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    Need Guidance for my career in EMS

    Stick with your attorney and work through this.
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    Communication with patients

    Introduce yourself to the patient and then ask what they would like to be called.
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    Fake Ambulance Question

    What race track was this? I crew at several local tracks and although the equipment is minimal, everywhere I crew has at least two BLS techs on the truck.
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    change my sirens

    Hang at cat out of the window, scratch his backside with a corn cob and pour turpentine on it. :rofl:
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    anyone have an issue with Sandy Hook?

    I am not going to speculate on the events of Sandy Hook. I will say that both of our SWAT teams have two armed medics as team members.
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    Forced to deal with your phobia..

    Fear comes from a lack of knowledge. Study what spiders are in your area and which ones to avoid. I personally think spiders and snakes are cool.
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    Pilots wearing EMS uniform

    Anyone who has ever spent any time in law enforcement or the military knows how to look real busy doing something they know nothing about. :blush:
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    Ever dropped a patient?

    I have been very lucky because I have never dropped a patient. To the OP, what kind of cot was your patient on?
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    Your first code

    I really don't remember because that most likely would have been in 1978. :blush:
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    Employment post-termination

    We also have a zero tolerance policy for backing accidents. If I run into something without a spotter, I am done.
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    One Person Stretcher Lower (without patient)

    On the Stryker power cots, the manual release is on the right side of the stretcher as you are facing it while removing it from the bus. On the manual cots it could be on either side.
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    Patient Rapport

    Very solid ideas have already been given. I always ask the patient what I can do to make them feel better. Even if you can't deliver, they feel like they are in control. I try to involve other family members in the process of patient care. Just before I break contact with a patient, I ask...
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    Bugs

    This place has a product called "Bug Off" that works quite well. http://www.craftlabs.com/
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    Zoll X Series

    Zoll's customer service is second to no one and the X is real easy to get along with.
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    So how old.

    And the opposite of that is spending more than you have.... Who does that sound like?
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    So how old.

    Threads like this always cause me to chuckle. I am 55 years old and have worked as an EMT and paramedic since 1978 after getting out of the military. I own my own home and it is payed off. My youngest just graduated from under grad last year and has no student loans. My son just finished his...
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    Personal protection on duty...

    Our company policy does not allow an employee to carry any type of weapon. That said, what my employer doesn't know won't kill me...
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    Oral glucose or D50?

    Why didn't you fix the patient a meal and monitor the BGS levels?
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    How many of you carry a traumma bag in your POV

    I agree. I refuse to allow an attorney to dictate how I should respond when needed when on or off duty.
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