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After I got my emt in feb of 2011 I was offered three jobs. One was for a critical care transfer who happened to be part of the air evac team i worked for during my senior year in high school, another a 911 service for a small community where I would be most of the time the only certified emt on the box and another was for a private service close to where I go to college. I took the critical care job because I was promised to be put on the plane the moment I was a paramedic. But after a while they found out I wasnt covered under the insurance since I was only 18 at the time. The 911 job was full so I applied and got hired with the private service near my college I attend. Over the past year Ive grown very bitter torwards the fire department that i so happen to do my rideouts with for my paramedic. Primarily because of their total disregard to private as an EMS entity. They look down upon it as if its for limp d***k medics. One of the fire cadets whom I got into an argument that so happened to have attended my emt class stated I dont know what its like to be responsible for a pt that is in serious trouble. one of my paramedic instructors told me that what ive already done isnt experience "box time" is what he called it. I am so frustrated because I have learned more in private than I had in my basic class. from cardiology to pharmacology. And im soo angry and disheartened because unlike many of my emt classmates i took a semester off to go and work. get comfortable with my skills and knowledge base. It was 8 months of my very young life that I had lost. I couldve been a paramedic by now with an associates at this point. And to hear my own preceptors chunk that as if it was garbage infuriates me. Why do some firemen/paramedics think this way?

a bird in the hand is worth more than a hand in the bird. This is posted on the wall at the office. Came from the owner.

That is a quote not a saying. But it still should fall under the category

Ill definitely get back to you on the final numbers for the drug count. wouldnt be surprised if he gave me the total number of the drugs not the different kinds. And for that I do apologize

They need to make a iPhone app for this site.

Not really. I was curious if that amount of weight could cause lumbar problems similar to women who have a very large bust.

My apologies. Using my iPhone at this moment.

It was sarcasm. Could that gut be all adipose? I don't see how someone could be that big around. Is he at risk for back problems because of that weight

I could ask him for the protocols. Their should be a drug list on their right?

None taken. Its Not the service I work for. I work transfer

Actually that number is correct. I have a highscool buddy whom is a emt basic for presidio.

He called me in shock after doing his inventory with his medic

You should be more interested in the company or service you work for. In Texas because of limited numbers of EMT-b's, I's, and paramedics. The department of state health doesnt exactly have a scope of practice. It's all up to your medical director you practice under. You have places such as midland,TX who run with basically ACLS drugs along with the basics. Very very limited. In northern Houston you have medics that are initiating/completing clearing c-spine, preparing a pt for hypothermic therapies, administering thrombolytics for MI and DVT patients. You also have small towns such as presidio who have EMT basics doing chest decompressions, IV's, drug administration, EKG interpretations. With medics performing chest tubes, foley catheters, and use of 50 narcotic and 200 other drugs on their box. And to all who work in Texas please correct me if I'm wrong if this information is misleading. Simply put with a doctor who will administer the order and stand behind you. Their is nothing you cannot do.

I would like to add that in those areas where you do more than your trained for by NREMT standards you will generally have extensive training into each procedure you learn. In some places I've known of services that require you to sit in front of your medical director and complete a oral and psyco motor exam prior to being signed off.

Maybe a ruptured AAA