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    EMS Fatigue, breaks, etc

    So, after writing to a State Senator, he has extended an opportunity to meet with me 1 on 1 regarding the issues that plague private EMS in Ohio. On the heels of a bill written to limit the fatigue on nurses in Ohio, I thought this would be a good opportunity to enlighten him in hopes of making...
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    RescueMedic - How do you update??

    Anyone out there use RescueMedic for their ePCR system? More importantly, anyone an admin for it?? Its supposed to be "Customer Configurable" but how do you configure it? I have been tasked to do this massive update (lots of outdated info in it) for it and it seems like we need to send in...
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    Annoying partner?

    So I'm starting to get at my wits end with my partner, a female basic with less then a year experience on the job. She is younger then me also. She doesnt stop talking and most of what she says is BS, and when you call her out she has some retort about it and keeps going. Or, when she talks...
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    When is enough, enough?

    This is for the 24 hour guys really. I work 24 hour shifts for a private EMS company. We do not do alot of "emergency" runs, but rather inter-facility transfers, discharges, and doctors appointments. Lately, it's starting to anger me because of the disparity in dispatching runs. The ALS crews...
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    Long distance comfort during transport

    I realize that manufacturers like Stryker and Ferno do not make stretchers for long-distance comfort. How do you keep your patients comfortable during a long-distance transport? We had a 400 lb bariatric female the other day for a 2+ hour drive to a nursing/rehab facility. I was in what we call...
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    Alerting process?

    I work in private EMS and work 24 hour shifts. Our building and the one where dispatch is in is separated by a parking lot. So, at night, the page will go to the trucks cell phone and the dispatcher will call in to sleeping quarters. Who ever answers the phone has to wake up the crew he wants to...
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