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I have 6 years in the field so yes fairly new. I was not debating your "dictionary" definition of the field. Semantics. I was pointing out that people do take EMS workers seriously and EMS workers certainly act just as professional as anyone in a "true profession" if not more so (at least in...

The blurb underneath the video said the red car had a green light...fault on the ambulance driver if that's true unfortunately regardless of how slow they proceeded through the intersection. That's what scares me the most with C3 driving: fault will almost always fall back on us as the...

Driver of the red truck had a green light? Oops that's automatic fault to the code 3 driver if that's the case...at least in cali.

Indeed one can speculate but there is not really any details to base any theories off. I guess you could go with the generic "they didn't know what they had rushed into a scene without stopping to figure out what was really going on" scenerio but that's not really fair to say that about those...

Well said. I figured you didn't mean for that first comment to be taken quite so literally as others took it.

What is Linkedin?

So were talking about EMS being a "medical profession" and not just "any old profession." And sorry to open up the black hole but I couldn't resist. :rolleyes:

Having only read the first 3 pages of this thread (forgive me its very late and my ADD is kicking in) I've got a clarifying question: what would it actually take to consider EMS a profession? Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I get paid a comfortable liveable wage that supports me and my...

Alright Joe I think I see what you are trying to say. I see this not so much as a play on the "lets cover everything up" mentality like a lot of people have been ranting about but more along the lines of the "loyalty" and "lets use the chain of command and handle things at the lowest level...

I've heard such horror stories myself about that happening. Heard of someone going to a T/C some 20 miles out from the station with the gurney left comfortably behind in the app. bay with the cavi wipes still on top:blink:. I hope to avoid that from ever happening to me. I guess that's what...

Was able to tolerate Rescue Me thanks to its generally dark and sadistic sense of humor. Not sure I'll be able to say the same for Chicago Fire and I don't think I'll even bother trying thanks to all the lovely reviews on this thread. Thanks for stopping me from needlessly killing a few extra...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpb20-8Jp0A Love it!

Just a thought: Kenwoods are what we use for the state. We have over a thousand different channels programmed into them which allow us to functionally operate in any district in California from the Mexican border to the Oregon border. They are also reasonably priced (I say this as an...

interesting...when does their next program start? I'm trying to get into Pelham's January program which gets out mid april...trying to work around fire season here cuz competition is fierce for getting on with Cal Fire and missing a season will pretty much make it all but impossible to get back...

I would just like to point out that there are places in rural US that are still entirely bls volunteer ambulance services. I would like to use covelo, ca as an example: it is an hour and a half drive to the nearest town from there let alone to the nearest hospital and als ambulance. The folks...

Sometimes you will get situational questions about work relationships and scene calls. Things like: "you witness a firefighter at the scene of a medical aid pocket some jewelry from the PT's dresser. What do you do?" Also: "A female co worker comes to you and says another male EMT was talking...

Well either way being in norcal the program is a little inaccessible...plus my local ems authority doesn't even recognize aemt's yetand it doesn't look like that's gonna happen any time soon. My county is just more than a little behind the times. :wacko:

Interesting sandog I appreciate the info.

I personally considered applying for an overseas position with George Washington but after lots of Internet surfing I backed out because I saw numerous people seemed to be having these types of problems. I'm sure everyone's experience is different but I agree that threads like this should...

I know that there are a few schools in California that are developing an AEMT program but none that are offering the course as of yet.