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    How do you carry your stethoscope?

    haha :) mines around neck
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    New NBC series "Trauma" this fall

    ok well i just finished watching it (I have class on Mon nghts so I gotta watch it online.) Anyyyway, I mean the story line is ok. To be honest it's what we should have expected. Mistakes, sex, family probs. It is afterall , a tv show..... they could spend a lil more time trying to make sure...
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    New NBC series "Trauma" this fall

    MY GOD! You might just have taken something ridiculous and turned it into something marvelous!
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    texting woman almost kills EMT's

    I am glad you and the other EMT's are safe and they got that non-driving lady! you tell a funny story. :)
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    question for medics

    But paramedics are not to ever remove something stuck in the body right? Like a knife or something?
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    question for medics

    THat is what I thought, thank you
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    question for medics

    if someone gets in a bad motorcycle crash and gets rocks/gravel stuck in their arm do the paramedics remove it, or do they just wrap it and transport? i am asking cause i was talking about this with a friend, i would think they just wrap and transport cause I thought EMTs werent allowed to...
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    Landed a Job!

    Great! how long did it take you to get a job after being certified?
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    THe REal Reason you became an EMT-B

    Um well.. I know that EMT's and Paramedics saved my brothers life when he had his horrible accident.. though he cannot walk, he is still alive because whoever responded to the call got him to where he needed to be. Also my dad has suffered many heart attacks and angina(?) attacks and I...
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    NBC Medic Channel?

    People enroll in EMT class cause of a TV show they saw?? how long does it take them to drop out when they figure out nothing is scripted lol
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    Here I go :D

    I believe that! and thanks :)
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    Here I go :D

    It went well :D I love my instructors and am always excited to get back to class. We got straight to learning stuff too, that's for sure. But it's fun and is only going to get more interesting :D Good luck with your class :)!
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    Start Basic Training Soon...worried about long shifts..sleep is essential.

    Yea :D I did my ride along the other day and not a single CALL. Go figure!! One paramedic slept for like 4 hours straight...the other took like 2 15 minute naps and the rest of the time was doing stuff around the station. I studied and slept..haha. Everyday will be different in the EMS field and...
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    Working while a student

    Who worked while they were in Basic class and if you did, how many hours did you work a week? I am asking cause my job has scheduled me every night this week except my class nights, leaving me no time to study until late at night which obviously I cannot stay up all night and study every...
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    Yes I started last night :D. Cant wait to go back

    Yes I started last night :D. Cant wait to go back
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