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Built for back-to-back calls
Electrolytes for EMTs and Paramedics: Replace What Back-to-Back Calls Take Out
Lifting, carrying, and long transports in the heat pull sodium out of you between calls you never planned for. Saltivate puts 800mg back per serving so you stay steady through the whole tour.
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Why EMS shifts drain your electrolytes
An EMS tour is unpredictable and physical. You are lifting stretchers, carrying gear up stairs, and working codes in the heat, then back in the rig for a long transport with no real break in between.
Sweat carries out more sodium than any other electrolyte, so a run of back-to-back calls in the summer pulls real salt out of you. Plain water replaces the fluid but not the salt, which is why you can drink between calls and still feel flat.
Electrolytes for EMTs and paramedics matter because what you lose on a tour is mostly sodium, and putting it back with your water is what helps you hold onto it.
Signs you are running low
- Headache or a drained, foggy feeling deep into the tour
- Cramping in your back, legs, or hands after a heavy lift
- Lightheaded when you stand up fast after charting in the rig
- Still thirsty after a water bottle between calls
- Running on empty by the end of a long shift
What actually keeps you steady through the tour
When you sweat through lifts and transports in the heat, you lose sodium first and most. Water alone dilutes what is left, so more water between calls can leave you feeling no better.
Most electrolyte drinks underdose sodium and lean on sugar, leaving you short on the mineral you actually lose. A sodium-forward mix helps you replace what a busy tour takes out and hold your fluid instead of running it through.
Saltivate delivers 800mg of sodium per serving, plus 240mg potassium and 60mg magnesium, to target what you sweat out on shift. Sip it steadily across the tour rather than chugging at the end.
Why Saltivate fits the rig
Saltivate is built for people who lose real sweat and cannot stop to fuss. Each Orange stick is a single serving, so you can keep a few in your uniform pocket, your bag, or the rig, tear one open, and pour it into any bottle between calls.
There are 30 to a box, enough to stash some at the station and keep the rest on you. Orange tastes like bright citrus with zero sugar and about 10 calories, so it goes down easy when you are smoked and there is no crash on a night tour.
- 800mg sodium per serving to replace what a busy tour pulls out, not a token pinch
- Pocket-sized stick packs that mix in the rig or at the station between calls
- Zero sugar and no stevia, so there is no crash on a long night tour
- Raw Unflavored has no sweetener at all, just a light saltiness that works in any water
Try it. Sweat on it. Decide later.
Every order carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it is not for you, email us and we refund you in full. You do not even ship anything back.
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Common questions
Do EMTs and paramedics get a discount on Saltivate?
Yes. EMTs and paramedics verify through GOVX ID for 25% off a Saltivate order, along with other first responders and medical workers. See our military and first responder discount page to get your code.
Why do EMTs need electrolytes and not just water?
Because you lose mostly sodium when you sweat through lifts and transports in the heat, and plain water does not replace it. Drinking only water can dilute the sodium you have left, which is part of why you feel flat even after a full bottle. Saltivate puts 800mg of sodium back alongside the fluid.
When should I take it on a tour?
A common approach is one serving early in the tour and another during a hot or busy stretch. Keep stick packs in the rig or your pocket and mix one into a bottle between calls. Our sweat calculator is a useful starting point for your own number.
Can I use my HSA or FSA card?
Yes. Saltivate is directly HSA/FSA eligible, so you can pay with your benefits card, no letter of medical necessity required.
Free samples
Free samples for your service
Back-to-back calls and heavy lifts in the heat pull sodium out fast. Tell us about your service and we will send samples for the crew to try on shift.
Stay steady from first call to last
Put back the sodium a busy tour takes out. Keep stick packs in the rig, mix one between calls, and finish the shift steady. Buy 3, get the 4th free on full-size, and verify with GOVX ID for 25% off.
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| Saltivate | BPN Electrolytes | Buoy | Carnivore | Cure | Dr. Berg's Electrolyte Powder | DripDrop | DryWater | Gatorade | GHOST Hydration | Good Intentions | HRDWRK | Hydrate Pro | HydroMATE | Just Ingredients Electrolytes | Liquid I.V. | LMNT | Magna | Nectar Hydration | NormaLyte | Nuun Sport | Pedialyte | Prime Hydration+ Sticks | Promix Electrolyte Drink Mix | Propel | Re-Lyte | SALTT | Santa Cruz Paleo | Skratch | Thorne Catalyte | Trevi | Ultima | Vitassium | Waterboy Daily Hydration | Nothing found with these criteria | |
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| Serving size | 1 stick (6g) | 1 scoop (5.6g) | 1.5 mL (1 squeeze) | 1 scoop (~3g) | 1 scoop (8.3g) | 1 scoop (6g) | 1 stick (10g) | 1 stick (11g) | 1 powder stick (35g) | 1 scoop (9g) | 1 scoop | 1 scoop (3g) | 1 scoop (4.93g) | 1 stick (5.4g) | 1 scoop (5.7g) | 1 scoop | 1 stick (6g) | 1 stick (5 to 6.5g) | 1 packet (3.4g) | 1 stick (10.5g) | 1 tablet (5g) | 1 packet (8.5g) | 1 stick (9.8g) | 1 scoop (5.18g) | 1 stick (3g) | 1 scoop (7g) | 1 stick (6.6g) | 1 scoop (4.1g) | 1 packet (22g) | 1 scoop (10.4g) | 1 stick (4.8g) | 1 stick/scoop | 2 capsules | 1 stick (3.0g) | — |
