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Well my morning started off with a bang. I stayed over at my mom's last night in Toronto as we had a big family dinner out. Woke up this morning and went to the bathroom to take a leak. Got hit with a wave of nausea and next thing I know my girlfriend is over me shouting telling my they've called 911. It takes me a couple ...

I was just wondering if any of the Villagers are ANSI class 3 compliant? I brought this topic up to one of my Deputies and he told me the department wouldn't provide it but if I wanted to I could use my clothing allowance. We'll wait and see what happens when the union files a safety grievence. For those that don't...

Am finally back on-call after breaking ankle six weeks ago. Tried to come back at four weeks but our co-ordinator had a bit of a problem with me removing my boot cast to hobble around the back of the ambulance..... My first on-call night was Halloween and I felt for sure we would get a call, but nothing (volunteer ...

Hello Everyone, I am a diabetic patient and having diabetes since last six years. So, since then till today I have got lots of prescriptions and other such medical records. The problem is that at any time one of the previous records gets needed for my further treatment and it really becomes bulky to take them all. They ...

Good Afternoon All! I have been attempting to do some research on how paramedics with diabetes deal with the stress and eating habits that go along with the job. One of my co-workers has IDDM. He is a good candidate for an insulin pump. Some of his concerns include, working in the sometimes confining spaces that we ...