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SA_Medic

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  1. Welcome back Woody, glad to see you up and about again.
  2. I can't really comment on how prepared you guys are, what I can highlight here, is the problem South Africa is facing. We have only one nuclear power station in the country, that is located just west of Cape Town. 10 years after completion of the reactor, they found out that is standing smack bang on top of a fault line. they are currently replacing the original reactor with what they call a "pebble plant" (not sure what the details are). The original reactor which is still functioning has, as far as I know, not been built to withstand the force of even a minor earth quake. So yeah, while i was still living in Cape Town, we had a few drills on what to do if something had to happen. When the then chief asked me what I would do if the reactor blew, my answer was as follow: I will get in my car and drive upwind for about 50 - 60 km, phone and tel him i a now setting up the JOCC (joint operations communications center)
  3. Well, since I became a refferee myself, I dont support a specific team. It's just a matter of may the best team win (as long as it's not the kiwi's or aussies)
  4. Admin, To help keep the peace on this, kill this thread now. This is going to turn nasty.
  5. Craig, that is something I've always been wondering. Thanks for asking the question though.
  6. This is amazing, back here we have saying: Never talk politics, sport or religion at work (or anywhere for that matter), cause it's bound to turn into a mudslinging situation. I can not for the life me believe that there are still so many naive people in this world, especially from what is supposed to be first world countries. It seems as a third world country, we in South Africa have more respect for freedom of decision and freedom of believe than most the people that have replied to this thread. Why does anything regarding religion have to end in a mudslinging contest? Are we not all adults? Seeing that everyone seems to refer to the book of Genesis, I would like to through a spanner in the works, answer me this: 1)After Kain has slain Able, he left the garden of Eden and found a wife, where did his wife come from? (Genesis 4) 2) Take the King James version of the Bible and compare the wording with the new translation Bible, why is it that the wording has been changed? Every religion has it's good and bad points. As a believer, I don't care what you or any of my friends faith is, so long as you don't force it down my throat. As for evolution, I know too little about it to say I do or don't believe in it.
  7. Being from SA, we don't have baseball, but I am curios as to your opinion in this one.
  8. I drive a 4x4, A 2001 Subaru impressa. Silver with 15". No EMS decorations though, not allowed here.
  9. We have had a four year system for some time now, and yes the guys that has gone through the four year program does pay more. Here is how our EMS education system works, You can follow the traditional route, Do a Four week course and qualify Basic Ambulance Assistant (EMT- work 1000 hours patient care (documented) and write and entry exam for Ambulance Emergency Assistant (EMT-I). If you pass the entry, and you are selected to attend the class (space is limited) you study 3 months and do clinical rotations in between classes. Work another 1000 documented hours patient care, and write entry for Critical Care Assistant (EMT-P). If pass that and you are yet again selected for the class, you do a 10 month course with clinical rotations in between classes. The other way to do it, is as follow: Finish high school, apply to the technician to do your National Diploma. This takes four years of full time study, no clinical rotations (unless it has been changed since I last heard). On completion of your N-Dip you are a Paramedic / Rescue technician. You can then if you want continue your studies and get a Bachelor's degree in EMS in 12 months. If feel like stying some more, anther year will give you your Masters and yet another year will give you your Doctorate. The draw back I have experienced with this system (N-Dip) is that you get Paramedics, fresh out of tech and now highest qualified on the scene. They have no clinical/practical experience, trying to tell an EMT-I with 9 or more years experience how to do things. It leads to high strung emotions. Had a MET-I and a N-Dip physically attack each other on a MVA. So, as with everything in life, it has it's good and bad points.
  10. I think this is a great idea, Here in South Africa there are no agency's concentrating on EMS, all are just Nursing and Doctor's. Most of the EMS companies here (government and private) advertise in the local press. Or the vacancy gets "advertised" by word of mouth. Lots of the current guys I know, got their jobs due to them knowing someone in the specific service they now work at. It's not what you know that counts here, but WHO you know. We suddenly have a surplus of Paramedics in South Africa it seems and a great shortage of EMT-I's. So yeah, it would work, especially here.
  11. Being from South Africa and wanting to compare some sort of training, i'll take it. Just for the hell of it.
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