Recent content by Eleventy7

You're probably going to be dealing with people who think weed is the devil and that you're definitely just trying to get access to their drug box. Be straight up with whoever is doing the hiring and hope that the smoked back in the day. Alternatively, get your medical marijuana card so you have...

Side note: you can probably heat the tubing to make it note malleable and easier to work with

Do not down play this. That's a hell of an achievement. Time and time again I've seen BLS providers out shine RNs and doctors on scene.

"They cause autism." 1. False 2. If I had to choose between autism and dying from measles I'd choose autism every time.

I'd ride along when other EMT/medics for some calls to get used to where everything is, what usually gets done, etc. In reality, the only way you're going to get comfortable is by doing it.

Just when I thought we were getting away from cookbook medicine.

Love it.

Remember your first day of EMT class? Primum non nocere. If the choice are: follow protocols that endager my pt, or do what's best or my pt... I'm risking the lashing.

I'm not expecting nurses to become licensed as medics. I do expect an understanding of what resources are available to you regardless of your position. As DEmedic said, most nurses think all ambulances are the same, even though the two hospitals closest to my dept have hospital based EMS. Hell...

They can try to justify it as much as they want. Isn't going magically make immobilization real. Isn't going to change the fact that that very, very, very few people have an injury that would be better managed with a board, that boarding pt's with penetrating trauma show worse outcomes after...

When I say working well together I'm not only talking about playing nice. Most people in EMS have a solid grasp of what nursing entails. Especially when you're required to spend 150 clinical hours playing one in the ED. However, there's a lack of understanding of EMS from most nurses. I have yet...

Anyone coming at you aggressively with, "Why isn't this patient boarded?" needs to have a better understanding of "immobilization."

Agree with the general sentiment. Boards for movement, collars for intubation. Even then, you'd be better off convincing your dept to replace the boards with BOTs. The only thing I'd recommend for your patient is a good ole fashion diesel bolus.

Fake it til you make it. Don't *****foot around. There's nothing that's going to magically give you confidence. What do you have for outlets - positive outlets. I'm all about that meditation game.

Wear close to what your work attire will be. Why would you dress up for a skills exam? As everyone else said, you can always call and ask.