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The first code I witnessed was a male in his 40's who had an apparent MI. He was awake and talking when we arrived. In the ER he went into cardiac arrest when the doctor tried to cardiovert him. The ER staff let us (the EMS crew) stand nearby and watch the cardioversion, for my educational...

I considered it, but it's not one agency. I have this problem at various agencies, although to different degrees. The common denominator here seems to be me. California is a head above most states when it comes to VFDs. In most VFD's around the country there's no CPAT and really no entrance...

No. I don't want to be another example of "those who can, do; those who can't, teach". No, I am sober. I kind of feel like getting drunk, but drinking to feel better would be a bad idea... I was never hired. I volunteer. Unfortunately, it's very easy to become one. If you have a clean...

I know I need to get out of EMS. Probably out of fire service also. The reason for it is, I know I am not good at any of these two. I have been doing both for years, and I know my co-workers/co-volunteers don't trust me (in a professional sense, not in a personal). I know I am not confident at...

Wow. How is this even legal?

So... Did you manage to keep the pt. aroused?

The old, gray-haired wizard smiled and looked at the dragon fighter candidate. “Welcome to Stofferkrim, Mr. Dragonslayer. So you moved here from Roamfolk, if I recall correctly?” “Yes, sir. My family and I moved here, so I…” “Perfectly understandable. I looked at your resume, and it is very...

I can see how having an MD on an ambulance can benefit many patients. From a patient standpoint, European system is awesome. However... Whether an intervention is done in the field on in the ER, the medications cost the same, supplies cost the same, and doctor's time costs the same (probably...

Canadians do not approve of this statement. And Japanese. And Singaporeans. And French. And Spanish. And Germans. And Irish. Do you have any data on response times in European vs American cities? Because SSM works so well in EMS. What evidence of their bias do you have, other than...

Speaking of bad color schemes... I have seen pics of fire-based ambulance service where all trucks were colored black with red stripes. I thought the era of hearsebulances was over like 40 years ago.

Don't let anyone MMQB you... Sometimes, no matter how careful you are, it only takes one idiot driver to ruin everything. I wish you a full recovery. I hope you can continue to stay active in the field you love in some capacity or another. Have you thought about a career in fire or EMS...

I am moving to another state for grad school for at least 2 years. I will be volunteering for a fire department there but they do absolutely no EMS. I will not have free time to do any EMS duties in addition to grad school and fire. I am going to miss EMS.

I assume that patient did not survive?

"Ambulance ***, respond to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment at ****". A minute later: "Ambulance ***, police on scene requests to expedite". Oh, it's a good thing they told us to expedite. Before that, we were going to stop at Walmart to get some groceries, but now that you told us to...

Probably would also include incineration and being frozen (as in actually frozen solid from exposure), at least that's what PA protocols say...

What's interesting is that I heard Russian EMS providers (physicians and physician assistants mostly) often criticizing US EMS precisely for "load and go" approach for life-threatening conditions, including major trauma. They basically say "paramedics over there are trying to transport unstable...

Because, unlike these union thugs, grand jury obviously knows how many firefighters are really needed to fight a fire. I mean, firefighting is really simple, anyone is an expert in it :rolleyes:

This must be an ex-USSR thing, at least I couldn't find anything like this when I googled it in English :) Anyway, here's what you can do with some old IV tubing and a lot of free time on your hands: I remember these from when I was in a hospital as a kid.

Hopefully people in these countries aren't sue-happy enough to charge you with something for touching a conscious patient without his verbal consent :)

What if the police officer who yells "stop!" and then tries to arrest you on the street is an impersonator? What if the cruiser who is pulling you over is "fake"? For all intents and purposes, these are kidnapping attempts, just shoot the (possibly) bad guys, right?