nypamedic43

Phil.......I am going to hurt you, for bringing this game to my attention....and I cant get past 12 either...and its makin me MAD!!! LMAO

old broad..pffffft your only as old as you feel...and since i feel with my fingers...LOL

Happy Birthday MED....Hope you have a really great day. love ya, Teri

You guys are awesome and really brightened an otherwise crappy day. Love you all, Teri

LOL your not late als....birthday is today....and yessssssssssss the speidies were awesome as usual

thanks everyone, i appreciate the birthday wishes. talk with you all soon, love you all, teri

Well, I've been a basic for a long time. There are some states (or regions) that require new EMT's to have at least a year of experience before moving on to medic programs. I guess it all just depends on where you live and what the requirements are. I believe that basics hold an important place in EMS. There are still some places, granted not many, that ONLY have basic EMS in the area. I really dont have an opinion on whether you should jump right into medic school after basic, or wait for awhile and get field experience. For those who have ZERO experience in ambulance operations or moving or dealing with patients, I say get some field experience. It will help in the long run. I have worked with medics with no field experience and I have worked with medics who have 20 years under their belt. The only difference I could see....is when the chips were down, and our patient truly needed interventions...the new medic looked to me for help, not the other way around. He lost it, in the back of the ambulance and couldnt think of what he needed to be doing, and in end the ultimate price was paid, the patient died. Im not saying that that situation hasnt happened to seasoned medics as well.....we all get that pucker factor, when we just know that the end result will not be good, not matter what is done. Wild, if you feel comfortable going right into medic school, then do it. If you have doubts however, maybe rearranging your work schedule and getting some field experience will help you make the decision. Noone on these forums can make that decision but you. EMS has a bad habit of eating its young and the cold hard fact is....peoples lives will be in your hands, thats a big responsibility and not really a lesson to be learned without the safety net of even just a little experience.

Going the NYS DOH website is a good start. Once you get it downloaded, fill it out, get things notarized, make out a check for $25 and send it all in, then play the waiting game. Heres the catch.....you have to have taken a state written test within the last year or you will NOT get reciprocity. If you havent you will need to take a refresher class or the whole EMT basic class again, in the state of NY. NYS only gives reciprocity once, but it all hinges on the last time you took a state written test. After the initial, you will need to take refresher classes every 3 years, which will include the NYS written test. Good luck and Ill keep my fingers crossed. Teri

I suggest a class in typonese....turst me it helps

all i can say is ummmmm WOW!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: and pcb is right, this is soo wrong lmao....i think i might need to scrub my eyeballs, i just gotta find the brillo pads. love ya Dust

I took my first EMT-B class in North Carolina in 1987. The local volunteer fire dept paid for it, so cost was $0. The paramedic program that I'm entering in August will cost $ 3300....which includes uniform shirt and specialty certs ( ACLS, PALS, BTLS), malpractice insurance and that includes $100 per semester college fees. The books and workbooks, 8 of them, will cost about $350, through the local EMS region office. If I want to continue and get the AAS degree it will be another $3100. Travel will be minimal as classes are right here at the region office and clinicals are at the local hospitals.

I dont agree with wearing a badge. My uniform is navy blue shirt and pants. Its sometimes hard enough to get a patient to talk to you as it is, because alot of our uniforms make us look like law enforcement. To me, its borrowing trouble to put a badge on. Our jobs are dangerous enough without adding a shiny metal target on our chest. I work in NYS as well, I have dealt with countless psych patients and have never had anybody ask for my badge. Although i realize that Im in the wilds of upstate NY and not in the big city, and that protocols and procedures differ from area to area within the state. Im not willing to take the chance of some crazed drunk or meth head taking a potshot at me because I wear a badge, its just a matter of personal safety. On a dress uniform? now thats a different story.

You might want to contact medickevin, he works in london. You could try to contact MED as well. Good luck.

Happy Birthday Stacy. Have a wonderful day today. :occasion4: :occasion5: :occasion6: :occasion7: :occasion9: :occasion1: :wav:

OMG toooo funny. Fasten your seatbelt!!

Thank you Terri, and Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. To all my friends here on the city, Happy Holidays to you all. Be safe and well. Merry Christmas. Teri

OMG that was tooo funny. gotta love the gifts that AJAX wont get rid of lmaooooo

1. Yourself: bored 2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?: who? 3. Your hair: down 4. Your mother? heaven 5. Your Father? sleeping 6. Your Favorite Item: none 7. Your dream last night: dont remember 8. Your favorite drink: green tea 9. Your dream car: Viper 10. The room you are in: quarters 11. Your Ex: working 12. Your Fears: spiders 13. What do you want to be in 10 years: happy 14. Who you hung out with tonight? scott 15. What You're Not? possessive 16. Muffins: butter rum 17: One of Your Wish List Items: dishwasher 18. Time: 0125 19. Last thing you did? outdates 20. What You Are Wearing? uniform 21. Your Favorite Weather: spring 22. Your Favorite Book: Eragon 23. The last thing you ate: McFlurry 24. Your Life: stressful 25. Your Mood: blah 26. Your friends: sleeping 27. What are you thinking about right now? Jayse 28. Your car: Liberty 29. What are you doing at the moment?: survey 30. Your summer: warm 31. Your relationship status: ???? 32. What is on your tv? nothing 33. When is the last time you laughed? tonight 34. last time you cried?yesterday 35. School? done

OMG!!!!! Wayyyyy tooo funny!!! Thanks AK for the great laugh, I needed that.

We dont take all of our equipment in on every call. Stretcher, linens, pillow and O2 usually go in. The O2 bottle has a carrier bag that has a zippered pouch that has an NRB, cannula, pulse oximeter, and nebulizer in it. On the head of the stretcher is a sling that has 4 pouches, 1 has med and large gloves, one is bp cuffs ( 2 sizes) and a stethoscope, 1 has bandaging supplies, and the 4th has the ALS pouch, that has lock kits, needles, glucometer, and albuterol. The 4th pouch also has 2-3 refusal forms and HIPPA signature cards. On cardiac calls or bad respiratory calls the Zoll monitor also goes in. Since most of the time our scene times are under 10 minutes, most the equipment stays in the truck, its just as easy to do what we need to do in the truck as it is in the nursing home or private residence.

i wanna play toooooooooooo lmao silks

either way God has quite a sense of humor.................cruel sometimes, but a sense of humor none the less

OMG how did you know??? Squad 51.......... and it has the thermos with it too ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOO TPBM has more lights on their personal vehicle than their ambulance does.

OMG, how did you know, all those big, burly men, rubbing my..................well we'll just let that thought gooooooooo TPBM wants to rub my feet with baby oil. ( medic26's idea LOL)

The agency that I work for does psych transports all the time. As long as they are a voluntary admit for psych reasons and and have been cleared medically, we transport them in our car, which is basically a police cruiser, equipped with a cage and door locks and windows that are controlled from the front. We transport to Centre Hall, Clarion, Allentown, the State Hospital in Clark Summit as well as Buffalo and Rochester NY. All of these trips take 3 hours or more one way. We have one crew on for the night shift, so it splits us up and leaves the medic at the mercy of the powers that be, and hope that he can get an emt for the 911 calls that come in. The only time they will go by BLS ambulance is if they are an involuntary admit, and need to be closely monitored and have meds on board.