Recent content by CLa

It's good to hear everyone's take on this. Summit, I'm still pretty green so I hear ya about the "ABC's" comment. Bullets, excellent point about having a mutual plan A and B with your partner. The calls I run are volunteer rescue so I never know who is going to show up. Some are willing to work...

My name is Chrissy. I'm trying to not be a one-hit wonder on this site! It seems like a good way to stay connected to the EMS community beyond my county. Currently I run calls with a volunteer fire department that sponsored me as a student. I took a break halfway through my nursing program to...

Thanks for your input, everyone! I'm hoping that the fear part will fade once I start running more calls and get back into the swing of things.

Personally, I am currently with a paid-on-call fire department. That means I keep a pager with me (a very loud and obnoxious pager, I might add) at all times that I am able to respond. When there is a Delta level response called for at 0200 for a vehicle accident with critical injuries or a...

Hello my EMS friends, I am hoping to start an honest discussion about the part of EMS that I have noticed is often kept silent or minimized. Please, add your thoughts to this but I ask that you remain respectful to others' posts as we all have varying levels of experience in the field. So...