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    Am I overkill?

    Here is the situation. We are transporting a pt that just had a cervical fusion surgury 5 days ago to do a MRI scan. Pt c/o severe pain around the shoulder and neck. Nurse gave him some pain med right before we transport. So after administrated the med. We move the pt to our gurney via 4...
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    Palpating Radial Pulse

    Hi Everyone, I had recently got hired and I need some help from you guys and ladies. I am having trouble palpating the radial pulse on the patient in the back of the rig while it is moving. I have no problem locating it, but it is very hard to count the pulse while the rig is going over pot...
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    Places to buy leather boot in Bay Area, CA?

    Hello All, I just got hired today and need to buy a new pair of black leather boots with steel toe. Does anyone know where I can buy one in the bay area. I know I can properly find a better deal online, but I really want to try them on before I buy it. Any suggestion? Thanks :)
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    systolic & diastolic

    so recently I had been volunteer at a place to help taking bp for elderly. And I have some questions regarding about the systolic and diastolic. I know the normal range for systolic is 90-120, and diastolic is 60-80. But I encounter some elderly that has 148/72. So are they still...
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    Chance of getting hire by AMR?

    I would like to know for those that got hired by AMR, how long did you waited after you got your interview and got hired? I pass the written test and went through the interview about a month and a half ago. After the interview, I was told that I will hear from them the following week. But...
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    1 and 1 Rig?

    Hi everyone, I recently got my emt-b license and have a question regard the 1 and 1 rig. I would like to know what are the responsibility for the emt-b on the 1 and 1 rig? And what is the purpose of having a 1 and 1 rig while the company can just put two paramedics and share the work load...
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    Good Book to Read?

    Hi, I am new to the forum and just got my EMT-B license couple months ago. My goal is to become a paramedic and would like to know what are some good books out there that will be help me gain more knowledge in the EMS field and will help prepare me for the paramedic program down the road...
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