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I like to listen to the whooshing and/or tapping with my stethoscope. Simple pleasures, y'know.

I was a little bit sad when the service I got hired for told me that they routinely use the Lifepak to take bp. I know it's a little more convenient to log the data electronically and to keep our hands free for other tasks, but I kind of miss taking blood pressures manually. I wonder, too, how...

I hit a dog while transporting a patient to the hospital over the weekend. Poor Fido was determined to cross the highway at top speed at all costs.

Running it in less than 3 weeks. Been working out hard and logging miles running with my teammates. Our goal this race is the same as when they ran it without me last year: finish and don't get hurt.

Are you working something like the Tough Mudder?

Healthfitness.com hires emt-b and paramedics as healthscreeners for health screening events. Pays $15/hr, part-time prn. They do events in various locations in the continental US.

I second the comment about using a mass gainer. I'm your height, but I weigh about 113 and climbing due to working out and using the gainer. My personal weight goal is 120, which would give me a perfectly healthy bmi of 22. Forget everything Cosmopolitan said about "ideal" weight You will look...

Same concerns here. I'm about to start my first emt job this week. I did Crossfit for 9 months, but I felt like I wasn't seeing a huge jump up in my ability to lift heavier weight. Now I'm running, doing some powerlifting with a personal trainer, as well as Krav Maga for self-defense and...

I've been a lurker since last August when I started my EMT-B. I licensed in my state in February, and I start my job with a rural EMS service on Thursday. I've been working part-time prn with a health screening company since the beginning of March. I'm in my mid-thirties, so you could say that...