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I really like ESO. My last full-time job used it, and my current part-time job uses it. At my current full-time job we use EMScharts. It's ok, but I still like ESO better.

They are county ran. They used to be a part of the county run hospital, but are now their own entity.

In Indy it depends upon the info dispatch gets as to whether or not fire gets sent.

Don't forget the belt, complete with CPR shield, gloves, trauma shears, pen light, 4 pagers, and 6 radios.

You could always tell people that the idea suddenly came to you, and you just knew it was a no brainer! :rofl:

I know. To say it's sad is a huge understatement. Baby steps though. It's on my checklist of things to get changed. It's just going to take me a while to get it done.

Nope. His current opinion is that we aren't going to do anything in the field that is going to make a difference in the outcome, so why do we need them. If we are doing an intercept with one of the BLS departments, it could easily be 20-30 minutes after we meet up with them. Add to that...

It doesn't matter when I get on scene, and no one ever wants to fight over who is in control at my full-time job. Since I am the only medic on scene, it always defaults to me. And in other news in the rural medic gig, after 8 months being there, I was finally able to convince the medical...

Glad to be playing country medic today. I played city medic yesterday, and had 7 runs in 12 hours. All but one were actually legitimate patients. The highlights included a CVA, an OD that swears they didn't take anything despite responding to narcan, and new onset a-fib with RVR and LBBB. I...

I was a fire department employee, but didn't fight fire. I was considered non-merit, and only did EMS.

I spent 6 years at the fire department as a civilian medic. I loved every moment of it and then they laid off all of their civilian EMS employees. We were all devastated. After everything the admin there put us through, I seriously doubt I would consider going back if the opportunity ever...

Is anyone else amused by the fact this meme has a typo?

Amusement parks, zoos, water parks, some museums.

That's been known to happen around here with some crews. Fortunately, I never experienced it first hand, though.

I always preface the A&O type questions with something along the lines of, "I need to ask you a few silly questions." I also tend to ask for the year or day of the week. Half the time I am checking my watch for the date, so I don't think it is unusual to not know it.

I had never heard of Redbacks until I started doing some reading of different boot reviews and everything I've read looks pretty good. I decided to give them a try. I am rather impatiently waiting for a pair of Blue Tongue by Redback side zips to show up at my door. As for the OP, I have...

Sticking other people doesn't bother me in the least. As for me getting stuck - as long as I don't have to watch it, I am pretty indifferent about it. I don't enjoy it by any means, but if it is something that needs to be done I don't get worked up over it either.

Full-time job is 42 miles/~50min one way, every third day. PRN job is 15-20 minutes away, depending upon traffic, 2-3 times/month.

It's been quite the shift. First patient had a dissecting aortic aneurysm. Patient number 2 went into respiratory failure due to double pneumonia. We topped it all off with a cardiac arrest. I will be glad to get out of here in a few minutes!