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i wear redback slip on station boots with steel toe. works great and are very comfortable when you break them in.

a nurse has absolutely no authority or training to undertake a field-based, provider-initiated refusal. you would need at LEAST a NP or PA for that. you are forgetting that we live in a litigious society. there is not a snowflake's chance in hell that a county EMS agency/fire...

Thanks for the input, fellows! Would appreciate some brand names when convenient so I can take a look.

hello, i would like the community's suggestions on a good jacket for paramedics. my company simply does not provide one to my liking (too bulky and not exactly waterproof and the stowaway hood is a joke). the customizable watershed jacket looks nice. http://www.gowatershed.com/home/ i've...

simple fix: make the paramedic didactic portion at least an A.S. level curriculum. that's basically all an RN is. the dismal level of academic rigor in EMS would be greatly alleviated by simply requiring college level anatomy and physiology courses (that is, one of each) as part of the...