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In Nova Scotia all units have a home base to start and end shifts at. As calls come in, in any particular area other available units will be moved around for coverage. Almost all movements are to another base or a halfway post. All bases have crew quarters, chairs, couches, kitchens...

I greatly dislike being wrong. I hate making mistakes. ( I am human, it happens. I don't have to like it, I have to accept it.) Paperwork Working with incompetent people. I don't mind new and inexperienced, we were all new once. But people who can't get their act together drive me nuts.

We have a Welch Allyn. Braun 4000 thermoscan tympanic thermometer. It has both names on it. It seems to be reasonably accurate. We have no protocol that has a specific temp in it. I consider the temps provided to be an approximation. + or - 2f (1c) doesn't really mean a lot diagnosticly.

The ambulances here are run by a company called EMC Inc. Under a sole source contract with the NS Dept of Health (EHS). EMC will not allow a ride along unless you are accepted by a paramedic program, or are a first responder (MFR) or an allied health worker (nurse etc). The best thing is to...

The ambulances here are run by a company called EMC Inc. Under a sole source contract with the NS Dept of Health (EHS). EMC will not allow a ride along unless you are accepted by a paramedic program, or are a first responder (MFR)n or an allied health worker (nurse). The best thing is to...

Both Medavie and Holland College have Paramedic programs. Medavie has one in Dartmouth which is within commuting distance to you. Their websites will tell you their requirements. Not all courses start in Sept. So apply early. New medics start as casuals at about $21.00/hr. Casuals that...

I live and work in Nova Scotia as an Advanced Care Paramedic. Where are you from? Are you already a medic? Here are some websites for you to browse thru. http://www.emci.ca/Pages/home.aspx http://www.hollandcollege.com/programs/primary-care-paramedicine/...

I've only used it once IN on a combative pt. 5mg IN with an atomizer. It took the better part of 5 min to work and the pt was out. But only for about 5-7 min. Then they woke up and became just as combative. It was taking 4 cops to hold him down. I don't know if IM would have been more...

In the words of George Carlin. “Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.” :rolleyes:

See, you shouldn't have cleaned it. What do you think gave the coffee its flavor. I am yet to have a cup of coffee from one of those new machines that I like. McDonalds makes better coffee.

I spent 25 years in family businesses, (mostly automotive). As things and life changed I began to look for something else. I was always somewhat interested in medicine and new paramedicine here was changing. So I applied to some schools and got into one. I started in PCP school just after my...

Then you really wouldn't like it here. 7-8 hrs a day 5 days a week for months on end. After school studying for hours each night to absorb the information. Here we call it work. That nasty 4 letter word. You get out of it what you put into it. Here people go to school to be a paramedic. To...

We have them here. They do appear to be reasonably tough. I know a regular laptop wouldn't take the abuse these get. They usually work OK but sometimes they are so slow it"s like watching paint dry. They have connectivity issues as well. They really don't like to be in a bldg. We use them for...

All paramedics, PCP, ICP, ACP, wear the same,

Well no more calls. Got home. The streets are not plowed but not drifted in too bad. In 2 hrs it will be 24hrs since a plow went by the house. Tee shirts in 50F? But of course. You see people wearing shorts here at 40F and below. I do 90% of my calls in winter without my coat, just a short...