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    C-Collar for Sleeping

    I would like to think so too but sadly I believe he is a real person unfortunately..
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    Bullet Proof Vests?

    You should be wearing plates and a balletic helmet at all times. Also steel plates on the sides and underneath your ambulance should be welded on. IEDs are the number one killer of EMTs in bed stuy. Also scan the rooftops for RPG teams and watch your six at all times
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    Bangs Ambulance, Ithaca NY

    Ive worked in this region for 3+ years, don't sugar coat it!! The protocols are awful. Period. And i agree with the rest of your post as well. Ive worked elsewhere near by and see what you describe as well. Was just looking for any possible input from someone who has worked there.
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    Bangs Ambulance, Ithaca NY

    Does anyone have any experience with Bangs Ambulance? Was looking to possibly apply there part-time and wanted to know if anyone had any thought about the company/area?
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    Bullet Proof Vests?

    I personally do not work with out it on. What does it cost me to wear it? Nothing. Yes its hot an uncomfortable, but "id rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it. YOu can practice all the "scene safety in the world but you don't know who is packing a burner. At my company it...
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    asphalt tar on face

    just to clarify i would never utilize diesel without medical direction and as a last resort... and probably not on the face.
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    asphalt tar on face

    My father is a retired construction truck driver... used to do paving. When tar would get stuck in the back of the dump trucks, they would often douse the back of the truck in diesel fuel. The article says that would cause "systemic toxic effects from absorption". Diesel was my first thought but...
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    Motrin and Robitussin Adverse Drug Reaction

    i was talking more about OTC doses
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    Motrin and Robitussin Adverse Drug Reaction

    So a few times i saw floating around the internet, a warning of a small child that took these two drugs together and it caused a sudden cardiac arrest because of the reaction. None of what i saw was from credible medical sites and I can't really find other info about it. Has anyone heard of this?
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    Anyone here know about Vighter EMS??

    Anyone have nay experience with this company?
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    Criteria for a stroke code?

    Better to call it and not need it, then it is to need it and not call it.
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    Your best call

    4 in the morning, dead asleep. dispatched to the trailer park for a frequent flyer who calls 18 times a week because she's having chest pain in her left knee. the type of call where you think to your self, god I'm glad i went to school for 2 years for this..... ok i think this was sarcastic
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