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I always get Halcion when I need anything more than a cleaning.

Saw something similar in Venice a few years back.

Ok, if anyone needs surgery and anesthesia, tell them you're scared and claustrophobic. Don't tell them you're in the business. The me Now I'm a 40 year medic, CC,tactical, and some nursing school. I know things. So I'm all prepped out, talking to nurses etc. Anesthesiology comes in...

Well I'm.back. went in Monday at 1000, but didn't hit the OR until 4. Got ripped off, didn't get preloaded. On with the mask then someone said becomes propofol. Didn't get back to the room until 2130 or so. Had wicked sore throat and a big incision on my back I don't know what they...

I was ALS... AINT Lifting $#i+

When did you start wearing pants?

Geez, look at me. 72 years old. Fireman in 1968 to 1970, volunteer and then paid. Whoops, along comes the draft. JoiN the Navy. Become a helo crewman. Jump out of helicopters rescuing people ( never needed to but practiced a lot). Made 4 Med cruises and a lot of smaller ones. Fought a...

I was a medic when I was hired as a cop. Same jurisdiction. I had permission to carry my gear, just ALS airway stuff. We had AEDs so PD got punched on those calls. Dispatchers also let me know if something hot was going on near me. Got a bunch of tubes that way plus other skills once fire...

My first? Brand new junior member of rescue squad. 1968 . Daytime. No one around. Call came in. Driver came to station, told me to get in truck and off we went. I'm all of 17. Guy stuck his hand in some sort of electronic assembly machine, so it was crushed with wires punched through his...

This one just hit the news: https://www.ems1.com/investigation/investigation-launched-after-man-removed-from-ambulance-left-on-street

Good thread, good responses, good interactions. EMS professional. 40 years Fire/ EMS, 23 as a cop and supervisor.

I've had that happen. You go to a call and fire guys call out "Here comes Dr. Death." CISM, talk it out, keep doing what you do.

Keep doing what you're doing. They'll stop.

I just saw a suburban volunteer fire co. get decertified due to lack of volunteers. This particular department is/ was big, and I never thought would go under. I was in a volunteer dept that was starting to go career in 1975 and is now career with a couple certified volunteers. At one point...