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I work in a lab that tests blood samples...I think you guys would be surprised at the amount of blood we throw away. I've personally tossed 5-6 4mL tubes of a single patient's blood before. Also, blood in sodium heparin (green) or EDTA (purple/pink) tubes shouldn't coagulate. I've only seen a...

This is why I make copies of my cards & carry those in my wallet, while keeping the real ones safe at home.

I'm pretty sure he's saying that a bachelors in EMS will basically be useless. Not that a bachelors in something else would be. If you want to go to nursing school, then do that. Why get a bachelors in something else & then have to go back later in life to get a BSN? Waste of time & a...

I took I think 14-15 credits at a university while commuting about 90 minutes round trip two or three times a week for EMT class. Wasn't an issue for me. I should have gotten an A in the class, but I forgot about a few assignments which dropped me to an A-.

I just got my first job a few months ago. I passed the NR written back in Feb '13. I was worried about the same thing as you. I found the first call I was on it was kind of like "wtf is going on? wtf do I do?" but after a few calls I'm much more comfortable. Not as comfortable as I would...

I have 5.11 8" ATACs. I like them a lot & love having the zipper. I wear them around off duty if it snowed or is snowing. Of course, I just got my first EMS job a few months ago, so these are the first & only pair I've ever bought so I don't have anything else to compare them to.

I have this one: http://www.target.com/p/enr-led-tactical-black-fl-1aa/-/A-14779192#prodSlot=medium_1_18&term=energizer+flashlight Plus a 5 or 6 dollar pen light.

Yeah, I tried the code last night & it didn't work. Everything I found says it goes till 2359 tonight, but apparently not...such BS.

How long does this sale go for?

This happened pretty close to where I live. Pretty much this. And that. If it takes 15 minutes to drive from your house to the ER & 5 min for EMS to get to your house, then you're getting an extra 10 minutes of treatment before you even get to the ER. Just a sad story.

Service I work for uses 30mL vials for epi. Toss 'em after one use. A waste, but it's still cheaper than the pens.

Our practicals were the last day of the class & then we had to schedule the written on our own. I finished the class & passed the practicals mid December. I didn't take the written until mid/late February. They suggested we take it ASAP when all the material was fresh; I kind of drug my feet...

I need to renew my CPR cert soon & I saw this as well when I was looking at the AHA website the other night.

This is an exception...I could hop on Google & find countless examples to support my statement. But we'll see. This isn't over yet.

Dude, where have you been for years? Anytime stuff like this happens, 99.99999% of the time the LEO gets a paid vacation for a couple weeks until such point as he/she is cleared of all charges, despite the overwelming evidence that they shouldn't be cleared.