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We try to put a medic and am EMT on each truck, personnel allowing. If each truck is staffed with both, then we can just rotate calls. And depending on what the call is, the EMT or medic can be AIC. We do have some volunteers that are driver only, and they run only with basics or with addict who...

Our squad is mostly men for the paid staff, but overwhelmingly female for volunteer. It's not necessarily that they don't hire women, we haven't had as many women apply. But they don't hire men over women.

I guess I'm not really seeing anything wrong. We don't fully disinfect the cot after each call unless we have reason to. Sheets always and a quick wipedown usually, but not always. I don't know who taught you everyone gets O2, but that is very wrong. Particularly in non-emergency transport. I...

I wouldn't necessarily use one unless I was having difficulty establishing and maintaining a patent airway. I tend towards the least amount if intervention to achieve my goal.

We are a hybrid paid/volunteer agency. We run lights and sirens to the scene of all calls, unless it's just a public service call that doesn't require any actual medical care. We then make the call when we transport to the hospital whether L&S are needed. Priority 1 always gets them. Priority 2...

Those of us that are vertically challenged would only have that problem if dressing on a ladder. :lol:

In our agency it goes more by points than occurrences. Things like DUI will knock you out immediately, but so long as you don't have several wreckless drivings, or too many points against your license, you are usually ok. As others have said, I don't think they'd bat any eye at it unless you...

They still did paper tests when I took mine. Lol

Holy cow! Well, I'd definitely see some action then! My white cloud is so bad that I've sat around doing nothing all day, and literally as I tap my badge to clock out a code and a wreck with injuries come in. It's ridiculous.

I'm in Augusta Co, the side closest to Albemarle Co.

*hearsay. Sorry, that was annoying me. Carry on

In all seriousness, your girlfriend either needs to take the class another time when it won't be so taxing on her, give up all together if she's simply not getting it, or wake her butt up and do her own work. This isn't nail school where her biggest mistake would be a painting someone's nails...

Definitely, since we more or less just check boxes with the random comment here or there. We don't get the story-telling aspect of a report. My point to the poster was that in the school setting, specifically, the instructors want to know that you know what normal is. Anyone can do an...

Is he a little guy, or a big guy? That would determine if I threw him over my shoulder against his will or not.

I don't disagree, but specifically in the hospital setting, you chart by exception. Whereas my EMS report would have a step by step if everything I checked, and my exact findings, in the hospital your choice is to make an abnormal finding, or WDL.