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Pfft, doctors need neither grammar nor legible hand-writing, you're at least on par! You're starting strong. Welcome!

I'm going to take a second to be thankful that: A) I have a consistent partner And especially B) That he's hilarious and great to work with Not quite the point of the thread, but 100% it makes busy days better, since he knows what he's doing, and it makes slow days awesome because we're in...

I think assertiveness, or at least healthy assertiveness, is a fine balance between natural confidence, experience and the understanding of need. You turn it on and off. If I think you really need to listen to me, and your health is in peril, then I'll assert. If you're getting too far...

Oie, gentlemen...

Hey to the others who've arrived since I posted. Welcome! Dive medic, nice.

Heh, no. That happened for an Ontario private, non-emerg transfer company. I work there and seasonally in Alberta.

Competent across the board (especially with lifting). Likes to drive, sarcastic/wicked sense of humor, good patient care attitude. Knows how to balance conversation and quiet time. Appreciation of movie/tv show quotes. Ideally, within a few inches of my height; I'm 6'2, working with people...

It's not an office job, for one. You get to make a difference now and again, you get cool toys and (at least up here!) it pays at least as well as the computer nonsense I'd otherwise be doing. I do not at all mind how much respect I catch once people learn what I do, either. :)

Small one, but last night at 2151, I got this call: "Umm, I know you start at 0800, but we've got a patient that needs to go from X to Y (62km trip), then to an appointment across the street and then back... And we don't have a crew to do it. Can you guys start at 0500 instead?" We don't get...

Red Cross Instructor for CPR-C/HCP and SFA-C/HCP in Canada. Per Nov 2011 standard upgrade, nothing of this sort in the standards.

Wow, that sounds like it's all kinds of fun! From one new guy to the next, welcome!

I should amend my previous post, because it does a disservice to my teacher. I did my EMR in Ontario and it was a very worthwhile experience. I learned a ton, and my instructor and his assistant were both awesome. I continue to see my instructor, actually. It was very valuable to me in...

Cool, I didn't know that.

I meant in the Maritimes.

Hmm, one of the transfer attendants I work with used to work out that way. It's privatized out there, right?

:) Which province are you in? I'm trying to get some help to do my PCP program here in Ontario, but if I can't, I've got my eyes set on doing my EMR in Alberta. I'm excited either way, needless to say. I was kind of bummed at having to redo my EMR until I realized that it's twice as...

Hey all, I'm Tyler. I'm just beginning the process of learning how to be a medic, and I've some experience as a first responder from unpleasant security jobs and my training as an Ontario EMR (pro-tip for other Ontario residents: do not waste your time; if you want an EMR, do it out of...

*waves, first-posting* I teach CPR regularly up here in Canada and apparently I'm much meaner than some of you, heh. I make my students do way, way more than 2-5 minutes of CPR... :D