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Yeah, that's correct... Company I am in will fire people for some stupid, lame reasons while keep others who do worst things. There is favoritism and there is bias. And all companies are same how I hear. Different uniforms but same issues. Once worst than other... They don't care much since...

That's really sounds like my lame school in Bronx... Now: 1) You should be aware that pro EMS companies don't put much weight if you volunteered. My partner was told his vollie at 911 service means nothing when he applied at pro EMS company. And he was not only one... So, don't wait and keep...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFJbpvBN0I (mind those moronic comments in the background)

December 27, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztL3wvTqgs

Depends on your hearing. ;) I was using one that was also included in my EMT class but I had problems with it. Littman helped me allot... Maybe, for now, stick with what you have and learn your toll the best you can.

SeniorCare does only IFT. TransCare have 911 hospital contracts... Now, who is more professional and have better attitude toward EMS profession and Pts that another question. redbull, all the best on your new job! i will be seeing you on the streets. ;)

Yesterday my Pt had 212 systolic (measuring with auto BP cuffs) but manually (according to my partner) he had 174... That much difference?! When I question MD about why they use auto BP cuffs if/when are so unreliable and they always use manually check, she gave me no real answer except...

Got the job in less the month with one of them... Do not be discouraged. Keep applying. There are more IFT companies around then those mentioned. Agree. Same with other hospital based services.

Had 2 calls like it. One like a tech and one like a driver... Not very fun.

590 back to normal after patient jumps out of moving ambulance by Berkeley Brean, WHEC.com What an unbelievable scene on I-590 this morning. A mental health patient threw himself out of the back of a moving ambulance. The man, still unidentified by police, is alive at Strong hospital. It's...

NY psychiatric patient injured after jumping out moving ambulance by Berkeley Brean, WHEC.com Traffic is back to normal now on Route 590 south bound. Just after 11am, Sheriff's Deputies say a man jumped out of an ambulance onto the highway. Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies say Rural Metro was...

Being a new EMT I can only agree with BSI rule and opinions of much wiser and more experienced here, but it is not issue of one not having BSI or trauma bag with you... It is issue that people really suck and that taking the pictures or having fun with not moving human body it's really...

Video of that incident and crappy people who walk by, posted on NYPost site, here: VIDEO

Homeless Good Samaritan Left to Die on NYC Street Read the full story here. Questions Surround a Delay in Help for a Dying Man Read the full story here.

Read the full story here.

Paramedic recounts how he helped residents escape Mount Kisco house fire READ HERE

Erich Maria Remarque... Couple lives in the movie I can really relate with it! Thanks! I read all of Erich Maria Remarque books during the war and they had deep impact on me... It is another man who jumped from one foxhole to another, walk away from it and spill it in the books. If you...

:blink: You find this???! Amazing :D:D:D:D ! THANKS You are very correct here... My people are one of those; to stubborn to ask for help until is too late. Then again, being one of them, I have no right to complain about it. Post partum depression, PTSD, survivor's guilt... What is that...

medic417, thank you for explaining it better... I always wonder (another newbie) why is so much animosity between us and thanks to you I start to understand the issues. Still not sure that I will be one to insult them cuz of that, but at least I understand the problem.

thank you