community hospital with very few specialties. Our...

This time around, 18 over. Last time, I don't remember but it wasn't as much.

I hate to be one of those nervous wreck posters who are freaking out about their career, but... I just moved to New Mexico to embark on a plan to become a paramedic. I already have my basic and was in the process of looking for jobs. Unfortunately, I got a speeding ticket today. I have another...

Hmmmm. I always do like a good coverup. :ph34r:

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone! I have not seen the Grand Canyon, that is definitely something I'll do. I'm really excited and can't wait to get in some good hiking! Does anyone know anything about the medical reserve corps out there? It's connected with the New Mexico State Guard. I...

In exactly 6 weeks I will be starting my journey to Albuquerque to begin prerequisites, paramedic school, and beyond. I got accepted to UNM to do the prerequisites and I will be applying for the paramedic program after that. I'd like to get an EMS job out there too just for the experience and to...

I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces, and I highly recommend it. Especially if you would like a good novel about a weird dude. If you're more into the nonfiction, I really enjoyed The Good Soldiers. It's the account of one battalion's deployment to Iraq during the Surge.

^ Why is that even a question? Clearly it's magenta. :cool:

My very first ride-along was with an extremely burned-out medic. He did everything from calling the population he served "animals" (twice!) to telling a stabbing victim he was just full of it. As soon as I walked in, he gave me a speech about how he wished he had taken another path, that the...

I have to say I'm surprised by some of the responses on this thread. I had no idea there was so much animosity towards PAs. :unsure: As someone considering PA school, it never occurred to me to want to be called a doctor or mistaken for a doctor. In my mind, PAs have a scope of practice like...

That's what I do with the Pledge of Allegiance. People generally don't even notice.

My instructor called it "syncopal Sunday" and specified that one lady had to be fanning the other with a piece of cardboard.

Those scenario questions can throw you off...My instructor told us to underline the key information in the scenario (vitals, MOI/NOI, etc.) and also what the question is specifically asking for. At least in our class, questions that ended in "what would you do next?" or something like that were...

My first clinical shift in the ER for EMT-B, the very first patient I was assigned to was an angry elderly guy, so I was kind of nervous. While I was trying to get vitals a machine started making this horrible noise. I got freaked out, ran around the bed to look at it, and in the process knocked...

I am applying to be part of a volunteer EMS group (my first paid or volunteer EMT-B position), and one of the questions on the application is (roughly), "do you have now or have you ever had any medical problem that might impair you from performing EMT duties?" I struggled with depression for...

I'm in the midst of trying to lose weight and one thing that I have found helpful is this app called MyFitnessPal. It creates a kind of nutritional profile based on your weight and goals and tells you how many calories you should get a day and what those calories should consist of. You can...