Search results

Jenn, you're too much!!! Welcome! It's nice to have other non-Florida southern gals gettin' into EMS. If you have't noticed, the Floridians seems to have a monopoly here. ;) (We still love y'all, though my friends and I are still debating the southernness of FL!)

Point well taken.

Hey, usafmedic45, word of advice. If you want to make a point to Lucky, don't do it by using cheap shots. You're not making your point to anyone. And while some of those are funny, they are highly inappropriate, especially for the forum. A word for the wise, when trying to make a serious point...

Careful, Lucky. While you may not subscribe to the "poster" mentality (I don't, hell, most of us don't, so don't make this a name game), you are treading a very thin line with the etiquette of this forum. Yeah, all of those, not so friendly. If you came here looking for advice, to learn...

Burn. :mellow:

OK, rather than sitting here and complaining, do something about it. If you work with a medic whose ego is through the roof while their skills are mediocre at best, call them out on it. I work with some of the best medics I've ever met, and I have a great deal of respect for them. And I've...

Balancing is hard. For me, I'm basically always on duty. I live where I work, so even if I'm not on-call, people associate me with being an EMT and have even come to ask for help instead of calling the LEOs to dispatch our responders. It's even happened that I've gone to a rugby party to...

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we had NPAs to get around the whole gagging and vomiting thing. I.E., if you can't drop an OPA because the pt. has an intact gag reflex, you drop an NPA. Now, that being said, I'm certainly not going to be dropping anything if the medic present hasn't...

Hahaha, Jon, dost thou forget thy title?

Look, outlets will save your life, but if those thoughts are still mulling around while you're trying to relax, then they're really not going anywhere. I think what seems to be missing in many of these other fantastic suggestions is the fact that you need to empty your head. Internalizing stress...

When I was waiting for mine, I would allow myself only so many checks during the day. And I would check at specific times (the 5pm is good to know, now.) I finally did get my NR, but had to fight for my state cert. Something about the NR never sending my info...BS, the state's stupid. And they...

All I can think of is wide-eyed amazement followed by a complete loss in stength and a new appreciation for how hard asphalt is. For sure, my butt would have been passed out the second he blinked.

Rid, I was gonna say the same thing, but then decided against it. That's too funny.

not that i have, but maybe save the population by rhcp. heck, i'd play just about anything by rhcp.

Wow, I thought that I'd be getting some tips on how to handle this situation in the future, and it turns out that I sent this poor guy to the gallows. Ok, before we go ripping this guy apart any further, he's not sleazy and he's not a scumbag. In fact, I actually really like and respect this...

No, it shouldn't be like a thong (and trust me, I've been KEDed more times than I can count, so I'm more speaking from personal experience than actually using one.) The best placement in under the pelvic bone, that way there is the most support for that area. Imagine that you're trying to...