Recent content by domepatrol

Just make sure you're not so drunk that you won't wake up when you have to relieve yourself. :P

Gatorade and water before bed. Scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, and sourdough toast for breakfast. Sugary mixed drinks give me worse hangovers than beer. So I avoid them. Beer and bourbon for me.

No worries. Thanks for the ideas anyways!

Turkey baster, very good idea. Don't need to spend money on something I'll probably never use when I've already got one in the kitchen!

Thanks for the tips. Things like band aids, OTC meds, tweezers, thermometers, eye drops, and ointments are all things that I have in my medicine cabinet and think all households should have as well. Things like pen lights, EMT shears, BP cuffs and stethoscopes, I'm not so sure would mean the...

That's the plan. I like to get some discussions going ahead of time. More chances for plenty of people to get in here and tell me the things I won't need, and the things I should consider. Hopefully (and likely) I'll have the same experience as well! I agree that it's incredibly unlikely...

First: I did do several searches and reword my title several times in an attempt to find a related thread. If this has been discussed and I missed it, I apologize. Second: I'm not an EMT yet, I should be taking my NREMT in about a month or so, this is just a feeler thread, getting some ideas...

First off, I'm a firefighter finishing up my EMT certification. So, for now, all of my calls are going to be from the fire perspective. There is a room in our local retirement home (we'll say room 104) that is inhabited by a 500-550 lb woman who likes to fall 2-3 times per month. Whenever...

Hey everyone. I've got about a month left before I'll be taking my national test to be certified as an EMT. I've been reading some threads to learn from others experiences, and I'm sure I'll have some questions as time goes on. It seems like most others on the forums are already certified...