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Why would anyone hire a driver when they can get an EMT for, what, $1 more? My old IFT company had drivers, but they didn't have any certs and could only drive the wheelchair van. They also made the same $9/h as the EMT's, which I found a bit insulting.

? That is the correct answer. I've never heard of someone driving an ambulance who wasn't at least an EMT (in the US, at least).

We can have a "well groomed beard", but apparently nothing in between close-shaved and actual beard (i.e. my supervisor asks me whether I'm growing a beard when I come in with a week's worth of stubble, and when I reply "no", I am asked to shave).

I'd just wait 2 more months, then start applying for EMT jobs.

If you're going to be in the truck all day, just bring a backpack with a book and your lunch cooler in it. And a spare uniform if you can fit it (or just keep it in your car at the station).

Depends on how your system works and how you are housed. Shift length? System status or do you have an actual station?

Everybody has the same renewal date. Every two years on December 1st.

Bronchitis affects the bronchi (large airway passages). Bronchiolitis involves the bronchioles.

Lots of fentanyl + transport. Traction splints are for isolated, closed mid-shaft femur Fx only.

Pretty sure nobody is "in charge" off the clock (unless they're a physician).

You probably misunderstood the company's policy. How could the crew be expected to know how long a call will take? At my last job, we could only refuse to take a call if it was assigned to us more than 2 hours after our scheduled off time (this was all IFT). See how that makes a lot more...

It would make a lot more sense (and be less risky) to just go to a local medic program and keep your EMT job. Medic school really isn't so hard that you need to quit your day job. If it's really that tough for you, then you probably won't make a good medic anyhow (at least initially, so you...

Was there a question in there? Regardless, I guess I know how you feel. The small downtown area down the street from my station is a traffic accident nightmare. It is a state route that splits into two one-way streets (each 2 lanes) and people are always going the wrong way because they can't...

I don't recall ever sitting down and studying them.

I usually sigh or groan. You must not work in a 911 system if going L+S excites you.

It's nice that WKYT is allowing 3rd graders to play journalist for a day. Perhaps OJT, or "bring your child to work day"?

We seem to have a relatively high number of codes in my area (Lake co, FL), since we have a huge elderly population, a bunch of nursing homes, and are semi-rural with few vagrants.

Sounds painful...

How often do you work a cardiac arrest for very long with only 1 unit? We have an ALS Fire unit as first response on nearly all calls, so when we show up (and they're in a shockable rhythm), the second set of pads goes on. The shocks are within a few milliseconds unless you're really...

I'm afraid we're getting a little off track here, but... You use 30 lbs of whey per month? Why? Eat actual food. And your health insurance is a rip off. Mine is like $3 through work.