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I see medics do this for GSW's and stabbings to legs, arms, back, etc. Most of the time they stick, but sometimes (profusely bleeding) they won't hold & we go straight to trauma dressing. My question is, combined with pressure over a dressing, would this hold fairly well? Anyone do the same...

ICHART incident chief complaint history assessment Rx - treatment Tx - transport

Heads up, SDMSE just hired close to 30 employees, 1/3 of those being medics. They are hiring another 15 EMT's in late March, early April. If you want in, go fill out an app!

LOL I found out on duty that m12 got jacked. those guys were EOSing too

ICHART Incident Chief Complaint History Assessment Rx Transport

We run a cell phone system in addition to the pagers right now. They're helpful, but personally I like the pagers better with the way the phones are setup now (for BLS at least). They are fully locked down, no texts/phone calls out except to supervisors and hospitals. That's fine. The annoying...

Yep. They hire as needed, usually every few months. They just finished a EMT hire with ~10 people. From what I've heard (and I'm not knocking any other companies) everyone that comes to RM from another socal company says they like it much better, and even take a $1-2 pay cut to switch. BLS rigs...

Rural Metro/SDMSE runs BLS and ALS rigs. BLS = 2 EMT B's, posted near hospitals and SNF's as needed. ALS = 1 Medic, 1 Bridged EMT, mainly at a fire station, there are a few float units. MR = 1 FF/Medic, 1 Bridged EMT, not sure on these ones. There are a few dual medic rigs, I believe in CSA...

MM gurneys are really wide too. We had a testing day and the gurneys clipped our legs while sitting the back. We're currently on the stryker H frames in the middle of a gurney change, I hope they don't use this one.

Just one pair, Sending you an email now.

Nope. they're blue. Dropped the price to $20 shipped if anyones still interested.

Galls here had a store closing sale. 50% off ANYTHING in the store which later changed to 90%. All the Surefires, 5.11 tactical and lvl3 trauma plates were snagged first. I got some good stuff for really cheap.

$25 shipped!

UPDATE: I found out we only get two shirts/two pants initially. After new hire orientation, we get two more shirts and another pair of pants, plus a sweater. That's about $400 more in gear, so it explains the price gap. Also, they just switched to nomex uniforms this year.

These pants are really nice. Unfortunately they are a size too small for me, so I can't use them. They are brand new w/tags still attached. Size S, which will fit a 28-31 waist. Cuffs are unhemmed, so you can adjust to your liking. These 65% polyester, 35% cotton ripstop EMS pants are stain...