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1. ive only dropped one patient 2. oops wrong drug 3. its okay your my first patient 4. ive never done this before, lets give it a try 5. *starting a 14 ga IV* little poke on 3 6. hmmm that doesnt look right 7. what the f*ck 8. oh Sh*t 9. oops anyone care to add

I'm still alive. Not sure how or why but

I don't think there's anyway a person can know how stressful the job is without doing it for a few years and running some terrible calls, I sure didn't...but you didn't want advice on that so against my better judgment I'm going to skip that part. First, I would be super careful posting about depression/suicide if there's ANY way the post can be traced to you. Police departments do online searches of your name and some are VERY thorough. Question 1-I've worked for about 4 different EMS agencies and besides asking how I handle stress nothing about depression or mental health has come up. Question 2- If the department requires a physical exam the meds might come up, I've worked with several people who were on anti-depressants and it didn't interfere with them getting hired in EMS. Question 3- I recently went through the sheriff departments hiring process, and it is VERY intense. You do a long background investigation and they contact quite a few people.You also have to pass a psychological evaluation where you meet with a psychiatrist. Mine asked me different questions about stress and how I deal with people and situations, it got pretty detailed. I spent about 20 minutes talking to him, I don't know how your history would affect this part. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Can we get this over with, I was trying to watch some porn Let's call the fire department - they aren't doing anything but watching tv Can I post this to my facebook account? Damn, this is going to light up the twitterverse

"Wow, I've never seen that drug do that before".

EMT: "So why are we taking you over to this psychiatric facility?" PT: "I downed an entire bottle of tylenol" EMT: (rolling eyes)........ "well there went your last headache"

The one thing you never want to say is...."Oh my god, gross! What the hell is that?"

What do we do with the extra parts? You mean you meant to do this? Wow, look at how those bugs run away in the light!!! "I don't think he's going to make it" overheard by a critical conscious patient What the hell, did you see what just came out of that wound, it had to be 4 inches long.