good movies about EMS

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I can't believe I forgot about fireproof! My wife an I enjoyed it very much.

I LOVE that movie. I've seen it idk how many times. Great morals.
 
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i got 'Bringing Out The Dead' from Netflix, and have to say, it was a waste of 2 hours. very disappointing.

i love how he never takes any BSI precautions and constantly smokes in the ambulance....(joking of course)

stupid Nicolas Cage :(
 
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the sheer amount of things wrong with this movie is absurd.
 
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i got 'Bringing Out The Dead' from Netflix, and have to say, it was a waste of 2 hours. very disappointing.

i love how he never takes any BSI precautions and constantly smokes in the ambulance....(joking of course)stupid Nicolas Cage :(

20 years ago, there was no BSI and smoking in the ambulance was common!;)
 
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20 years ago, there was no BSI and smoking in the ambulance was common!;)

this movie came out in 1999, and apparantly takes place in the early 1990's. now i may be new to EMS, but i have a hard time believing there were no BSI precautions in the early 1990's. i would imagine that research had proven how blood borne pathogens travel from pt to medic by then.
 

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you would be surprised...all of my partners have been in EMS since god and creation...and thats the way it was in the 80's and Im guessing old habits...
 

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this movie came out in 1999, and apparantly takes place in the early 1990's. now i may be new to EMS, but i have a hard time believing there were no BSI precautions in the early 1990's. i would imagine that research had proven how blood borne pathogens travel from pt to medic by then.

As late as 94'-95' I can remember running major traumas with no gloves. We did not give a lot of thought to that back then. Being covered in blood was nothing new.
 

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Also, if you notice, other medics use gloves on patients.

I'd say it's more a device used by Scorcase to highlight his emotional turmoil and decent into burnout.
 

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I enjoyed Skid Marks, as it does portray a lot of EMT-Bs accurately. Mother Juggs and Speed is required pretty much. Ladder 49 is ok, hated Fireproof (no one told me it was a xtian film before they made me watch it), Bringing out the dead is pretty good too.
 
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