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Perfect, that's exactly what I've been looking for. Much appreciated!

I just scoured the entire title 8 5193, but couldn't find what which glove materials are considered suitable/unsuitable. I'll try narrowing the search, but I haven't has any luck do far.

My BLS company has recently switched from nitrile exam gloves to vinyl "exam" gloves because they are a great deal cheaper. The vinyl gloves have no stretch, are extremely hard to put on in any timely manner, rip like tissue paper, and the cuff is loose which allows fluids and debris to leak...

I'm an FTO at Balboa. We recently hired a batch of 14 full-timers since we've had so many EMTs go to part-time due to medic school and fire academies, so unfortunately I don't think we have any part-time positions open at the moment. I believe HR will keep your application on file though, and...

I'm currently a FTO for Balboa. Up until very recently we were hiring at $10 an hour, but just two weeks ago we had some company "restructuring" that resulted in frontline supervisors being laid off and the loss of our training supervisor and Heartland liaison. That said, new hires are currently...

Adequate compressions during CPR, one-person BVM and gurney operations could present some challenges. However, it's hard to say what he may or may not be capable of without first seeing him in action. I don't know much about being an ER tech, but he may have better luck doing that than being a...