Medic_Kidd

wow, that was awesome........ high^5 to the creator of that video...... great work!

These guys are awesome! Thanks for letting us know about them!!!

My first loss was a burn pt. in a suicide fire in 2003...... In fact, it was my very first clinical ride as an EMT-B, my first time EVER stepping foot into an ambulance, my first experience with EMS outside of the classroom setting, my very first call EVER..... I was 21 years old at the time, ready to fullfill a childhood dream..... My first day of riding, we are called to a fire...... We get there, are rehydrating some of the firefighters, etc, and then finally when it is all said and done, the firefighters find a pt inside the house..... the pt. had doused his house in gasoline, set it on fire, and shot himself in the head...... So, needless to say, my first call haunted me everytime I closed my eyes to go to sleep at night..... I had seriously considered dropping the class and quitting after that day, but I stuck with it, went to a CISD with some of the others, and just had to keep telling myself that they don't all end up that way..... 3 years later, I am so glad that I stuck with it..... I have seen some many more gruesome sights, had nights that everytime I closed my eyes I saw the faces of patients, but that's just part of the job, right? But there's also the "success" calls (someone that you picked up recognizes you and thanks you, with a hug to go with it) and many other reasons that make it worthwhile......... I know I would have regretted it today if I had quit after that first call......

I have a friend (fellow Paramedic) that said his service is implementing a routine where every EMT/Paramedic working there must pass some sort of fitness test every so often..... He said it will be similar to what Firefighters must pass..... I can't remember what all he said it would consist of, but I was wondering if yall know of many services that do this for EMTs and Paramedics? If so, can you give some details about what it consists of? I wish I had more details to post, but it was a very quick conversation. Hope yall are having a great night! Thanks, Kelli

As an EMT with ADHD, I just make sure I've studied my hardest well in advance for any exam, especially for the state and national registry exams. I take Adderall, and I must say it works wonders for me. I am able to calm down and focus with it (for people without ADHD, its basically just Speed). Some people don't like considering amphetamines, and I was against it at first, but now I believe it works great for some people. Other than that, the test usually goes smoothly as long as the room is fairly quiet and there's not a circus going on or anything. Good luck!!! ~Kelli

We recently had a CPR recert night... our instructor told us to start practicing on our own, then he pops in a CD and starts playing "Another One Bites the Dust"..... we stop and look at each other like "WTF?!?! That's just wrong to play that right now..." lol... So we're all lookin at him like he's crazy and he says to do the compressions to the beat of "Another One Bites the Dust". Sure enough, the compression rate fits with the beat... adding up to a rate of 100/min. So now everytime I do CPR, I sing the song in my head. Just make sure not to sing it outloud while on-scene... I imagine that family members might get a little upset if that were to happen... lol.

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Male ... i like those! lol...

here's just a couple of cute ones i saw online........ i don't own one tho.....

i appreciate the advice... those are a lot of good ideas..... i will definately look at different sources to find the "window" of variation..... as far as the forums, im still a newbie at this... lol... so i am still learning the ropes..... please forgive me, im still learning where to post things, etc..... im just trying to get involved as much as possible and try to get some good advice and talk to some people who are experienced in different areas of ems and such.... thank you for your advice! kelli

wow, i feel like i should be paying yall or something for all this! lol..... thank you so much! this really helps out a ton! have a great day and thanks again..... kelli

thank you soooooo much!!!! i am reading the posts right now that you sent me..... they are tons of help! i am working on my drug cards today since i dont have class tonight and was getting really frustrated because i wasnt sure which types of websites were most accurate and some of our text books didnt have some drugs in depth...... but now i am on a roll!!! thanks to you!!! i appreciate your help and even within the past few minutes since your post i have already filled out almost a whole drug card! lol.... thanks again! i REALLY appreciate your help! kelli

for our EMT-I class, we have to do drug cards for the drugs that EMT-Is can administer..... there are some drugs that we are having trouble finding in the books...... does anybody know of any really legit websites that we can count on to give us the right dosages and stuff? because i've checked some different websites and seem to be getting really different almost contradicting info from different sites.... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! thanks! kelli

"Under Pressure" Queen and David Bowie (theme song for the new tv show "Saved") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nI_xVeirsA "Mr. Ambulance Driver" The Flaming Lips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Z8_2CUk_Q "The Quiet Things that No One Ever Knows" Brand New i have more, but most of them have already been said.... hope everybodys havin a great day! :-)

62.861.... YEAH!!!! i wanna go fly planes now!!! i guess it kinda goes with drivin ambulances too maybe? lol....

30.244...... thats a tough game...... addicting though.... lol....

87% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?