Recent content by rowdybear

i had my first "bad call" as a paramedic friday and have been unable to sleep much or eat much. 2 doa's, a 10-month old pronounced at hospital, and a 10 y/o with amputation of right arm in stable condition. ive ran the call by experienced medics who said i did everything they would have done...

Acadian Ambulance is a good one. Course im bias i work there. www.acadian.com

my first day on a unit me and my paramedic partner get dispatched to a "rape/assault" thats how it came across the onboard pc. so we arrive and pd onscene talking to a young male. police inform us pt has some scraped knees but does not want to be transported. so partner grabs bls bag and starts...

yep thats the one

im new to ems field, just got basic in Aug. i started working for a private service in south louisiana and got placed on a 24/48 truck. its the only 24/48 truck in area and the FTO said they have a hard time filling spot cause no one likes the 24 thing, but i was excited to get it. have any of...

thanks for the help, i took the nat reg praticals today passed, i didnt draw k.e.d. i got supine longspine, but i woulda nailed it with yall help

when testing for nremt practicals if the pt is sitting with his back touching the back of the chair whats the proper way to move him forward? i know my partner should control c-spine and we should execute on headmans count but what the heck am i suppose to do? we never practiced with them...

stopped at 71, passed, basic, woot woot

i am about to finish my emt-b class took us 6 weeks to do book and test (4 days a week,8 hour days) 3 weeks left 2 week prep cbt and last week skills. went really fast but i feel im prepared to take test and learn more on job

im an emt-b student right now and was wondering if i should get these classes before i start looking for a job or do most employers just add this to their new hire process

2 cents i found that if i pick my heels off of floor of rig it cuts down on noise