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    Best Moulage kit

    Thank You Joe While I appreciate the high quality of your products (silicone vs latex) the cost is prohibitive when compared to the rest of the market. They are very realistic and look very durable thank you again notme
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    Best Moulage kit

    I saw that kit but it is a little less than what I want... they also have some pick and choose stuff so that may be the best way to go.. thanks to all for replying notme
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    Best Moulage kit

    I teach a class of EMT-B of about 100 students per semester. I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good quality moulage kit. Im really looking for the latex strap on injuries.. lacerations, fractures, puncture wounds, burns. bleeding pump etc... Id like to keep it at around 250.00... I...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    Pics are from Port Au Prince.. Cite de Soliel... I have hundreds of them.. this is just to give the thread some reference points. Anyone who has been there knows exactly what I speak about.. the smells.. the people.. the hopelessness seen in some of their faces.. the corruption.. the scams...
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    Drug screening for EMS cert/school

    Please note spelling Sir... Codeine,, struggle.. if any person chooses be the example here.. then be just that..perfect Sir.. Don't personalize stuff.. I will try my best not to.. the forum requires it... my "biases" come from a lifetime of professional service.. not so much as biases but more...
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    Drug screening for EMS cert/school

    well said... THC remains in the body along with legal drugs.. I don't want a partner on anything that MIGHT impair their ability..legal illegal,, it doesn't matter.. you want to alter yourself.. try another profession... all this touchy feely garbage dances around the issue.... be an...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    drinking water the dead lay where they fall the magnitude tent camps.. 1000-10000 people without infrastructure Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    What will I be doing this year Well Im moving up to professional teaching ems.. Teaching is a passion for me.. Ive already lived through two careers and am getting long in the tooth for the third world .. part of this trip was to pass the baton to someone whom i trust who is 25 years my...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    the buddy system It was invaluable.. All the tricks and planning in the world doesn't work if there isn't good team discipline. Building a cohesive team from people who may have never met is problematic... one must train so that muscle memory and trust is built in.. fortunately there was a...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    We took cheapie Motorola's with us.. AA battery stuff.. AA's are plentiful everywhere.. rechargeable and other types aren't.. who knows if you'll have electricity. The motorolas performed flawlessly and battery life was measured in days.. so they were excellent. The radios had multiple...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    Haiti part 2 It has been my extreme privilege to meet and work with those people who came from EMT life.com through my open call for volunteers. We will be friends for life and we may redeploy again next year..perhaps to another third world country Haiti was better and Haiti was worse this...
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    Shasta FIRE TEAM HAITI deploys

    After lots of hard work and prep our team of 10 deploys to Haiti starting tomorrow.. including three people from EMT life ... for two weeks We will be doing medicals, critical facility assessments, and compound reconstruction Look for our travel stories in about three weeks time Its just as...
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    Communications in third world disaster areas

    It pretty easy for us in the USA... We pick up a radio.. we talk... someone else comes or gives us directions We also have pretty good cell phone systems.. and as we all know sometimes they work WAY better than our radios.. nothing like the free market system to get a better product But...
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    Request for Haiti volunteers

    Team is picked One last call this morning to "Mark" Thank you for your interest and I look forward to meeting some very special people Thanks EMTLIFE notme
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    Request for Haiti volunteers

    Because of the logistics and planning involved in this request it will sunset tomorrow.. this is last call... If you are interested please contact me via PM.. leave me your phone number and I will call you tomorrow. I have returned some calls but never received a call back from several people...
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    Request for Haiti volunteers

    Original post removed for reasons as stated Thank you to those of you that have contacted me. I am getting some more comprehensive information that will address some of your questions and I will continue to make contact with anyone who wants information regarding this potential deployment...
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    Request for Haiti volunteers

    If anyone would like to contact me about a second deployment to Haiti please do so. **contact member via PM** Thank You
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    Sir Could you please close and delete the following thread...

    Sir Could you please close and delete the following thread http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=17187... it went sideways and I seem to have been insensitive to a few people and rubbed them the wrong way with my plain language. I apologize. I appreciate emtlife being a resource for...
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    Back from Haiti.. my journal.. the real story

    There is now a request for personnel thread ties to this one notme
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