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  1. Porta

    Assault & retaliation/defending yourself

    Last week I was assaulted by a pt, )I'm not going to go into the details of it bc I don't know how many of my coworkers are on this forum) and when I got back to the station I had a lot of coworkers telling me stories about what they would do w combative or abusive pts. A lot of the stories...
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    Am I being naïve?

    I've recently been hired onto a private company as an AEMT for transport only. I work the day shift mon-Fri with a Basic. I was offered PT running 911 or FT running transport only. Being a green Advanced, with little to no EMS experience I felt it would be in my best interest to take the FT gig...
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    Alaska.....

    So, hubs (who's military) recently brought up the possibility of us PCSing t Alaska (we're currently in Ga). Does anyone know what the job market is up there? Google is telling me I can expect to see a lot of nothing... I'm currently an Advanced, and hoping to move onto Medic before we leave.
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    EMS Care?

    Anyone in SW GA know anything about them? I know they pretty much only deal with dialysis transports (that's perfectly fine with me). I don't know a whole lot about them though, anyone got the scoop on them?
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    How often do you workout?

    I'm a gym rat, when I was working (on call, 24 on 24 off, 5 off) I was able to be in the gym as much as I needed to be for training. Now that I'm looking at different employment and a totally new sched, I'm interested to see how often other emts workout. How well do you feel like you balance...
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    Practice Practical for Advanced

    Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone in the Columbus Ga area would be able to help me out. I finished AEMT 11Dec2012 and I'm getting ready to test Registry. Unfortunately my class time was spent in lecture and we had maybe one or two nights with the equipment. I would like to pass my...
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    IV advice?

    Today was my first ER rotation. Things went well, I had a good time and felt comfortable interacting with patients, pushing drugs (although I most def need more experience) etc. What I wasn't comfortable with was IVs. I'm okay with missing them, I'm okay with retracting the catheter and seeking...
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    Aemt

    Ok, who's done the course, and passed the exams? I'm not looking for pointers on passing (but that's welcome) I'm looking for opinions on the curriculum and how well it prepared for you the written and practical. Thanks. Porta
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