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As long as it is blue they are happy and they recommend one to us if we work 24s and graves due to ease of dawning and comfort. Pretty much everyone out here wears them so the only thing screaming noob is it won't be faded ;) We only do simple extrication so no worries there

I am looking for recommendations for a jumpsuit. My dept covers the price up to a 100 bucks, the rest I have to come up with. The local shop has one that is quite expensive and a lot of the people I work with don't like it for quality and comfort reasons. It is some random brand. So anyway...

off topic but what is a troll?

Where I work we are required to small pack with us where ever we go (4x4s, 2x2s, tape, bp cuff, ears, etc.) They gave us fanny packs but I bought the 5.11 push pack. Much better! Anyways I leave it in my car when off duty because I also work as a pcf for the local fire dept and often spend...

The ER techs in our area are different from hospital to hospital but most require Emt-B WITH the phlebotomy cert.

I have this one for when I work at camps. http://www.ergodyne.com/products/pages/default.aspx?PRD=164&PCA=90

I have not yet personally been sued but I will say working as a casino emt, I have seen the casino get sued, and I have only been here 2 months.

what does "per diem" mean? In reference to an er-tech position I saw posted.

Here in my area we can't c-spine on mechanism alone. There has to be another indicator.

I am still in the "first calls" but the first thing I have had to learn not to do was treat SAMPLE and OPQRST like a checklist.

Yeah it hasn't been to exciting sense I started but we have had a few calls. Nights I am told will be a lot busier which I will be working once I am done with training. They get about 5 to 6 calls a shift depending on the day of the week. I just ran a chest pain call with Tiffany a few days...

52 passed.

Most places aren't going to care as long as you have your license and if your state requires an extension you will need that as well. Oh and keep your driving record clean.

I figured as much. I was just curious if anyone else was actually doing that cuz it sounded like a lawsuit in the making. "Woh, what happened, I passed out... why is my lip busted open?"

has anyone tried the "drop test" where you pick up there arm and drop it on there face. If it falls to the side they are faking it, if it falls smack on there face they arent. Heard about it from an emt who goes to a lot of prison calls.