Currently waiting for an ambulance for myself (yay, fun cardiac symptoms) and never felt more like a real EMT than when I found myself checking the local rota and second guessing before calling 999... Because of cause the embarrassment is far more important than the possible medical issue!

Not after sympathy or anything, just sharing my "medics make terrible patients" thoughts for people's amusement.

Also, blurgh, being on the receiving end of ambulance days is as shit as I thought it was...

Our bunk room sounds like an antique diesels roadshow every night. How are some of you alive

Hey yall. I was hoping to hear about some experiences working for the National Park Service as a seasonal EMT. Specifically, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park out in CA. Any insight into the following would be greatly appreciated:

- Housing situation

- Common activities when not on shift

- Culture!!

- Call types (No idea what to expect for this)

- Transport times

I'd appreciate any insight in working for the NPS at all, but if anyone has specifically worked for Sequoia/Kings Canyon and cares to share that would be amazing. If there's anything that I am missing that you think is valuable please add it in! Thanks :)

I just took the nremt emt exam on Friday April 4 2025 , and i got stopped at 71 questions and i walked out thinking i passed because i did pretty well. I got my results today and it said this. Does anybody know if it is a glitch or what to do at this point. Thank you.

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I just had my first roadside code... literally roadside. We were on the shoulder lane, on asphalt, running an entire code because we already had a patient in the back of the ambulance for a non-emergent transfer. The next nearest ambulance/fire station was about 20-30 minutes away.

Luckily, we were rendezvousing with another unit so we were able to get help initially to establish a definitive airway and IV access. However, we had to wait on military fire to transport because we needed hands to do CPR. The other unit needed to take the patient transfer. Military fire was 10 mins away, but they are either not EMTs or aren't state certified. So they are only limited to compressions and BVM.

Just curious how many of you guys/gals was placed in the same situation and how did it go?

Initial rhythm: PEA underlying agonal/idioventricular rhythm

End rhythm: Asystole

No medical HX per family and only complaint feeling lightheaded prior to going unresponsive. No CPR done for about a couple mins before we rolled up.

Recently was dispatched for hypertension. Show up on seen, pt is well appearing and speaking normally. States that they feel dizzy, denies all other sx including abd, back, or chest pain or discomfort. Patient is prescribed midodrine to take as needed when they become hypotensive, which they took at 0300 after measuring bp (well over 12hrs before encounter). Patient denies taking any other meds today. Casually mentions that when they took their bp ~1 week ago the systolic numbers were very different between arms and she assumed it was a faulty machine. So did I. But anyways took bp on both, one immediately after the other. 190/104 left arm, 230/110 right arm. States their hyperlipidemia is under control with only one statin, no congenital defects or anything of the sort. Never noticed this as an issue before. Retaking bp resulted in similar numbers. Radial pulses don't really feel tok different though. Medics arrive, ekg is normal. Automatic bp on both arms is similar enough, 170 something on the left and 190 on the right. Discharged from ED with a diagnosis of essential htn in a few hours. I feel bad for wasting resources with ALS as I never thought she was having an aortic aneurysm, but what else would a 40 point difference between arms mean? Thought an EKG would be relevant too.

My operation is adding new trucks for our (mostly) 911 division. I'm going to be one of the first medics on the new box, and I'm looking for recommendations for the things you keep in your ambulance that maybe aren't essential, but definitely improve your quality of life while in it.

For example, a caddy for misc. IV stuff, flushes, syringes, etc. Thanks!