Anyone have any info for selling a used Ambulance?
I have run across some auction sites but... Not knowing anything about them Im not sure if they are going to be of any use.

Any good podcasts out there for the beginning Paramedic student?

Does anyone on here work in or around the portland area? If so would you be willing to answer some questions about field or tech jobs?

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Apropos of this discussion, EMS1.com has posted an article on thinks to think before charging off to assist in disaster situations. It's a quick but informative introduction to the idea of doing weird stuff in bad places...*

How to be a Disaster Volunteer

*All right... weider stuff in even worse places.

I caught the afternoon repeat of the Health Report yesterday after dropping a patient back at a country hospital. The episode is well worth a listen if you want to hear a discussion of the clash between egos, marketing, science, politics, and common sense. The inventor does not come off well...

The Heimlich Manoeuvre

In the early 1970s a new ( Read more... )

I am attending a meeting for a ICD support group as a guest speaker. I haven't been provided with a whole lot of information that they would like me to discuss with the group members, other then what would be helpful for them when EMS is called ( Read more... )

Some interesting articles that are a bit scary...

This article serves as a reminder to be vigilant about our truck checks.
Old defibrillator batteries lead to $3.2 million Chicago death settlement

Early findings support Texas paramedics' response

FDNY suspends EMTs accused of refusing to help

Cross posted to emtb 

Maybe I'm the only person that likes to talk about boots but, since they don't carry my size in stores, I like to know as much about them as possible before ordering online ( Read more... )

My sister just texted me the following: If you weren’t on duty and there was an accident of some kind and someone was badly hurt, you’d still try to help that person, right? I only ask because there was this news story of a woman who died and there were two emts that stood by and basically just watched all that went on because they were on break ( Read more... )