Recent content by Lazer

Awesome thanks! Yeah already I know where to get experience so I didn't ask about that but yes I agree , thanks again!

My mind is totally blown. I haven't worked in EMS for very long but I have had plenty of other jobs NOT involving life-safety where that brand of reckless disregard/insubordination would not be tolerated, even when the worst you could do is mess up someone's lunch order. If these are the kinds...

Yes I am interested in fire. I have looked at ITLS but I can't find a class in my area (oakland CA) I'm attending an academy beginning middle of next month that will get me my FF1, I'm also starting with S&R next month and they offer tons of free training (high and low angle, tech rescue...

Hello all, I'm on the hunt for additional certs that will help advance my knowledge and confidence and also make me a more competitive candidate for 911. I haven't been able to find a comprehensive list of certs available to emt-bs and I'm sure I'm not the only occupant of this particular sea...

Wonderful point. I have read this same thing and I guess I forgot all about that. Thank you for bringing that up. Well I certainly appreciate these compelling perspectives and in honesty I do feel differently having now discussed it with you all. I had initially taken what I knew about...

Well I do sort of live under a rock in many ways haha, but what I meant by that was that the problem is far more pervasive than the media woudl have us believe. I don't claim to "know it all", in fact I know little more than what I have read about this particular subject and I feel I've made...

Well ok, I think my assertions have been misconstrued a bit, so I’ll start by addressing that. I’m not saying that every combat veteran returning from these wars is has a psychological problem, what I’m saying is that the numbers of them that do tell me two important things: 1) Probability of...

Well first of all I don't think I deserve the insults. Showing mutual respect is a matter of integrity and I believe it speaks volumes about character. Secondly I hope all of the references to the "close knit" TEMS community weren't meant to intend your ability to somehow influence my personal...

Like I said it's not my intention to put anyone down. I didn't create the data.

"and 11 per cent among returning Afghan vets." And that study was conducted in 2006, before the Afghan war had really picked up.

Well I don't know, maybe the tax benefits do outweigh the potential liability. There was actually a 2006 study published in the International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law (seen here books.google.com/books?isbn=0470066431) that showed that the prevalence of positive...

Well ok, I have slight problem with this analysis. I consider myself a pretty aware fellow, I'm deeply interested the socio-political/socio-economic/economic-industrial/military-industrial-economic facets of secular society. This being the case I know that there is an inherent problem with...

I've read all of the threads with related tags and I didn't find anything specific about training and certification other than that TCCC certs are good to have and I figured there could be more. I sent Luno a private message and never received a reply. I don't expect to be hired by the swat...

I originally wanted to pursue a career in the fire service, began studying EMS and loved it, now I want the medic patch and I'm interested in tactical EMS. If someone with some insight on the subject could point me in the right direction training and certification-wise, it would be greatly...

Where can you get EKG certs from?