| Sodium | 800mg (from salt) | 500mg (from himalayan pink salt, citrate) | 50mg | 500mg (from citrate) | 240mg (from salt) | 40mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 330mg (from citrate, salt) | 380mg (from citrate, pink sea salt) | 230mg (from salt, citrate) | 150mg (from citrate, himalayan pink salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 650mg (from citrate, bicarbonate, chloride) | 1000mg (from salt) | 250mg (from salt) | 100mg (from salt) | 510mg (from salt, citrate) | 1000mg (from salt) | 300mg (from salt) | 100mg (from himalayan pink salt) | 851mg (from citrate, salt) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 40mg (from sea salt) | 1000mg (from salt (himalayan pink)) | 260mg (from salt, citrate) | 810mg (from salt) | 968mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 1000mg (from salt) | 400mg (from citrate) | 485mg (from salt, disodium phosphate) | 230mg (from pink himalayan salt) | 55mg (from salt) | 500mg (from salt) | 550mg (from pink himalayan salt) | — |
| Potassium | 240mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 10mg | 300mg (from citrate, bicarbonate) | 310mg (from coconut water) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 185mg (from citrate) | 1000mg (from citrate) | 70mg (from phosphate) | 375mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from bicarbonate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 300mg (from citrate) | 390mg (from citrate) | 200mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from citrate) | 393mg (from chloride) | 150mg (from bicarbonate) | 180mg (from citrate) | 700mg (from dipotassium phosphate, coconut water) | 200mg (from chloride) | 80mg (from phosphate) | 400mg (from citrate) | 408mg (from chloride) | 200mg (from chloride) | 49mg (from citrate) | 96mg (from citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate, citrate) | 250mg (from phosphate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 140mg (from citrate) | — |
| Magnesium | 60mg (from malate) | 25mg (from bisglycinate chelate) | 0mg | 40mg (from oxide, citrate) | 0mg | 120mg (from citrate) | 39mg (from citrate) | 40mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 83mg (from citrate) | 30mg (from malate) | 150mg (from glycinate, citrate) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 15mg (from oxide) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 60mg (from malate) | 210mg (from malate, gluconate, glycinate) | 50mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 25mg (from oxide) | 0mg | 124mg (from citrate) | 60mg (from malate) | 0mg | 50mg (from glycinate, malate) | 178mg (from chloride (solarsea salts)) | 60mg (from glycinate) | 48mg (from carbonate) | 40mg (from lysinate glycinate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 100mg (from citrate) | 0mg | 20mg (from malate) | — |
| Sugar | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 0g | 32g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 2.5g | 0g | 11g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 7g | 1g | 6g | 2g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 19g | <1g | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g | — |
| Sweetener | Reb M (not from stevia) | Stevia (steviol glycosides) | None | Stevia | Stevia, monk fruit | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Sugar, dextrose | Sucralose | None | Sucralose, natural stevia | Stevia | Sugar, sucralose | Stevia, monk fruit | Cane sugar, dextrose, stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Stevia | Sucralose | Stevia | Dextrose, sucralose, Ace-K | Sucralose, acesulfame potassium | Monk fruit (lightly sweetened versions) | Sucralose, ace-K | Stevia | Stevia (RebD and RebM) | Stevia | Cane sugar, dextrose | Stevia (Rebaudioside A) | Sucralose, stevia | Stevia | None | Organic stevia leaf extract | — |
| Artificial ingredients | None | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | Artificial flavors, dyes (Yellow 5, Red 40) | Sucralose, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose, Artificial flavors | — | Sucralose, Ace-K, Artificial flavors, dyes (Red 40, Blue 1) | Sucralose, Acesulfame | — | Sucralose, Ace-K | — | — | — | — | — | Sucralose | — | — | — | — |
| Pay with HSA/FSA card | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | — |
| Made in | USA | Unknown | — | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | Unknown | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | India | USA | USA | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | Unknown | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | USA | — |
| Servings per unit | 30 sticks | 50 (jar) | 120 servings (3 bottles) | 90 (jar) | 28 (jar) | 50 (jar) | 32 sticks | 12 sticks | 30 sticks | 40 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 100 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 30 (jar) | 30 sticks | 28 sticks | 30 sticks | 30 sticks | 10 tablets | 8 packets | 6 sticks | 30 (jar) | 40 sticks | 60 (jar) | 30 sticks | 30 (jar) | 20 servings | 30 (jar) | 45 (jar) | 20 sticks | 50 (100 ct) | 60 (jar) | — |
| Price per serving | $1.33 | $0.90 | $0.33 | $0.46 | $1.37 | $0.97 | $1.12 | $2.42 | $0.90 | $0.82 | $0.22 | $0.30 | $0.78 | $1.20 | $0.83 | $1.39 | $1.50 | $1.96 | $1.47 | $1.33 | $0.75 | $1.25 | $2.33 | $1.40 | $0.75 | $0.77 | $1.20 | $1.00 | $1.20 | $1.13 | $0.78 | $1.05 | $0.50 | $0.50 | — |
| Price per 1,000mg key electrolytes i | $1.20 | $1.24 | $5.50 | $0.54 | $2.49 | $0.83 | $2.02 | $1.70 | $3.00 | $1.34 | $0.34 | $0.27 | $0.61 | $2.58 | $1.84 | $1.54 | $1.19 | $2.96 | $3.67 | $1.06 | $1.57 | $2.84 | $2.69 | $1.11 | $2.20 | $0.61 | $0.77 | $0.79 | $2.41 | $1.81 | $1.34 | $2.59 | $0.83 | $0.70 | — |
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