Recent content by superGuitar

Hey guys. I know there are more than a few fire guys/gals here. I've been flirting heavily with jumping into the fire, no pun intended, side of EMS. My buddy from high school is at South Metro in Denver, loves it and wants me to apply. They put you through their own academy if you're a...

Care to give an example of what represents huge to you? My service is quite stingy on Ketamine use. 1.5 for induction and 0.3 for pain, and only after you exhausted nsaid and narcotics options. that's it. I sweet-talked OLMC into 0.5mg/kg on a long-distance transfer one time so I could...

EMT-P exam. somewhere around 75-80 questions and only 45min in and then I was done. I never got any of the tricky trivia-level questions the prep sources say are an indicator that you're passing, it was significantly easier than what I was studying for, which worried me a little. But, passed...

Alberta, Canada man. The provincial health authority is for the most part eliminating all shifts that exceed 12hrs, with the exception of some hodunk rural services that would be near-impossible to staff with that 12hr model. So if you are on a sleepy rural 24hr car, once you've been doing...

Hey guys. Isn't necessarily only about Texas, but that's where I'll be working so if there are state-specific rules, I figured I'd ask about it specifically. I'm trying not to hijack any threads but I haven't seen this talked about specifically anywhere. I'm a canadian medic now...

I can answer this one for you in one sentence, because I am a medic from Alberta and have just moved to Texas and am going through the exact hoops you are talking about. Study where you want to work!! It is a HUGE deal to try to get your medic reciprocity here in the states, no matter what...