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thanks all of your thoughts and best wishes. my mom passed on we had services monday. my wife and i are both talking with a cisd person that has helped with other bad calls in the past. again a big thanks to eveyone.

yes this happened yesterday morning. me and my wife( an EMT-I) both did CPR on my mom for approximintly 20 minutes until the squad arrived on scene

how do i deal with working a code on my mom?

Sorry i havn't been around for awhile. Had some bad runs and taking sometime away from EMS.

ive done rodeo standby. I dont leave my rig untill some one in the ring calls for ems other wise its just a waste of time. Ive even done high school rodeos and the parents are worse than the riders.Had one kid that had an obvious forearm f/x and the father would not let him be treated. Ived on a...

The county i run volunteer in, we get paid $50 per call transported to a hospital.

First NREMT does not include any level of nursing.The last time i checked national curriculum stated that a person could not become a paramedic with out being at least a basic. I dont understand why Rid is so against basic EMTs. Im a basic and am very proficient in my skills. All of my EMS...

I have stated this before " To be a good Medic a person has to be a good Basic first". I do not know any one on her personally. This is no way an attack on anyone,but all the good medics i know where good basics. I do know a few medics that that where not good basics and they have not made good...

this is my new truck at my volley dept

Rid I agree with you to some extent about needing ALS. But if nursing staff cant do good CPR then it makes Pt. care even harder for the best of squad crews. I cant stand nurses that believe they are better than EMS. At my company we call all emergencies at nursing homes rescues because the staff...

the only thing i look at is my partners abilities in there skills i really hope this doesnt go where it feels like its going to

Thats interesting ,I did not think what other states protocols where. Im not far from PA never thought that much difference so close. Glad to have learned that

Glad all turned out well ,and all services ive been around seem scaterbrained but dont let it discourge you

I agree with new people being check out on driving skills but as far as getting a new rig who checks out the officers

jon im a little confused are glucometers not used by bls personal in your area In Ohio it is a bls skill. Our protocals say under 70 and the patient be able to swallow

The guys i work with call me redneck all the time.On a shift one night the medic i was riding with said i was a hitechredneck. As for my signature i have a black cloud for bad calls and i deal with the thoughts of them every day.

One of the members on my vollie squad is a paramedic the teaches for the local technical college and we contracted through the school for monthly con-ed.Works out great having one instructor to cover all levels and she is one of us. Kinda taking care of our own.

At the private company i work for we cascade our D bottles. my vollie dept. they are all filled by a service.

I found the humor in that firecoins , but me and my wife are Native American.

I wont go into my religion, but mine has helped me allot in my EMS career.