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We got a call yesterday that ended up being very very minor. As medics, we're taught to at least attempt to diagnose obviously. For EMT-Bs, well, this was a BLS call so think on it. The call: 17 year old athletic female. No previous injuries. Resp. 12, pulse 62. Not pregnant, last period...

UPDATED: Plane crashes near UPS freight building in Roanoke; pilot confirmed dead Appalachian Power is now reporting that all power has been restored in the vicinity of the crash site. FROM EARLIER: ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed into the side of a...

Hey yall. I want to know what you define as a great EMT or the "ultimate EMT". Me- The EMT who knows when it is okay to cry over a patient, but still remembers to laugh at the good times. Someone who enjoys the job everyday, but also remembers the importance of each call.

Hey. You know, any vet knows that you have you your good days and your bad days. Calls can go from one end to the other end of the spectrum in a matter of hours. I saw that there was a "Best part of EMS is..." topic, but I want to know what you think is the darker side of EMS is. "Your least...

I'm assuming most here have a scanner/radio of some sort to pick up calls and such that come in in their area whether when just on duty or at home or in your POV as well. (I have a scanner at home, a portable radio that latches to my belt, and a 2-way at the squad.) For us, as most places, when...

Everyone here knows that EMS can be, and normally is, a very stressful job. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. Therefore, everyone has their own way of relieving stress and tension or just get your mind off of something. I want to know what you do after a long shift, hard...

You know it's going to be a bad day in the ER when... You show up for work and notice bars have just been installed on all the windows and there is now a metal detector at the hospital entrance. The paramedics in the parking lot are all using mops to clean up their ambulances and the EMTs...

You might be in EMS if… You try to schedule days off around the phases of the moon You have a bumber sticker that reads “Stat happens” You are the only one at the dinner table not allowed to talk about your day of work Discussing dismemberment while eating a goumet meal is perfectly...

Laws of EMS THE FIRST LAW OF EMS: All emergency calls will wait until you begin to eat, regardless of the time. COROLLARY 1 -- Fewer accidents would occur if EMS personnel would never eat. COROLLARY 2 -- Always order food "to go". THE PARAMEDICAL LAWS OF TIME: 1 - There is...

Oh my goodness. my fellow crew members got into some retarded heated debate over this stupid little question... you pull up onto a collision scene on a very big hill. one of the vehicles is letting off some sort of unknown gas into the air (let it be whatever you want. smoke, whatever. doesnt...