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So a couple years ago, before I was certified but around the time I starting thinking about EMS, I was a walking delivery boy/caterer for a chain cafe here in NYC. I'm walking back from a delivery and pass by a book store and see a book that had nothing about EMS in the title but something...

I have a Barnes and Noble Nook (eBook) and want to download some books (in .epub and .pdf format) that will increase my medical knowledge. I'm looking for information on diseases, various ailments, medications, organ systems, special considerations/circumstances in emergency medicine and trauma...

i'm sh*tting bricks. i was on an ambulance on wednesday but that was pretty uneventful. 6 hours, 1 patient. kid fell off his bike. i took 2 sets of vitals and that was that. now on the 4th, im gonna have to do patient assessment, transport, the whole deal. of course ill be supervised but...

i think we met in my bp question thread but hello from the rotting apple!

so im at my mom's apt in bk tonight. figured i'd bring my b/p cuff and stethoscope for practice. tried twice on the right arm, couldn't get a pulse. tried 3 times on the left arm and finally i was able to auscultate a pulse but it was very thready. i think i got a systolic at 110 but i was...

emt-b student from queens, ny here. found this forum, figured i'd join up and see what's on the minds of those involved in ems, see what i'm in for, so on and so forth. after having spent the last 5 years of my life working crappy job to crappy job, im pretty excited (though nervous) about my...