Recent content by NorthCoastChick

Will walking into this residence cause the floor to finally collapse and drop us all into a pit of rat infested doom? and definitely: what food place is still open after this call is over?

:lol: My partner and I play WoW together at the station. Everyone we play with knows the "911" message and immediate log off.

100 y/o male with a penis infection... when we took him home from the hospital a couple of hours later, doc's orders were to "let it hang out" for a couple of days. Awesome call, except for the whole infection thing.

Awesome quote! Can't wait to *nerd out* and use it on a partner... lol

Love the variety. Even the "same" chest-pain-type call won't ever be the exact same twice. I also love my company, my colleagues, my town, and the challenges of EMS in a rural environment. I'm even nerdy enough to like when people are having a really bad day, because I try to keep in mind that...

Terrible. That is scary stuff right there.

Agreed I don't wear body armor. I don't carry a weapon, pepper spray, or handcuffs. I am not trained to enter a hostile scene and restrain a combative person. I am not willing to put myself in danger that others are more well equipped to handle. That being said, we are dispatched to stage out...

My companies (I work for 2, part time for one, full time for the other) are both 24 hour based. We get paid for the full 24 for the pt company, 16 hours for the full time company unless we get called between 2-4am. It ends up working out pretty well for sleeping and running calls. Full time is...

I'm a little worried about black ice patches and winter weather. Not sure of what to expect because I was hired at the beginning of the spring season, and haven't had to drive an ambulance through the winter. The roads where I work are mostly plowed during the snowy season, but ice is prevalent...

I used to dribble my soccer ball around the house reciting out loud what I needed to remember. Ended up driving everyone in the house absolutely freaking insane, but I can still recite poetry from 12 years ago using that method, as well as EMS stuff that I needed to remember, like solid vs...

Rock On A great EMT instructor is the foundation for a long and happy career in EMS. I speak from experience. I passed my EMT-1 class with help from my instructor and he is now one of my favorite medic partners at the company. Good luck with everything!!

Absolutely don't be nervous. Unless there is only one ems provider in your state or you live on the moon, you're going to get an EMS job near where you want to be. I applied to a company I would have given an arm and a leg to work for, but didn't let desperation to work there come through in the...

Still not sure all of what's required, but I found this website that lists (fairly) recent state by state EMS offices for reciprocity. Hope it helps, I may be using it in the near future. :p

Lol. What happens if you're very short like me? I have to do a kind of half run-half shuffle that looks kind of stupid to keep up with some of the very tall men at the station. I'm sure it inspires all kinds of confidence... :p

Hey all! Hope everyone had happy (safe) holidays. I just need to gush to a group who understands how awesome it is to have gotten my card and patch in the mail today... :D