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Phone(s) and pocket protocols. I have a weird aversion to having crap in my normal pockets and, when you're sitting down, those pockets are incredibly easy to get to. Open the flap on a thigh pocket when you're sitting and everything falls out.

TacMed tourniquets can be hooked together, it's the one (and only) benefit I found over Cat tourniquets.

OP, you have nothing to fret over. Got my B card 3 months before my 45th and NR one month after.

Spend the two weeks prior to the test reading your course text from front to back. Take every online component the coursebook is linked to. Read your protocols, front to back. At the test: Read each of the answers first, imagine what situation would lead to each of them and then read the...

Next time you do a checkout, take your own on the upper arm and then forearm/leg. Note any similarities/differences. Maybe even do it a few days in a row.

I prepped by reading Brady 12 cover to cover, taking the time to do the test at the end of each chapter and then the online tests that correspond. Also, read my protocols straight through as well. Passed in 25 minutes, something like 60 questions (not exactly sure of the number, I saw #58 and...

You guys take the fun out of everything!

Chest pain: on-hand to do cpr if necessary. Neck pain: convince the pt to not move and/or hold c-spine if required. Ouchies & boo-boos: Tell mommy to kiss it. No, you're not gonna have the benefit of a full box, but that doesn't mean you can't help if you feel so inclined. Some...

Some of us enjoy what we do.

You can still work w/o equipment. Patients walking around != all-ok. Some could be going into shock, some could have a neck injury that's only sore now but has the potential to become worse with aggravation. Stress of the accident may trigger a seizure or cardiac event. If nothing else, it's a...

Union member here and will echo what's already been said; the union is a representation of what the members put into it. Not unlike our current political process - when no one stays informed or votes, things go to hell rapidly.

You've just renamed my fire department ... Redneck Chop & Squirt Club. Thanks!