Recent content by Vahlen

I find it highly unlikely that your asthma is as sensitive as you describe it, more likely this is a psychological reaction. You basically have 2 options, get over your "fear" of cigarette smoke or find a new career because you are going to be in those types of environments a lot.

I'm a "new" advanced EMT, just started working last week for a rural 911 service. We are based out of the local community hospital in which we provide ALS support to the surrounding volunteer organizations. For me this has been an eye opening experience to say the least, you'll quickly find that...

Can't say I have too much experience with this but in the western NY area the pay is "livable" I'm starting out at around 12-13/hr as an EMT-I with absolutely no experience. Medics can do pretty decent, it all really depends on where and who you work for..........I've seen some oil rig medics...

........I wouldn't even know how to respond to a statement like that :rofl:

Hey everyone, I have an interview today with an EMS branch based out of the local hospital. It's a single rig station that responds to all of the 911 calls for the surrounding county (rural area). I did my "internships" with this company for both my basic and intermediate course so the...

A simple question that elicits a much more complicated response. I'm not a medic yet, but I'm closing in on that goal with just having finished my EMT-I in January, so this is a question I am asking myself quite often actually. I had just finished "wasting" the better part of 5 years on a...