Season 3 of the Nightwatch has been filmed in my home city!
I was doing my EMT clinical rotations while they were recording, but I wasn't lucky enough to run a call with one of the film crews. A couple of my classmates ended up running calls with the crews...
Unfortunately, my area doesn't support pulse point CPR, however I will probably go around the next couple of days and mark defibrillator locations on the AED application, in the off chance that someone around me uses the app.
I don't work for Tampa Fire so I could be completely wrong, but I heard they are building another station to split 13's response area because of how big an issue this is
The car thing is a school policy, I could buy one right now but I'm not allowed to have it on campus. I could probably figure out transportation (Tampa just started a ferry service to St. Pete)
The bigger issue is my age requirement, because the only thing that could fix that would be a year...
I know a station by me takes 30+ calls in a 24 hour shift consistently from what I was told, they don't sleep, poor souls.
Shoutout to Tampa Fire Rescue Station 13
This subforum seems like the best place to post this, so here goes.
I am an 18 year old recently certified EMT-B living in Tampa Florida, just a hop across the Howard Franklin to SunStar. I am interested in working at SunStar as a part-time EMT-B (I assume I'll be doing a lot of vitals and...
Taking a picture of something you did outside of your scope is just asking for trouble. Taking a picture, whether or not it is HIPPA compliant, is already risky.
He means that when you are hired, you are asked if your mental illness was related to family matters. If it is family related, you may be hired. If it is not family related, you may not be hired.
I can drop combi tubes, in florida EMR can drop them
only difference between EMR and EMT-B in florida is EMR can't give any medication and EMT-B can give a couple
I carry my personal belongings (keys and whatnot), my penlight, my stethoscope, a pen or two, and a few "pocket PCRs" to keep notes on those calls you don't have time to input everything into the toughbook.
Don't forget food and a few bucks for fast food if you get time.
As stated many times...