Recent content by unit12

career change Hi Marlena, Go for it! As far as your age, you are far from the 1st one to make this change. Although a friend of mine vollied as a younger man, he went into EMS as a career in his mid 30's and then became a paramedic in his 50's. He enjoys what he is doing and has no...

Hi Avenrii, Good luck with this new adventure in your life. Sounds like you'll be an asset.

PC Security & Disaster Recovery What a lively and informative discussion this is. Just wanted to add a statement here, I've gotten previous arguments when I've recommended digitizing important documents (whether important for business or important for memories) - even though many documents...

a few suggestions store your important data on a remote (offsite) and disconnected machine AND burn data to CDs and then lock them to further entries. At the same time digitize all of your important paper records (even important photos & certificates) and store these as well (as above) in case...

Just adding Just wanted to say that my version of an EMS volunteer AND professional does not accept the excuse "I'm just a vollie" We are still out there hoping to save the same real lives as our paid counterparts. Thanks to all who have welcomed me here, I didn't have enough posts to...

Kudos on becoming a paramedic! My daughter, a paramedic here in the USA, visited the London area a few years back and met a few in the London EMS system, she came home with a lot of good thoughts about the folks she met.

We are going to be moving into a new facility in a few months and have a bit of room for a few exercise machines (which our members really want). We need to keep the costs down but still want to provide this. Does anyone have a recommendation what the top 3 types of exercise equipment should...

My corps' website StonyPointEMS.com hope you'll come by and have a look.

an official intro Hi all, I am "Unit12" in NYS - I am an EMT in a volunteer community corps since 1986... before you go all, "Ugh, a vollie", let me say I believe in being a professional, keeping up on my training and treating my patients with the best care possible. My town, like ALL the...