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    It only took 6 weeks, 5 days........

    But the great state of Texas finally got my paperwork processed and I am officially a certified Paramedic in Texas!!!!! Now to do more ride outs.
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    I did it!!!!

    Well I haven't been on here in forever thanks to medic school, but I'm done and I passed my National Registry on the first try!!!!!!
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    well i finally did it.

    turned in my app for medic school today. i have an interview on monday and have my skills check off on tuesday. if i get in, class starts in jan and runs for the year. wish me luck.
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    nurse killed, off duty firefighter and cop wounded

    http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?id=65960&sectionId=46 in an apparent robbery, a nurse was shot and killed and an off duty firefighter and his girlfriend, an off duty police officer, were wounded. the nurse identifed as gina stallis, 34, worked at the VA in St. louis...
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    skydiver survives 10,000 foot fall

    http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/dpgo_Skydiver_Survives_10000_Foot_Fall_mb_08162009_2979733 this guy fell approx 10,000ft and landed on the roof of a building. according to a employee of the sky diving place, the jumper doesn't have any broken bones. not to sure i believe that he has no...
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    mom suffocated son twice before burying him

    http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/national/Arrest_in_Boys_Playground_Bur this is very sad. i wonder what made her change her mind.
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    soldier kills herself after failing emt exam

    "The military says a soldier who flunked out of combat medic training has been found dead in an apparent suicide at the Fort Sam Houston barracks." very short story and pretty sad that she didn't think that she could live since she failed...
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    michael jackson possibly involved in hit and run with an ambulance

    http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/entertainment/Jacko-Flees-in-SUV-After-Crash-With-Ambulance-EMT.html wonder if it really was jackson. looks like him from behind.
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    2 houston firefighters died in house fire

    my prayers for the families. Two Houston firefighters died battling a house fire in southeast Houston early Sunday. The Houston Fire Department said in a news release that Capt. James Harlow and Damien Hobbs of Station 26 were killed...
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    LODD for Bridgeport, TX officer

    this one happened a few days ago but with all the tragic events going on lately i thought i'd share it with everyone. This officer was killed by a suspect that was involved in a police chase. Officer White had someone pulled over and was sitting in his car writing a ticket, he wasn't even...
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    9 patients, 2700 er visits in 6 years

    http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090401_mo_ervisits.92b88044.html i wonder how they figured out who they were.
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    ambulance follows drunk

    when i've done that in dallas, they tell us not to follow. guess they don't want to really get them off the street. http://www.abc40tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10097912
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    police officer keeps man from dying relative

    not really ems related, just wanted to see what some of ya'll think about this. just a summary, cop pulled over a Houston Texan running back for running a red light while trying to get to the hospital to see his dying mother-in-law. even after a nurse comes out and says that they are coding her...
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    brain dead

    Remember that I work on a neonatal/pediatric transport team. so we get called to a hospital for a newborn whose mom's uterus ruptured. the baby was down for approx 50min before being revived. after being revived the baby's pH was 6.5. we got there pretty much all we had to do was switch over...
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    Columbus, Ohio debates ALS

    ok, so i'm pretty sure that they are wanting to get rid of ALS care all together, which is very stupid i think. unless i'm misunderstanding the article. http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/news/09/ohio_debates_als.html
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    paramedic ambushed while attempting to attend to a dying woman-UK

    http://www.emsclosecalls.com/fullstory.php?82675 i can't believe these people who were doing this. i guess they thought it would be funny and didn't truely realize that someone was dying. not that i'm saying its ok what they did.
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    social network sites useful for disaster notification?

    http://emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?id=9113&siteSection=1
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    man impaled through groin climbing fence

    all i'm going to say is "ouch" http://www.berrowsjournal.co.uk/news/4159451.Man_impaled_through_groin_on_fence/ anybody have any impaled stories?
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    Emt charge for email to ex

    so basically an emt dispatcher was charged for violating a restraining order for sending 3 work related emails to a police dispatcher, which just happened to be his wife, in order to get better directions as to where to send an ambulance. his wife sounds like a winner...
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    Young kids having babies.

    Ok so just to give everyone a little background as to what I do, I work on a Pediatric/Neonatal transport truck with Medical City Childrens Hospital in Dallas. I am an EMT and always have 2 pediatric nurses on every shift. Ok so now the call. One day we get called out to a hospital to pick up a...
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