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A blog-posted change to the ACA, by Treasury Dept on Friday afternoon: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/10/first-responders-exempt-obamacare-calculations/ Not sure what this means but I work for a big agency as a part-timer and the rumors have been flying about the health care...

Ahh but we're talking about an alcoholic ... long since in recovery, thankfully.

A friend in college suffered kidney damage from a MVA and needed dialysis for a few months while his kidneys recovered. He'd go in hungover and come out fresh as a daisy. Kind of an expensive cure, though. EMS hungover must suck, though. Thankfully, I never get in that situation.

You're right! After adopting this silly nickname I found out that Bonebrake (or -break) is a real last name.

Speaking of sick ... I'm a new employee with a major operation and my partner on Monday came to work with a stomach virus. He actually threw up before we made it to our first post. So I suggested he cancel and got the "don't give me any advice, greenhorn" treatment. Within two hours of our shift...

Thanks for sharing that link. I will take that 12 hour course. In my area we have tons of psych calls, mostly substance abuse. I see some situations where first responders aren't playing too nice with the psych patients.

Well, I just got an email-back, which was in the affirmative. STOKED. Going out to dinner.

There were no personality trait questions, it was 100% BLS questions. No mention of pee test or physical ability tests but that should come as no surprise to anyone who gets past this hurdle. Now the wait ... ugh ... the wait.

I just got back from AMR's New Haven facility. They hosted two days of 100+ candidates applying for approximately 50 part time slots across Connecticut. It was a 100 question written exam, 2 practical stations (trauma & medical), and a 15 minute face-to-face interview. The staff were very...

Tested on 9/27 - I wasn't paying attention to the number of questions. The last one I saw was 53. I probably got to around 70 then it stopped, which made me nervous. I figured if the test stops in the low range you've either done really well or quite poorly. I passed, first time. I re-read...