Recent content by canuck_downunder05

I would suggest buying a EMS field guide that you can keep in your pocket. They are perfect little handy books that are full of protocols, EKG's, Poisons, Meds, Abbreviations and spelling. Under the Protocols (which covers everything from abdominal pain to trauma, to child birth) they list...

I think they are also hiring EMR's. My boyfriend is currently up there as an EMT, and he said they were so short staffed they had EMR's up there as well.

Ya that sounds about right. Something that just helps phones and radios have better coverage. I've just only heard them called boosters. In our truck, ours is a small box, with a wire that connects to an antenna on the roof of the truck...

Check this url link out for the info for the job and I will have to get back to you regarding info about the booster http://www.collegeofparamedics.org/pages/Employment/default.aspx?id=1708

It sounds like Wapose is pretty desperate for EMT's/ EMR's right now if that helps.

A turbo stick is like a small stick that goes into your usb port and then connects to the internet. my bf has one with bell although I'm sure you can get them with any phone company. You get so much bandwidth to use in a month (how much data you can use on it) at different price packages. A...

Download movies/tv shows before you go up and most camps now have internet somewhere in the camp or on site. If you are in a truck, I would suggest getting a turbo stick. Depending on where you are, you may or may not need a booster in the truck to ensure you get reception. But otherwise you are...

Finding a job internationally as en EMR/EMT-B may be difficult. With the company I work for they usually have positions for Paramedics, Nurses, Doctors and from what I've heard, rarely EMT-I's. You would need to research a company that would take on an EMR. And yes I've heard they are...

This is definitely an issue with working on industrial jobs. Where I am in Alberta, I am confined to a truck with another EMT partner. I do alot of reading and sometimes we do scenarios to keep up with stuff. However this isn't always easy. We are pushing to get time in the clinic that is also...

My suggestion would be to find a forum online similar to this where you could seek advice on good dive shops in your area. Word of mouth is usually pretty good. So if you hear that they have good service, safe instructors, hold a good reputation, then stop in and say hello. Ask a few questions...

As mentioned by midwest, it sounds like he is involved in more techinical resuces. As for recreational rescue courses by SSI, PADI, NAUI ect, this is a course more designed towards preparing divers for emergencies that possible to happen. We teach things like recognizing potential risk for...

This is a little older. I've been a dive instructor for almost 6 years now. I actually got into indirectly through EMS. I was offered a full time position as an EMT when I passed all my exams. I was 20 years old and the condition of this employment was a one year contract... Kinda freaked me...

Hey there, Sounds like you are in a bit of a rut. My suggestion would be to get on the ACP website as they are flooded with industrial jobs. And as most industrial jobs for us up here tend to be 3 weeks on 1week off, you may have a good chance of acting as a 1 weeker here and there if that is...

The EMR did what he did, again with what supplies he had and in the position he was in. My friend was in obvious pain but nothing was able to be done until he reached a hosptial... I do believe an BLS ambulance did meet him on the way. Oh and he got flesh eating disease during the first few days...

Hey, My buddy was the patient unfortunatly. He also used to be an EMT. The Emr working on him was alone, with the exception of other workers. With my experience and from talking with other EMR's, EMR's rarely work with other EMT's paramedics unless they are on bigger projects and it's more or...