Recent content by clinicallydead44

Mmm, now that I've heard everyone's opinions I understand where you're all coming from. && I'm sorry that this has been discussed before? I'm new (obviously hehe) and while browsing the boards I didn't notice anything like this so I apologize? But yeah, it's not really my EMS community it's a...

*giggles* The sad part is, it's all true lol.

Maybe it's just a Virginia thing but we have a new level of training here. It's the EMT-Optional, which is a bridge between EMT-B and EMT-E (which most states probably don't have either?). Is anyone that familiar with it? There is no state test or anything for it but I'm interesting in taking...

Okay my first call was last year when I was 16, a Junior member at my agency and I wasn't even in EMT classes yet but yeah it was dreadfully disappointing. It was toned as a possible overdose and we arrived on the scene and there was already a police officer there and it turned into a patient...

Mmm, almost. Toned as "abdominal pain" and the patient would have these nasty burps (which smelt like rotten eggs) and gag and every EMT on scene had to look away for a couple of seconds.

Mmm.. that's like I heard of a call at my agency where this woman was on home oxygen and smoking a cigarette. There's a time when you really need scene safety.. *eye roll* lol.