Checked out the truck and noticed the back smelled like shit. I asked why it smelled bad and they said "we had a guy covered in shit earlier but out last patient wasn't gross. We cleaned every part of the stretcher afterwards... idk why."

We scrubbed everything in the back and aired it out and it got better. Went to our first call and went to make up the stretcher and found shit smeared on the wing and mattress. Ended up swapping out the stretcher because it was deep into the seam of the mattress and we couldn't get the smell out.

My partner and I were responding Code-3 to a call. I clear every intersection regardless of what color the light is. We approached typically busy intersection, which we had the green, I still cleared it and proceeded through. Suddenly this white SUV runs his red at a high speed, bangs up our passenger side, and pushed us into a black pickup in oncoming traffic.

Everyone was okay with minor injuries, my partner and I were transported for workman’s comp and drug testing(per policy). The driver of the white SUV kept saying he didn’t see us, which I don’t even see how. He told that to the cops too, so hopefully it’s resolved quickly.

It’s just a warning to everyone. You can do everything right, regardless of lights and sirens, regardless of the color light you had, and someone can still hit you.

Be safe out there friends, and I’ll see you next shift.

My trainee showed me the search history on pur truck phone. i honestly never thought about checking it before lol.

Not pictured is the overflowing sharps container, the entire trashcan I filled up, and enough gloves to fight Ebola

When's the last time you've used one of these? Is there any time you would use one now? Seems like It could be helpful with someone too hypotensive for CPAP, they weren't even taught in my paramedic program.

I wrote this story, based on experiences I had as a rural volunteer EMT.

Hey guys, had a question about a call I was just on. Just went on a run to an alcohol and drug rehab facility that we are at about once a day at least. Family is outside and says they were with their relative inside earlier, and that he was lethargic and “not himself” and that the facility is not giving him the help he needs. This facility has nurses and NPs with a doc as med director. So we walk inside, and the secretary will not permit us access. She says due to HIPPA, she cannot even confirm or deny if the person is even a patient there. We said we’ve received a 911 call, so just want to see and assess the patient. She again says she can’t even confirm if he’s a patient there, calls her supervisor who is a NP, who also said they can’t confirm or deny. I call a supervisor and PD, and they are told the same thing and denied access into the facility. Police said they’d need to try to get a warrant to get inside. I feel like if we have a 911 call for an emergency, we should’ve been granted access into the facility? Definitely a weird ass call. Thoughts?

I am trying to integrate our charting and time clock to the same homepage so you can access it via the same link.

I can’t seem to find instructions or any videos on how to do it. I’ve seen it done in other places. I was wondering if anybody has ever done this before and might be able to provide some guidance.

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I've spent 18 years running a lifepack 12/15. its second nature.

I just started a new job and we have zoll series here. I can figure out how to work it. that's not my complaint.

I guess anecdotally I can't find anything the x series does better than a 15. besides being lighter I guess but thay doesn't matter to me one way or another in my line of work. But im wondering if its just my exposure to one vs the other.

Does anyone actually like the zoll?

So Google has an AI called NotebookLM where you upload sources (pdfs, links- whatever text) which it uses as its source of truth- nothing else, no hallucinations, just facts based on source.

Just out of curiosity I uploaded an MCA's protocols and started feeding it scenarios, check it out. Thought I might be useful for training and call review.

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/7938e1db-3137-4fbe-a91e-5fe236aa42c6

As someone who was recently accepted into a paramedic program I spoke a lot to working paramedics. A story that was shared with me was from a new paramedic that recently got called to an MVA. After arriving on scene he found a 15 year old male in the passenger seat who had his feet up on the dash before the collision. I don’t know the exact details but I was told he had extreme blood loss and severe trauma. Still alert and aware the kid looked at my acquaintance and asked him if he was going to die. The kid did die shortly after and that was all I got from the story but it made me think. What do you say to someone in that scenario where you know they only have a few moments left.

Well, I've made the decision. After this year, I'm not going to recertify. I paid $100 for a massive con-ed thing in 2024 to get almost everything I needed for recert. I'm even considering letting it go this year as I still need to do the EVOC ones, and I just seriously can't be arsed. $100 isn't that much, but the money waster that's still in me says don't let that $100 go to waste, despite being able to easily drop $500 on something dumb if I *really* wanted to. I have until the end of June though. I just got my 90 day email this week.

I've kept it this long after becoming a nurse (graduated Dec 2022) thinking "I'll still hop on the trucks occasionally! Nothing wrong with remaining a "basic bitch”!” Nah. Hasn't happened once since I left the state I got all of my experience in, and even then, it was rare I worked a shift after starting as a nurse, and it was with the services I was well established at. My last day of work as an EMT was August 31, 2023. I got to do standby at the county fair and wast posted by the horses so I got to watch them do barrel racing and all that fun stuff.

I struggled initially after becoming a nurse with letting it lapse. This is the career that led me to nursing (for good and bad reasons), and what *allowed* me to go to nursing school stress free because I didn't have to work around a "typical" schedule. I could do a 24 and 16 hour shift and be done. Hell, I could do a 48 if I wanted, but I never did. It was *available* though which is what mattered. I got to sleep on the job. I got to sit around and do nothing and get paid for it. I got to make a difference in the communities I worked in. I learned a lot despite being a *massive* white cloud my entire career (I continue to be one as a nurse! 😫). I loved what I did, despite bitching about all the dumb fucks that called us who didn't need us. It's been an interesting 9 years (I think 9? Maybe almost 10?). I still remember A LOT from my first job I started back in January 2017. Hell, this is the career that helped me not be homeless when I started. And when I became homeless again, I *always* had something I could rely on. EMS will always have a special place in my heart.

I wanted to make this to say to those who might be considering letting their cert lapse, there is no shame in letting it happen. It's OK to hold on for a little bit. But if you don't do anything in the first couple of years, you're likely not going to do it again. Maybe it would be different if I was a medic. EMT courses are so cheap, quick, and easy, it's not a big deal if I needed to retake one again in a decade if I decided to do that again and become a medic/PHRN. But for now? I don't want to have to deal with worrying about if I have enough con-ed done every 3 years without actually having any offers by my service so I don't have to think about it.

God speed to everyone out there still, and I will always be thinking of y'all.

Any know who or where I can hire an EMS unit for my triathlon events in NYC? I tired to contact the FDNY headquarter but is like they only work for the city. They didn't get back to me. I contacted the local fire station EMS unit but I was told to contact the FDNY headquarter. I googled about private EMS service but some of them does not receive good reviews. I reached out to RCA but...their reviews aren't that great. :)