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So, how do we, as EMT's and Paramedics change this? I hear a lot of complaints about IL EMS and frankly, it makes me nervous to even admit where I am from on this forum. If someone can help us or direct us as to who we should speak to, I would appreciate it. I would like to become a part of the solution instead of living with the problem. Edtited for clarity.

Get called to a hit and run and find the patient in a yard two houses up from where the dispatcher said the call was. (hit and drag). Ugh..I will never forget that night.

I will probably get lambasted for this but in the end, Grandpa died peacefully, and nice and warm in his own bed. Forget protocols and all the official crap. The situation took care of itself. Good for him he was able to die in the fashion he desired. Many aren't that lucky.

It is a tragedy when a well respected person (or anyone for that matter) is caught dipping into the dark side of life. Although my ex-husband wasn't a respected member of the medical community, he was respected by my daughter, his family and myself. When I found out what he had been up to, I was sick inside. Needless to say, he is my ex for that very reason. My thoughts and heart go out to the victims, spouses, family, and coworkers (they are as well victims). I know only too well how they must be feeling.

I am the secretary for our ambulance. We will be giving out certificates for years of service and I am looking for some appropriate wording for them. I have Googled and can't find anything I like. Does anyone have a certificate like this at home you can reference or share some thoughts on what you think would be a heartfelt thank you for our members? The certificates are parchment paper with traditional certificate design on the boarders. If I placed this in the wrong section, please accept my apologies and move it to where it needs to be. Thanks so much!!

Although I only used it on a mannequin, I felt like I was inserting anchors into drywall

I have never had the situation come up but I can tell you this: I worked too damn hard for my licence to have it taken away. I am working even harder to obtain my Paramedic. I will do almost anything for my patient (short of practicing outside my scope) but how will I serve my other patients when I am still mixing Mojitas at the bar after losing my licencure because of poor decisions?

I have read this before and love it! Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO what a ride!" A true testament to the way I live my life.

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They made themselves look like morons. You did exactly what you should have done. Now you can look back on this, after you have become a medic, and continue to treat your peers with the utmost respect, because you know better:) Good job, and don't forget to hold your head up a bit higher for knowing you did the right thing!

Most of our patients were fairly clean. Nothing a little bleach wouldn't cure and besides, it was a slow night.

Merry Christmas to everyone! May we be kept safe in the new year as well as our families and loved ones. Take care

Thanks for sharing that, Rid. I only saw a bit of it and am headed to my parents house later today to watch the rest. I can only get dialup and they have broadband!

Well, I wouldn't be so concerned about the score, however if we don't pass, we don't go on to the next semester. I just barely squeaked by, I am ashamed to say. I don't test well and will have to come up with a better strategy for that one. I know the material, I do great on the practical parts but can't test worth a darn. The clincher was that the instructor had given us a point because there was a discrepancy with a question. We were able to prove it and so we were given the extra point. If he hadn't given us the point, I would have failed by one. So, as you can see, I was running the gambit of emotions from thinking I had failed to then realizing I had passed. Ugh.....I will save myself the torture next time and do better and not just get by.

My hubby and I did the practicals, the written final for the 1st semester and we made it! I wish I could have done better on the written but I am even more determined to do excel. One semester down, a whole life time of learning to go......