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    Pt access on frozen lake

    It's the middle of winter in Minnesota, and all the lakes are frozen. You are dispatched at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon to a report of a 12yo female who rolled an ATV on the lake and is "awake but won't move". Patient is in the middle of the lake, so instead of dispatching you to the family's...
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    Uncooperative c-spine patients?

    How do you guys deal with patients who possibly have a c-spine injury but don't want to be collared and boarded? Patients who are drunk/high or have a more distracting injury and don't believe they need to be immobilized? The reason I ask is I had a 6yo boy dive into about two feet of water...
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    Red Cross Volunteer EMS

    I'm seventeen and I hope to go into EMS as a career. Right now I'm just finishing up my First Responder class through the Red Cross. Over the summer, before college, I'll keep my current job lifeguarding since I can't get my EMT or work for a "real" department. However, I'm considering...
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