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    Assignment help?

    Why are you (the higher certified individual on scene) not getting called to the carpet for allowing your partner to perform an onscene c section? It's not like he could have done it faster than you could have caught on. Sorry, not really in the scope of the assignment I guess, my mind just...
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    Rookie question on DNRs

    Duh...the heart starts to stop working.:D:D:D
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    First day of clinical hours - saw a murder and need advice on how to detach from the situation

    Please tell me you're joking. Did you really give a new EMT (and quite possibly a younger individual) the advise to deal with a stressful situation with alcohol? That's just some great advice there. Regardless of how we may deal with it personally, telling someone to drown their memories in...
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    EMS Identity and Uniform Survey

    Ditch the stupid polos and let us go to t shirts...it's way too hot in the summer in polos here
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    EMT fired after refusing to respond to call with patient who previously attacked her.

    So my question is if according to heartland, that this is not considered an assault or former assault, then what is? You have an individual who is not functioning at a full mental state who assaults an EMT and injures them. Im not saying anyone should press charges, but how is that different...
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    Gun Porn

    It is a 1911 9mm. With a 3lb competition trigger. It's a blast to shoot
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    Gun Porn

    Two guns...they were my dad's, he just recently passed away. My brother and I went through his collection, these are two of the ones I got. The first is a sig p229 scorpion The second is a Dan Wesson pm9
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    Running after years of injury...

    On our budget, even the YMCA is out of our cost range, and no other access to pools
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    Running after years of injury...

    Anyone else start running after years of not due to an injury? Tore two ligaments in 2011 in my left ankle. Surgery fixed that, but had major issues with the location of the talus in regards to the tibula. Basically, it felt like when I would try to pull my foot up or impacted on the foot, it...
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    Stupid **** your partner has said/done

    In this case it was me saying the dumb crap... New EMT, only been on the streets for a month, at best. Giving report to triage nurse at the hospital for a bls patient, misspoke and said irregular heartbeat on the monitor (it was on the pulse ox) as well as manually. They triaged pt straight...
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    Social Quandaries

    My wife hears the goofy stories, the good ones and the bad ones...other than that mostly just tell the stories to coworkers when at work. Outside of work, I prefer to talk about other stuff...my hobbies, etc. I don't live breathe and sleep EMS. I do mostly enjoy what I'm doing (except the...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    As a veteran, I want to thank the above posters for their insight...I try to remind people and gently correct them if they are thanking me for my service on Memorial Day. As veterans still living, our day is on Veterans day. Memorial Day is for those who never came back, or who have served and...
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    RX safety glasses on the job

    ESS makes inserts for their safety glasses that function well. Used them for a year in Iraq, before I had PRK done, and never had any issues with them sitting too close to my eyes or rubbing weird
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    Can I perform ALS interventions?

    What they said... Also, depending on where in Indiana you're working, you also have to take into consideration that if it was discovered that you provided ALS interventions prior to on duty EMS arriving on scene, it WILL be annotated. Our EPCR has tabs for meds/treatments provided prior to EMS...
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    5 things you wish you knew...

    Don't ever be afraid to ask your partner for advice/help...if you can't get a B/P, or something seems weird for some reason, or you're just not sure, ask. Driving emergent does not mean you need to run 80mph down city streets. Imagine driving with your dog in the back seat...do you really...
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    How can anyone manage to fail EMT BASIC?

    Is it called finals week? Lol
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    Where is the future of EMS?

    If your reports are done on paper, and not electronically, end every report with something like "Nothing further to report" or "End of Report". Initial or sign after that, and if there's still space left, draw a diagonal line through the empty page, write on the line, "nothing further to...
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    the 100% directionless thread

    Finally finished the stereo install in the wife's car...Had to order a noise suppressor for the backup camera to work. I'll never install another backup camera in a car again...Had to tear out half the interior to run the cables from the trunk to the head unit.
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    How can anyone manage to fail EMT BASIC?

    That's right. Now it's coming back to me, lol I know they've got a fire1 and 2 course out there.
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    the 100% directionless thread

    Ordered a gooseneck hitch for the beater truck, hopefully have that in this week, then next week got to install the new DVD player and backup camera in the wife's jetta...hopefully I don't have to run new speakers or speaker wires, as I hate pulling wires through door harnesses.
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