Recent content by BigBad

Until you get on a 911 ambulance you will never get your confidence up. You need to work 10,000 hours at something until you become close to being confident in it. Do you enjoy any aspects of the job? All the reasons you have listed are good reasons to quit. It's nothing to be...

Money talks, I'm sure where ever you apply they will take you.

Well how was it?

Can I come with?

What is the pay and hours?

Drip Ntg was removed from our CHF protocols years ago. I've always gotten the same results with cpap since it also lowers bp. As always we don't treat high bp. Not saying you were but some food for thought, his bp dropped 100 systolic. What if his bp was 150 to start? Might have been a...

Do you have any info if a USA paramedic can get a job in Belize?

Not sure I would want a stoner EMT taking care of me or driving me.

You do realize that is an EEG right?

1/3 of the job is medical competency 1/3 of the job is medical skills 1/3 of the job is people skills- IE not scaring your patients or co workers or staff with your deameanor. Building trust in the short minutes you are with you patient. Flat affect doesn't last long in this biz. You work in...

Again it's all relative. A place that pays you 24 hours straight, will just adjust their hourly rate 30% lower to offset the extra forced overtime they will always pay out. A place that doesn't pays a much higher hourly rate to keep employees. Now, when you factor in overtime rates on a...

48/96 If I have a rough first day, I typically can sleep in on the 2nd rather than be a zombie on a day off.

Screw what? I'm still probably clearing $$ in the 95th percentile of paramedics in the country.

I work 48/96 for a private ambulance service and we only get 16 hours a day and then sleep time with 3 hours=8. It sucks but we are well compensated do CCT transports all the time so were actually usually getting some sleep time and within reason you are allowed to milk it. If we were to...

I would find what flight agency you want to work for first, ask to shadow for a day and find out whats what. A lot of places have their specialized CE places that they are just going to send you anyway as a flight medic. For example, after you're hired it's required you obtained your FPC...