I realize how ridiculous i was being. As I've said I toned myself down, I gave some flashlights away as gifts, and I don't even bother with a knife. Thank you for your input though.
My service issues us a BLS bag. Just the all the essentials for the first 5-6 minutes with a patient. I would not invest in one myself. If you get on a service that issues one like mine, that's a different story. They end sucking up too much money otherwise.
I've actually toned down my collection after posting this. I gave some away as gifts. Now I keep one small one on me, one in my truck, and one in my girlfriends car.
In Wisconsin, specifically on my service, we have to have 3 people to roll, keep in mind this is an intermediate service. A driver, and either a basic and and an aemt or 2 aemts in the back. The aemt classes in my area take credits you've earned as a basic and adds on to it. So it only costs...
So, despite a recent posting of mine on here, I have accidentally turned into a "Ricky Rescue" which in a sense I'm okay with. The thing is, I'm on a Paid Volunteer Service, so what I did was quit my fulltime job to focus on ems. Which I've actually been able to turn into a pretty decent living...
Not that anyone can tell when it would happen, but I'm super nervous about running a code. I sometimes take things really hard so there's no predicting how I'm going to take it either. Any advice?
I'll be getting a Jump Bag from my service soon and I'm nervous about about being first on scene. Especially sense I don't have a very good command presence yet. Any advice or tips or tricks for being first on scene?
I guess I'm asking because were I live is a very rural area, and sometimes and ambulance can be 15-30 minutes depending on where you are. Especially with the amount of volunteer services in the area. I've even heard of up to an hour for a response. So for providers like myself, what's too far? I...
Is there such a thing as being too Ricky Rescue? I mean we work in a field that can go from cool and calm to complete chaos, so is it really a bad thing to have a meriad of favorite gear/equipment on your person? I just want to be prepared all the time, but I don't want to look like an idiot...
I'm just wondering if anyone has an experience traveling a long distance for school, and trying to balance a social/private/work life. The school I'll be going to is about an hour and a half away, and I'm worried about not being able to juggle things so I wanted to see if there was some good...
Just wondering what paramedic school is like? Is it fun, is it boring? That kind of thing and how difficult was it to learn all the drugs and patho/phys? Any input would be awesome.
Should I stay an EMT for awhile? I mean I just got my license. The only field experice I have is my clinical experience from class. Or should I just go for it?