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What color would stand out? I have people posting pics of plain black, purple, red and blue - in a dimly light area, what would be the standard. The problem is no one is doing one and the same. Ive been a pretty strong advocate of not going against the grain and doing something different -...

Guys, I am involved in a discussion on a diabetic board on FB - And have been a proponent against Medical Alert Tattoos because I know that in my area, most likely most emt's and Im not even sure medics would even pick up on, or see a tattoo that says Im diabetic, or alergic etc... So I am...

Might check with the instructor on that one. I know that with my final practicals we wouldnt have been allowed to integrate and had to go in order and do the rapid exam first in order and cover only what was there in that section, move to the next section and do those things. Our evaluators...

Kinda ditto with everyone else here. if you want in might have to drive a bit till you can get the experience and get what you want to do .

For us on our medic rigs, and basic rigs we have Manual. For our ALS rigs we have monitor as well as manual. I prefer starting out with Manual, transfering over to auto and then seeing them match up. Then I know the accuracy of the reading. Its always wierd going in to do ER time and have...

Im here in WA too, and an EMT - B taking the test under the new rules. And ya, retakes are the only option and given by the instructor. I think with ours they gave 2 retakes, maybe 3 for some of those that were close I cant recall. But you pretty much have to have that Pass from the county /...

Depends on your area - Our department only has a few EMS only based people, I being one of them so a lot of he other have just the fire type gloves. I work with EMS only but prefer to have my fingers more seperated and the ability to grab things differently. As for accidents with extrication...

Thanks everyone for their replies. It gave me a lot of thigns to think about and a way to approach the head medic on the call in regards to asking why he made the decision he did.

i bought a pari of OccuNomix Extrication gloves 2 weeks ago and got them, and they ended up being a bit smaller than I needed. Tried to get ahold of the company I bought them from to trade them in for a larger size or return them and they refused to return my emails or calls. So I ended up...

Came across this call the other day. Had a 27 yr old male who was having his second seizure in 2 weeks. The first came after a skating accident into a pole, and has a history of seizures. Is on Dilantin, pulse 104 bp was 150 / 90. Myself and another EMT were on scene first before our medics...

i know with my state it was the county EMS office that I had to go through to get the approval to take the test. I mean, the EMS office had to forward the appropriate documents of classes to NREMT to show I am ready for the testing phase.

I used the JB site, and passed my test with ease.

What a topic, this is a great discussion. Being diabetic type 2 with insulin its hard because you always feel singled out. People forget that they too can have any kind of episode of their own thats worse than what we go through and it doesnt hinder them in getting a certification. (Alergic...

What a topic, this is a great discussion. Being diabetic type 2 with insulin its hard because you always feel singled out. People forget that they too can have any kind of episode of their own thats worse than what we go through and it doesnt hinder them in getting a certification. (Alergic...

Ya, sounds like the same every where ... Find something that will get you entry level and get some experience. Sometimes looking at casinos, parkes etc... that look for EMT's is a good start.