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Hahaha it would definitely be for the experience rather than the money! Lots more trauma than here in Aus!

I'm going to be a qualified Advanced Care Paramedic in eighteen months. I'll be graduating from a university with a double degree in Paramedical Sciences and Nursing in May next year and I am looking at almost immediately coming to the US or to Canada to work as either an EMT or as a Paramedic...

Male Pt with chest pain: Will I get cuter nurses at hospital? Female partner: No but you just helped me clarify the gauge of needle I'm going to stick in you *pulls out 16G*

I've got some Queensland Ambulance Service patches I'd be willing to trade. But I won't be able to do so until after January

What range are you looking for RE offers?

Have you had any offers on this bag yet?

I'd go with Polo for summer and then a fleece jacket with embroidery for winter if it's too cold to wear a polo in winter either that or a dress shirt

Haven't been forced to wear it but the students in a state in Aus have to wear white cargo pants and white paramedics shirts! They're horrible! At least they can be bleached I guess. We wear Navy as students in my state and they're so like the cop uniforms it's not funny!

Thanks for the help guys! I've got one organised with Boogie (hopefully) so excited!

Study before class so the content presented in lectures is not new content. Make sure you get lots of hands on time with all the skills that you learn. Organise everything you've got- different subjects get different folders and allocate time every week to study all of them individually...

Depends on your area- the base pay rate is about 25/hour as a fully qualified where I'm working but you get good bonuses with overtime and missed meals. The crew I'm working with at the moment say it's a bad fortnight if they go home with less than 2k+ a fortnight

We use spine boards and split stretchers and don't really transport on either. They're both too slippery and uncomfortable. I believe we're allowed to transport on the spine boards if we have to but it's not advised because they're so slippery! I would happily transport on a board if it...

I think it's definitely something that you need to talk to the deputy about and your supervisor. It's one of those things, I personally would want to respond to a CPR in progress as quickly as I could but it's not worth getting shot or stabbed at BUT with a 25 mile response they're going to...

Thanks guys! I've already tried contacting people via email but haven't heard back from any of the companies. I'm not sure exactly where I'm staying but it'll be near central park. I'm willing to go anywhere that I can get to without major dramas to do a ridealong- I don't care if it's a 10 hour...

I don't think i would have backboarded or collared him- he didn't complain of neckpain or back pain, moves around without pain, mechanism of injury isn't that indicative, he's young and generally fit? and I assume that there was no pain on palpation? His onset of pain at triage sounds like...