Recent content by aristigal

Anyone know some web sites where I can do my CME's online. I am in NY and they require 6 ALS and 6 BLS hours 2 times a year. Problem is I am very pregnant and going to the paramedic class and sitting in at night doesn't work cause I'm too tired. Mine are due 4/30 but my baby is due 3/8 so I...

Ok I need some suggestions. Recently we have been having some internal problems and people in this section seem to like f with each other. I am looking for ways to improve the morale around here. There has been some bs surrounding on co-worker and we thought he quit this week and then he...

All I can tell you is what I found here. In CT when I went to EMT class the FD that I belonged to payed for it. As for Fire Academy you could take all the same classes through the FD but it would take longer because you would have to wait till the were offered. In NY and CT I know and dept...

It wouldn't like being watched so closely. I don't think it would be a big problem for me becuase I try to drive conciensously anyway. But I know a few that drive like Mario Andretti so that could be interesting.

Not this one but my home town FD does. http://www.botsfordfire.org

Well aparently they got it fixed. NYS DOH says 90 or newer they have to have AC before 90 they don't.

yeah here it's a "dealine" or "part 800" issue which means the truck is oos till it's fixed which is where the dilema is. I wish they could get some grants or something too. I am moving out there in a month or so and I would join their squad but I don't really want to be associated with a...

I have a moral dilema. I work for a government agency and a large part of my job is mutual aid responses to other towns. There is one town in the area that calls us quite frequently as they have no ALS members at this time. They are run out of FD so they can't 3rd party bill hence the are...

Well from my experiance I use the IV blood if I am going to start a line. It's not enough a difference. I do these on every patient that I start a line on diabetic or not! It's something I always check just to CYA. We use Acuchecks with th capilary strips and they work good. The ones where...

I have to agree....there is alot of paperwork with narcs so I generally follow a rule that a medic told me a while ago. If you can prove to me you are in pain then you can have all the narcs you want till then...well. And as far as the RSI.....I WISH!!!! we are way behind up here and all we...

Good luck I took mine last weekend. I like the Barons that was good and the Brady one was ok. I got that cause we used the Brady book. The barons was better cause it had answer sheets to you could copy them. Study Peds!!!!

It seems to be the new people and from one particular squad. We have been trying to work this out as best we can. Problem is they have a lot of people that don't know where things are or that don't know what to do. Now we have good size rigs around here for the most part. In the city they...

On every call. They have like 6 people in th bus then they want me for an ALS assist not to mention all my equiptment...then they want to whine when I say some of you gotta go. What do they think it's a clown car?

LMAO....baby medics.....and no you can't touch them they might bite. But make sure you water them once in a while. Did you see that one about the student....something about the guy being a stress case.

Well the NREMT-P went well got through the practical and the written I walked out with the same feeling as when I did the EMT-B....who knows. I'm sure I passed but there are a lot of double negatives and I hate the ones where all the answers are actually right but you have to pick the BEST one...