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Well, my team consisting of 15 EMS units and 30 people just got back home. We were one of the groups evacuting the hopitals in New Orleans and Layfayete. Me and my partner were tasked mainly with University Hospital in New Orleans. We took NICU patients to Baton Rouge. At the end we went to...

Finally took the plunge....sent my papers in for medic school. Going to be a fun filled year. :blink:

Yesterday we had a funeral for our Director's husband. He was a pioneer in EMS. He served 30 years at our service. He had to retire about 10 years ago because of health issues but he was always around since his wife is our director. He had numerous health problems and we all knew he wouldn't be...

Dispatched to MVA rollover 2 pts ejected. We requested air medical to be on standby. Arrival at scene: Was actually only one patient. Have no idea who told them 2. 19 year old face down unresponsive. Launched helo for scene flight and did total c-spine immobilization. Minor abbrasions to...

Heres a run i had earlier today. Look over...tell me anything you would have done different. Critique away!! Dispatced to elderly male unresponsive with liver cancer. Arrived on scene to find: 74 elderly male Family reports liver cancer and diabetes Pt. had oxycodones for cancer...

Unfortunately i was not on this run as it is one to remember. It was at a annual biker party/ concert held every year with around 4500 people . A line of severe summer storms came through lasting about 30 minutes and then passing on. Then it happened. Heres the call breakdown: Other crew...

Okay...i was reading through my protocols today just to brush up on them. Hadn't read them in a while. Under Chest Pain protocols it was aspirin, nitro, then morphine(demerol if allergic to morphine) Here is my question: Does Demerol act the same way as morphine on chest pain patients...

A little background on this person. The other crew had been called to this lady twice this day for seizure activity. Both times she refused and signed a refusal. The 3rd time was a charm though and we got her. Dispatcher calls us and says she wants to go to the hospital now and get checked...

So a little story of a code i had yesterday....first a litle background info. on patient from previous run. Pt: 43 year old male Right lung removed due to MVA x1 year Emphysema CHF Narcotics abuse Heavy Smoker Last time i picked him up he was laying on couch with a O2 sat of 50%. He...

Never really cared about Saint Patty's Day..just another day. Well...thats all changed now. Now...saint pattys is a day i will never forget. Went to work at 7am that morning. Was really a boring day. Didn't make one run all day. I knew something was going to happen that night...it had been...

Worked a Religious convention this weekend. 16 and a half hours there and i have learned a few things!!! 1.) If you have had chest pains for the last 2 days do not go to a Religious convention. 2.) If the preacher says you are healed please check with your doctor before you stop taking...

Dispatched to Allergic Reaction to a 33 year old woman stung several times by bees. We knew the pt. and she is extrlemy allergic. Her whole family is so they have a stockpile of epipens. We go ahead and launch a bird to do a flying/standby. We are 15 minutes out..first responders are 3 minutes...

Got her about a month ago. Finally got some pictures. She has the E-450 chassis with a 18 inch extension in the cab. I like the way the extension is built into the box so you can't tell from the outside and the extra room in the cab is nice too.

Ok...i was suppose to write up some drug protocols for the fire dept.'s first responder program tonite. I forgot to bring home a copy of our ambulance protocols to go by. If somebody has got a copy...i need to write drug protocols for Oxygen, Oral Glucose, D50, Normal Saline, LR. Anybody got a...

We had 2 pediatric seizure calls last night. one was 11 day old, the other 9 months. They were cute babies. They had both stopped seizing before we got there. 11 day year olds parents both had epliepsy and doctors think the baby might have it too. 9 month old however was running a 104 temp...

This didnt happen to me, but the other crew that was on shift with us. They went to a unresponsive all where the local first responders responded. After climbing the stairs here is what they found: 2 squirrels 1 AED 1 pt. in full code AED advised shock and they shocked and pt got pulse...

So me nad my partner come to work today and theres Drama Drama Drama going on. the medic on the shift before us quit. and her husband on the 12 hour shift quit too....now for the rest of the story........ Apparently she came in and told our boss that she was only there to run ALS calls. that...

my service is looking for a medic to work in Lebanon ,Tennessee about 25 minutes east of nashville. it will be a 24 hour shift...on 24 off 48. start out pay is 14$ a hour. job is open starting july 1st, taking applications now. your partner will probably be me. if interested the phone number...

Dispatched out to a MVA at 1 in the morning. 2 patients....one adult and 1 child. adult was pinned. we were first unit to arrive...followed by the other ems unit and extrication unit. the lady pinned had no obvious injuries. was only pinned due to door jammed. she had hit a tree on the...

I was working at my county service the other night when the call came. it had been a pretty boring shift..just the normal nursing home shuffle. a few minutes after midnight we went to lay down for the night. i had just got my shoes off when they called us. All the info. our dispatcher had was...