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Top 6 Ways You Can Help a Paramedic Save YOUR Life

Written By Chris Shandera For Ada County Paramedics Each year Ada County Paramedics respond to tens of thousands of emergency calls all over Ada County. In this post you will learn 6 ways you can help us help you or a loved one during an emergency. 1. Pull to the right when you see an

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Top 5 Ways to Make a Patient Comfortable During an Emergency

Written By: Dina Hardaway For Ada County Paramedics Webster defines comfort as ” a sense of physical or psychological ease. To give strength and hope, to cheer, ease grief or trouble.” Working in the medical field, more specifically, in pre-hospital emergency medicine for Ada County Paramedics, is incredibly rewarding, yet a crucial phase in the

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Top 5 Ways to Get Healthy This Spring

Written By: Rebecca McGee I’m constantly trying to keep my family as healthy as I can, which isn’t always easy working full time at Ada County Paramedics, being wife, and being a mother to an 18-month-old and a preschooler. Here are some ideas I’ve incorporated into our family and tips I’ve found online to help

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Being a Female Paramedic: Saving Lives “Like a Girl”

Written By: Rachel Satterwhite For Ada County Paramedics When I started my career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), I remember one of my instructors saying I would likely have an advantage as a female. His statement initially perplexed me. He then elaborated, explaining he thinks patients tend to trust female paramedics more easily. I thought

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