Recent content by MNRescue

Currently I am out of EMS, but working towards getting back. That said, having ADHD, I need a job in which I have freedom of the mind. Which, EMS provides. To be successful in EMS, you MUST be able to think outside of the box, hell, for critical care, trauma care, ER care etc, you must be a...

That's the point I was trying to make, the fact that this Doc wanted to hang weights without knowing that the slower routes were the most unstable roads. We are known for our pot holes in MN. Short of air lifting the child for a 10 mile ride distance. (BTW, I worked in house, not the street and...

Guess it depends on where you work I guess.

Would you like to ride in the back of an ambulance with a broken femur with 20 lb weights bouncing up and down over every bump not to mention the risk of a severed artery? And in regards to the wait time, how do you make a 3yr old child wait that long, sedate them? That opens a whole new can of...

Ever thought of working as a flight medic? In MN, especially Mayo One, the flight nurses/medics make pretty decent wages.

Ems I worked in house as an ER Tech. I was an EMT Basic at the time. Main reason I took this position was the fact that for one, I got to do higher skills than I would as an EMT B, and two, I made more money than an EMT. The hospital group I worked for also provided street service as well, yet...

Skill Denial I can feel your pain, at least as a student you can expect douche docs like that. What happened to me, I was working as an EMT in the ER, as in I was a paid employee. We had a peds case come in with a fx'ed femur. As we all know, you put the leg into traction. This particular doc...