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Hey Tunnel Cat, I was in your same position roughly four years ago when I was looking to move to Oregon. At the time, I was a licensed EMT in California and they told me I needed to fill out a reciprocity packet and provide proof of training for the following advanced skills: supraglottic...

We only treat symptomatic bradycardia, which is defined as SBP < 90 and CP, SOB or ALOC. From there, we categorize them into narrow or wide complex bradycardia and treat accordingly. For narrow complex brady we start off with fluids + atropine while for wide complex brady we do fluids + pacing...

I recently took the NREMT for relocation purposes as well and it's pretty straight-forward. It only took about 20-25 minutes to complete and seemed a heck of a lot easier than when I did it 5 years ago. I'm sure you'll do just fine with your amount of experience :)

I would talk to your partner immediately and let them know your concerns. Explain they can either pick up the phone and call in sick for the day or you'll need to report it.

EMT National Training is a big one and offers a money back guarantee.

Hey Jaybird21, I purchased the following book for my NREMT exam and it's a great study guide. The entire book is multiple choice questions (some scenario-based), much like you would see on the NREMT exam. In addition, at the end of each section they post the answers with rationales so you have...

Sorry to hear that. It can be difficult to get hired w/o any experience here in San Diego. Keep your chin up and continue to submit applications to everyone who is hiring :cool:

Hey EMTMorganB, How's the job hunt going? Here's a comprehensive list of ambulance companies in San Diego in case you're still looking: http://www.emtresource.com/blog/69-ems/337-ambulance-companies-in-san-diego

Here's a few to you get started: Pacific Ambulance (through R/M): https://careers-rmetro.icims.com/jobs/2919/job ER Ambulance: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/hea/3575887961.html First Choice Ambulance: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/hea/3548688381.html AMR (continuous recruitment)...

The only openings I saw on the R/M site were for Pacific?

No problem! I'm not sure when they instituted the change, but I'm sure someone who knows will chime in. You can download the skill sheet directly from here: https://www.nremt.org/nremt/about/psychomotor_exam_emt.asp

I think overall, regardless of unnecessary application, you'll find that tourniquets are not limb threatening in the pre-hospital setting. From what I've read, and correct me if I'm wrong, tissue death due to a tourniquet cutting off circulation can occur as early as 2 hours after application...

Congrats! :beerchug:

At my hospital we had phlebotomy technicians, so this skill wasn't offered to the ER Techs. If you wanted to be trained, you had to find a course at a local JC or private company. In regards to ECG training, I was taught the basic fundamentals during my orientation shifts; however, the...

Hey everyone, I know AMR San Diego used to supply employees with like a laminated 3x5 card that had a lot of useful information on it, such as an ICHART example and how to use the radio when providing reports to the receiving facility. Does anyone have one of these still or something similar...