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I received the hep b vaccine as a kid, but my new employer offers it as well. At 20 years old should I get it again or just say I don't need it? does the vaccine ever stop being effective?

There's really no point in transporting unless the parents are really adamant about it. I'd just explain what was going to happen at the ER; they are going to remove it and give him a tetanus shot, and then tell them it would save them some money if they just drove the kid to an ER or urgent...

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Did I do that?

thanks for the advise. coaster sounds cool to me

I'm Tyler. 20, and an EMT-B in southern California. Got my training in Colorado but moved out here looking for work and my family lives out here. Looking to going to UCLA's paramedic program here within the next year.

If its wet, sticky, and not yours....don't touch it

i just received my NREMT cert, card, and patch a couple of days ago, I'm curious if putting my NREMT patch on a personal jacket and getting a second patch if it turns out it's required by my service. Would that fall within the NREMT regulations regarding the patch? The letter they sent me was...