I have been an Offshore Paramedic for 2 years now. I love having 2 full weeks off at a time, and the international experiences I have been given with my job, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to Singapore/Malaysia and many places in between. I am a lot younger than most of the Offshore medics...
You took the words right out of my mouth, but mine was when I was a fresh Paramedic, we were having to work mandatory OT 48hr shifts and I MIGHT have been getting 8 random hours in that time period, and would often score a round trip 8hr transfer 1hr before getting off. Once was even 5 min...
here in iowa volley EMTS can have a "white flashing light" meaning any clear or white, rotating, flashing or strobe light used for identification purposes only. volley FF can have have blue added on to the permit. in my pov (2000 crown vic police interceptor) i have a full light bar, rear...
your def a vollie if you've ever gotten gotten toned out and been oh lets say riding a moped and had to to respond on that...HAHA when I did that i caught a lot of :censored::censored::censored::censored: for a long time with that.
I would have to agree that looking professional counts. I got certified in high school and one day I was buzzing around town on a moped in crocs, gym shorts, and a cut-off when the pager went off. I just happened to be about 60 ft. from the house(small town I was a volly) I showed up and the pt...
Looking back identical isnt quite the word. We have all the same ALS and BLS equipment as the tiering rig but our cots have different glove/general assesment things on them so switching cots wouldnt work. We are both out of the same hospital but we are based 14 miles out whereas they are at the...
My ambulance service runs at whatever level we can, usually paramedic but today we were running at a basic level. The crew consisted of me(emt-b) and my partner(FR). We were dispatched for a male patient that had fallen. Upon arrival pt. it standing and stable, stating he had a funny feeling in...