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Anxiety Dear Sprinkle, Your main focus is with the patient. During your career you will work will excellent EMT's and some jerks. Stay focused on treating Mrs.or Mr. Smith with the respect they deserve and things will work out. You will become more familiar with your skills and...

Mutual aid We respond to calls outside of our jurisdiction when requested. We responded to a real tough vehicle extrication when the on scene firefighters were unsure as to how to extricate the pt , our fire dept.requested aid when we had a pick-up truck carrying 17 illegal immigrants roll...

Nice post, rocket medic 40!!!

Yo, fresh meat, Best wishes on a happy and safe career. I have been an EMT for 16 years and I enjoy going to work every day. The best job ever. Now hit the books!

If riding in a pink rig is your biggest hang up, you should be so lucky. There are much worse things in life. Ease up and enjoy the ride. EMT AZ

Code save We had a drowning last year. It involved a 2 yr old girl found face down in the back yard pool. It was February and at night. The neighbor came into the house asking what was floating in the pool. When we arrived CPR was in progress and the family members were hysterical.it's these...

Heat wave power outage During our last power outage we responded to numerous calls for home O2 systems out of service due to no electricity. These older folks begin to panic and don't have the strength to connect their nasal canulas to the reserve O2 cylinders. Also we responded to a man who...

Pens Pens Pens Pens are always disappearing,I always carry an extra one because my captain always leaves his at his desk when we go on calls. Anyway,a pick up tons of pens when we work health fairs or EMS expos and the like. They really don't mind if you take a few. Also doctors offices that...

What do you keep in your pants pockets Aside from the standard trauma shears, and latex gloves ,I keep a small note pad,extra ink pen, a highlighter pen, multi-tool, mag light, eye pro, tic-tacs and a credit card in a protective cover. ( never know when you will get the munchies)

EMT classes Dear EPREX , The best thing you can do is relax, have fun and ask a lot of questions. No question is a dumb question if you want to really learn this stuff. I took my EMT class 16 years ago while working as a restaurant manager.(60 hr. work week) So there was very little down...

EMT school Dear EPREX, My experience of EMT class was great. Good times !! ask a lot of questions.no question is a dumb one if you are willing to learn. I was working full time as a restaurant manager (60 hrs. A week)when I took my EMT class. Not a lot of down time to study. I made a lot...

My first code My first code was 16 years ago.we went to a little eldercare facility. I did chest compressions for about 10 min. And my partner got orders to call it. I felt that the person we were working on was somehow still in the room and then she was gone. I still remember that.

EMT to Firefighter My experience has been,get your EMT basic,work on an ambulance to see if you like that kind of work. Then go for Firefighter. Most fire dept. require an EMT cert. as well as a firefighter qualification. Most fire departments nowadays run a lot of EMS calls. Be prepared to...

Ambulance fatality Dear JumperDown, Sorry to hear about the loss. So many similar stories and all are heartbreaking. Tell your loved ones you love them every day, you never know when you go to work and then never return home. The risk is always there. Keep on giving.

Bariatric lifting belt We had a 600-pound frequent flyer that was a constant struggle to get back on his feet. And we've had many others, too. Looked online to find something that would help us get a patient back on their feet safely without hurting our backs. Didn't find anything, so I...