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LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS! best advice ever.

My service does a ton of dialysis transfers. I think we have 5 or 6 regulars that go about 3 times a week. and the part about leaving the cannula hooked up to the in-house......I think everyone has done that at least once.

In Mass, BLS units can administer oral glucose, but we cannot carry glucometers. To me, it would make a lot of sense for us to be able to get a read on a pt before giving glucose. As a basic, we are trained and can use the glucometer and lancets only if we are working on a P/B unit (since we...

did't you mention that she was forced to retire? or does she still work on the volley squad with you?

A rule I live by: It's always better to overtreat than undertreat. Besides my full-time EMT job, I work as a per diem track medic for a local moto-X track. Most of our pts are trauma, and alot of these kids try to hide their obvious pain so they can finish the race - for fear of their...

I know alot of EMT's that have tattoos in my area....including myself. Working for the hospital's ambulance service requires me to follow the same dress code policies as other non-EMS hospital staff.....which requires tattoos to be covered. Then I see AMR employees with arms full of tattoos...

This is definitely not the career to be in if you are all about the almighty dollar. I took a huge pay cut to be an EMT. I don't know about all other services, but there is a ton of overtime available at my co. I try to pick up at least one extra shift per week to make up for the low wages...

In western MA, we have CEVO (coaching the emergency vehicle operator). Similar to NY's EVOC.

"Every shift we get one or two pysch transfers. I'm wondering if you FF/EMS guys ever get those. They're my personal favorite, requiring almost no "work". Usually they just sit in back jump seat, and I sit on the bench. We buckle them in, and transport." -wow. I work in MA, and as far as...