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    Stupid things you did on your first few calls

    My worst was when I was doing my hospital portion of my EMT practicum... I was to spend a day in day surgery, starting IV's on all the patients that came in, so our medical director would ok me to start IV's in the field... I was assigned to the endoscopy clinc, so all my patients that day...
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    Age when you joined EMS

    I was 30 when I started, and like others, I wish I had gotten into EMS sooner... I have been in for 12 years. My mom says I started when I was 4 though. We lived in a rural area, and a lady rolled her car just across the road from our farm... I saw it happen, ran in and told my mom, who ran...
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    Patient killed when ambulance crashes

    The news link has limited information, so it is difficult to speculate. I agree that the possibility of vehicle malfunction causing the incident is likely - whether it is brakes, blown tire, or other incident. Is it possible the medic driving swerved to miss something on the road? It is...
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    Electronic Patient Care Records (ePCRs)

    We use ePCR's in our service. I realize that the time savings is not invented for us, but for the billing and stats departments. Ours is a large region where patients may get taken to a smaller hospital or a larger one 100 miles away, and it is still part of the same region. The ePCR's...
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