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"my office is the street. my job is you." that was our ems week theme this year:blush:

not me. my ems service. we are the busiest, biggest, and most trained in the country. they don't call us NYC's Best for nothing.

well my real reason for feeling as such, is because i just had that 1 time. and i had to make a tough call. for saving some kid's life, i was chewed up and spit out. then remolded to my former self in the matter of 10 minutes. they (my bosses) tell us that we are one of the most highly...

:sad:i think i've been deluding myself into thinking i'm not a glorifed taxi that accepts medi aid. and i hate feeling like this.

so i'm taking a abnormal pysch class and have been given 2 weeks to write a 12 page term paper on the topic of my choice. clearly, i'm taking the simplest route and basically writing page upon page of "war stories." if anyone has an info or a good EDP story and wants to help please let me...

whats the EMS like in delaware? one of our guys left to work down there? info?

We go to the local airport for an EDP. 60 y/o women who escaped from someplace in FL, whose been living in the airport x 1 week. She was really upset because she was still waiting on Michael Jackson to western union her some money so she can get an apartment here. Donald trump was her...

i'll definitely be keeping you and your family in my thoughts

i want one!!

ummm... when i read the title, i thought "oh no a terrible polish joke" do people still tell those??

i can't think of a day within the past month to month and a half that i've slept more than 3 hours. MY LIFE IS GREAT (for the most part). am i stressed but missed the memo? my tour start time was changed-- notsomuch stressful as minor annoyance. that’s the only thing i can think of. does...

i was in junior year chem class. they told us over the PA. i promptly began freaking out because both my parents work for FDNY and i was sure they would have made their way down there. they did, but not until later that night.

ummm.... that was $8,000 on each of us (all 69)

a similar thing happened to be on my 2nd day ever of work. except we waited for 3 hrs and the patient we were treating as a result of a BS car accident, changed his mind and hopped right out and drove away.:P

what types of personal protective equipment are you issued? is it anything above and beyond "standard precautions?" in july, my dept issued bunker-ish gear (even though we are discouraged from calling it that, as not to upset the firefighters. hehe, we do anyways.) and ridiculously expensive...

they estimated that the dept spent about $8,000 on us in uniforms. is that normal?

no i'm actually working for FDNY!

no no i'm actually working for FDNY!

i've only been on the street since 12/25. in the past 3 weeks the following has happened: 1. we get to a mva, clearly BS. the pt demands to be boarded/collared. we get him in the bus and my partner goes to start the engine and it doesn't even roll over. the pt starts screaming how...

so i think the last time i posted i was a emt student, hence the user name. but now i'm an full-blown emt! working the streets of nyc for a whole of 2.5 weeks. its been a real culture shock! i've been dubbed bad luck (if you work with me, we are 100% going to get a late call just as we pull...