Recent content by OODAsquirrel

The US OB system is really screwed. If there is a single book I think every woman of childbirthing age in the US should read it is Pushed by Jennifer Block. The US has one of the highest c-section rates in the industrialized world and along with frighteningly high mortality and morbidity rates...

The state laws regarding carry here have recently changed and ambulance services have not caught up. There are LOTS of people getting licensed to carry and lots of places that haven't banned the practice so there is no state law prohibiting it and no company policy prohibiting it either. That...

In my exceptionally humble opinion it's never a bad idea to have some lifesaving training. Knowing Basic Life Saving skills is just a good idea, whether the doo doo is going to hit the fan or not. That being said, the reason I went to my EMT class is because I'm a firearms instructor and...

I just got a Littman Classic II SE on recommendation from a paramedic friend of mine and my mother who is an RN. I'm in school and when I brought it to class the instructor had a good time teasing me about the rainbow coloring. I got the wackiest color I could because I wanted it to stand out...