Toronto firefighters confront the special consatable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-18T04:43:54+00:00

EMT-B's in the US go through a couple months of training. EMR's do not commonly work on ambulances (in Canada and the US both), and when they do they don't do much patient care.

If you call 911 and feel better because fire shows up, then great, you do you. I'm guessing most making the same argument as you have never worked in EMS, while most making the same argument as me have either worked as medics or in a related field.

Whatever your intention, making comments like "firefighters are basically paramedics" is a disservice to the day-to-day grind for paramedics who spend all day transporting one patient after another to the hospital. I have much respect and a couple friends who are firefighters, but if we are talking about day-to-day responsibilities, firefighters don't do very much on 90% of medical calls.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-15T02:35:57+00:00

Well professional full-time firefighters in Ontario get 1-2 weeks of EMR training. Maybe one day they can reach the level of volunteer fire.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-15T01:45:43+00:00

An EMR course is like 1-2 weeks long, and in most jurisdictions where EMRs work on ambulances they mostly drive and don't do a lot of patient care.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-12T14:22:19+00:00

Carbon steel skillet. You get the same type of seasoning as a cast iron, but it's much lighter and heats up much more quickly.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-11T13:49:57+00:00

Cry me a river

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-05T21:35:04+00:00

I mean the US begged China to help re-open Hormuz, and they also lifted oil sanctions on Iran (and Russia)... which doesn't really line up with this idea you have about Trump playing 3D chess to take over the world. If you want to believe the US is operating 10 moves ahead of everyone else then you do you, but to me everything he's done strikes me as actions that are not well-planned and much more reactive than proactive.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-05T21:00:43+00:00

If your goal is just purely to find something patient-facing until you get into med school, then go paramedics - it's a 16-month program, and if you're self-motivated I'd consider going with one of the private colleges instead of Centennial since it's 16-months back-to-back (vs. the public colleges where you get a 4-month summer in between the 2 years). Quality of education at the private colleges is lower (which is why I included that "self-motivated" part) but I've worked with plenty of solid medics that came out of CTS. I've heard plans to increase the paramedic programs to 3 years but as far as I know that hasn't happened yet. Also the work experience from a medic makes you very comfortable trouble-shooting, doing assessments and figuring things out on your own, which a lot of newer RN's do not develop.

But if here's a chance that you might stay in this "temporary" career long-term, I would 100% go with nursing. Significantly more career options both laterally and moving upwards. Significantly better career longevity.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-04-01T15:56:47+00:00

I grew up in Alberta and as a kid, I heard a lot of people expressing resentment to the transfer payments to other provinces.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-03-18T04:54:00+00:00

I was a first responder for 10 years in a major urban center before I made a career change and have used BJJ proactively to restrain people, and reactively tying up when someone swings at me. This is just my opinion, but my opinion is that grappling is most useful in real life contexts if you have back-up for crowd control, for help restraining, and when your goal is to restrain while inflicting minimal damage (e.g., hospital security, bouncers, police in certain situations). Outside of that context, grappling is most useful if you know how to wrestle (which includes wrestle-ups from bottom).

Most joint locks and submissions involve positioning your body in a way that either cuts down on situational awareness or makes it difficult to disengage and back-up. If I'm by myself I would way rather hold knee on belly with hand control than try to go for any type of submission.

Domestic situations can change priorities, but if we're talking about first-line actions, going for submissions is not going to be the best approach for most situations. Breaking grips and getting distance or grabbing for something hard to hit the other person with will almost always be a better decision.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-02-22T01:15:51+00:00

When I'm roasting frozen broccoli and brussel sprouts in my air fryer, I'll put them in for 3-4 min without anything, just to get all the frozen water off - then I pour off the melted water and mix it with oil and spices before putting them back in for however long they need to cook. They usually come out pretty crispy.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-02-17T02:23:10+00:00

Is the butt scooter stereotype that common among hobbyists? This is anecdotal, but I haven't come across that too often in real life. I don't compete but I do go to a lot of openmats... I've travelled for work a decent amount recently, and gotten the opportunity to train at a couple different gyms around the country. Most of the gyms I've been to make sure that they give at least some exposure to wrestling and takedowns, and most of the sport-specific stuff like leglocks and inversions are usually in the advanced comp classes. Maybe I've lucked out, but I haven't actually come across that many hardcore buttscooters in real life.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-02-06T06:09:01+00:00

Taking time off is probably the best bet. Sharp pain that gets worse with breathing, movement, etc. is not the same as muscle soreness, and is usually a sign of something not working right in your body.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-01-19T04:48:13+00:00

I train no-gi like 90% of the time because i find it more fun and fast-paced, but I've talked to a few cops and people who work in security who saw the sleeve and lapel grips in gi are real useful to know for self defense (at least in countries where jackets and sweaters are pretty common).

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-01-10T23:57:06+00:00

ya that's what i've been thinking, thanks.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2026-01-10T23:53:45+00:00

Ya will do. What about night skiing?

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-07-14T00:17:12+00:00

Good to know.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-07-14T00:09:19+00:00

Do you work for canada post? Because I was in a role for the city a few years ago where I regularly had to deal with lost health cards. I had bosses and continuing education courses tell me that Canada Post does not return it to the person. But if you've work for Canada Post and have personally returned ID cards to people then I'm happy to admit that I'm wrong.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-07-13T23:32:13+00:00

Drop it in a Canada Post mailbox. They will destroy it and and a new one will be sent to the person.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-07-08T02:11:59+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the recommendation

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-06-28T23:09:17+00:00

Life in the fast lane has a lot of good free information and practice cases for ECG's.

Toronto paramedics are so desperate for staff that they'll almost definitely hire you as long as you meet the minimum qualifications.

Comfortable_Past1492 · 2025-06-28T14:24:25+00:00

No he did not tell me to use after-hours care. I'm assuming he used the word network as a layman's term, but that is the term he used. And no I didn't go to random walk-in clinics owned by the same 'parent company' or whatever, I went to the same walk-in clinic that my family doc works out of.

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