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    We make good party conversation!

    My day job is locomotive engineer and that only brings more questions like "What if you have to go to the bathroom?", so I tell them I am a teabag stapler.
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    Does a patient have the right to refuse?

    Good point. A lot of family members get upset when they find out they can't refuse/accept care for elders who are competant.
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    Does a patient have the right to refuse?

    And billed.
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    Ryder Trauma Robot May Help Treat Injured in Iraq

    Wasted my time on this one. I thought it was going to be a (Rid)Ryder robot. I smell a copyright infringement. :)
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    Not really EMS, but healthcare related.

    Glad to see 4 others nailed for failure to report.
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    Watches - Digital vs Analog

    Seiko analog "Railroad Approved" purchased in July 1979 The 24 hour marking are nice to have until you get use to it.
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    OOps moments...

    Just so you know... they won't swerve out of your way. ;)
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    What if you are relieved by an "incompetent"?

    Since you have decided to stop and are seeing something you feel is wrong, how about, "Do you want me to hold c-spine while you get a collar and backboard?"
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    Dating and beyond in EMS

    My wife says I am not allowed to date friends, co-workers or patients. There goes my plans for the weekend.
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    Common reasons people quit

    We have only had one. He found out we could look at everything he looked at on the internet. :rolleyes:
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    Which SHOULD come first FIRE or EMS?

    Sounds great. How do you get them to do 2,3 and 4? They are always willing to help lift though.
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    Age when you joined EMS

    I took my first EMT class in 1979 @ 21 years old. It was an EMT-A (A for Ambulance). You could license as an EMT if you were not affiliated with an ambulance service or an EMT-A if you were.
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    Statpack wanted

    If you are looking for durable try: http://www.tuffbagoriginal.com/ They make bags mostly for railroaders but they have plenty of pockets, etc. I have used mine for 15 years of climbing up and down trains and I'm hoping to not have to buy another for the 9 years I have left. The...
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    Need Reassurance

    There was another chance to practice on an unresponsive pt! :lol: And in the dark too!
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    Greetings And Salivations

    How do you get them to do that and how does it work?
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    Emt-i

    You guys type faster than I can scroll. Though I am only an EMT-I, I am smart enough to not join this thread. I smell a lock coming....
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    Live saving drugs pulled from fire truck in Naples, Florida

    If everything is as they say, I'm glad they took a stand, however, I suspect there is more to this story. If they pulled "IVs, breathing treatments, heart monitors and other advanced live saving equipment", was that an appropiate response? Maybe, maybe not. Wouldn't you like to see the test?
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    EMS Coloring Pages

    V.F.I.S. Insurance Company website has several available for download.
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    Documentation

    The best way to learn is to get a subpoena. Your charting will get a whole lot better the very next day!
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    Funny one liners you've said to overheard to a patient

    At a single vehicle tractor-trailer rollover: State Police Officer- "What happened here?" Truck driver- "I don't know. It looked like this when I woke up."
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