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Medibrat: Has the one name been released or the person released from the hospital? Im trying to find more info as I know some of the guys that work out of Sudz.

yay for northern ontario

Volunteer EMS allowing female medics to wear skirts on scene? Wow. That seems like its asking for trouble.

Urban, no ordering confusion at Starbucks....Dark roast grande....black!

Nothing this year.....but then again, I did find Starbucks this year- coffee is much better there!

Extra 02? Between the spare D tanks that should already be on your truck and the M tank in your vehicle- why the need for extra 02? Your service also doesnt supply your size of gloves? Or the gloves are for personal use?

...so your service provides what exactly? ...an empty vehicle? Arent there regulations as to required amounts of equipment on your vehicle? Isnt it your responsibility to make sure your vehicle is fully stocked before you book on? Please correct me if Im wrong.

Ive heard rumblings about standards/regulations being implimented into transfer services. This could be very beneficial for many reasons. I have tried to look into it but there doesnt seem to be much on the internet just yet. Ive heard through the grapevine that a standard will be implimented within the next two years, but have nothing to back up that claim. Let me know if you hear more. I do look forward to the day that there is a standard in place and some of these less than reputable companies are forced to clean up their act or fold.

Download epocrates. Quick drug reference. I used it alot doing transfers, I assume it would be great for EMS as well. www.epocrates.com

In lab, both practice and evaluated, I see alot of the same-side strapping. But that doesnt surprise me as the school teaches, <middle, bottom, tops, legs head> so the leg thing doesnt surpise me

As a paramedic student we are required to get a flu shot in order to participate in clinical and field placement. No choice.

In some parts of this province we dont have enough Drs to staff Emerg let alone have them riding out on the ambulances! Might be a nice thing to have someone to transfer the patient care to when arriving at the hospital!

...and that is why I like (now that I am no longer going through it) Ontario's graduated licensing. As a brand new driver, one has to drive with a person for a year (or 8 months I believe if they took a Drivers Ed class) before they were allowed to drive solo. There are also a bunch of other restrictions on their driving, but its the "supervised" driving that makes it a good plan!

Candian Tire Money is given out by the store at the time of purchase. You would recieve a percent of your purchase in Candian Tire Money which we all collect and can be redeemed for the face value of the "money" towards a purchase. The "money" is in bill form in denominations of 5cents, 10cents, 25cents, 50 cents and a dollar. Example, I spent $160 at Canadian Tire last week and recieved back $1.90 in Canadian Tire money. Clear as mud?

My partner did that in final practical testing- it was rather confusing as to how I was to tape the head- not having a c-collar to tape over lol...Also, its interesting to see SMR done without headrolls lol (failing criteria Razz) lol