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We can give epi pens, nothing sub-Q though. Doing a BGL check isn't going to change my treatement by a whole hell of a lot, but it will give an indication on what I'm dealing with, and whether or not to administer Oral Glucose. Granted, if the pt is so far gone that they cant swallow, then...

I know this isn't particularly related, but a few weeks ago we were working with a patient, perfectly healthly aside from the CC, and when we were filling out the PCR, across the top of the screen read, in huge red letters, MRSA. I was a bit taken aback, because I was expecting... i don't know...

My department got to "test run" one of the stryker stretchers.... They're terribly heavy, bulky, and the wait for the legs to lift is ridiculous. It adds more time to loading and unloading the stretcher. And it's somewhat narrow compared to our usual stretcher. It got to the point that we would...

In the state of Connecticut, as basic level providers we are allowed to use a glucometer. Personally, I use it if the patient is showing AMS, ALOC, abnormal behavior, has a Hx, is showing standard S&S, or the call type asks for it (ie a fall). But there are other people on my department who tend...

Me and my chief have this collection going, to collect patches from any place we can get them. I am referring to patches with the name of your town, IE Nowhereville, CT fire dept/ambulance etc. I'm not sure if any of you are willing to donate to our patch board. I know my chief has been doing...

I know I'm kind of bringing this thread back to life, so sorry. First off, I think that any wild animals surrounding my ambulance would be frightened off by the lights and sirens, and if no L&S were involved, the high level of activity would probably keep them at bay. Most wild animals don't...

I completely understand. My ex, when I first met him, was hanging with my friends when a call came across me and my partner's pager (we're volunteers for the time being). he later on told me that he thought I was crazy because I yelled at them to be quiet as we tried to sign on en route, and...

I disagree. I see no reason why there would be no connection. I'm sure that there's something that your date does that you are not involved in, but you can still form a connection. I have had only one boyfriend involved in EMS, and other boyfriends I've had I still found other connections...

First off, I am not a cross-dresser, I'm a 17 year old girl. Second, it's called sarcasm. And I don't have an ego, I just believe that a new underage EMT deserves as much respect as a new adult EMT. Everyone needs to earn the respect of those higher up. I don't expect the EMTs/Paramedics around...

Like I said, I have much to learn. And I'm willing to learn. I can gurantee that I have not seen nearly as much as you have, and I have no idea how I will react the first time I see something truly serious. But the same can be said of anyone else of any age. I've dealt with serious tramatic...

Yes. That's why I'm enlisted in the US army as a Health Care specialist. Because this is all just a game to me, so I can dance around and ride in back of a truck with big flashy lights on it. It's so much fun, and then I go back to playing with my dollies and playing dress up. You aren't...

I'm a bit offended, but at the same time, you've never ridden a call with me, so you really have no place saying that. I agree to a certain degree, there are kids who ride around and don't take anything seriously, but that is a gross generalization. I've been asked by many people in the...

I completely agree with Rid. One of the reasons, IMO, that there is a lack of hard work in the EMS field is because people come out and work a job they have no passion for. Now, I'm not a whacker, and I have many other things besided EMS, but being an EMT is what I love. And if you do not have...

IMHO, if you can take the course, pass all the tests, and prove yourself under observation time, you should be able to join a department. State laws ban underage EMT's from working for pay, and (at least in Connecticut) The Boy Scouts of CT make the volunteer cut off age 15. We have curfews of...

That is a bad day. But don't feel bad, it was a freak accident, and of course it's going to happen the one day your partner isn't restrained. At least everyone is okay (to a certain extent). And, I know you've probably heard this before, but she shouldn't have gone ANYWHERE near that dog...

Hello =) I'm a 17 yo EMT-B, just got my cert about a month ago. I would be continuing on to get my Intermediate, and to take a FFI course, but because I'm enlisted in the army and leaving in a few months, there is no time for me to take the courses. Just last weekend, I ran with a five person...

I think what you are thinking of is compensation. I quote from an Intermediate that I work with, 'kids compensate then fall of the face of the earth.' Children can hold on better after facing a traumatic event, and they compensate better when losing blood, but in the end everything catches...

I'm from the new england area as well, I'm a Connecticut state certified EMT-B. I know of a town right next to the town I vollie in (where we are called in for mutual aid a good number of times a month) where all the LEOs are trained in basic first aid/CPR, and carry a primative jump kit in...

In my area, as well as several surrounding area ambulances, one ambulance is dispatched (we are an ALS ambulance, so we run with One EMT-I, one EMT-B, and then two other members that can be of any level), as well as an area paramedic that comes from out of town, and a fire engine with a crew...

Whether or not I would work the pediatric patient in this situation depends entirely on the instance, but if the same circumstances surrounded a geriatric patient, I would do the same thing. If rigor is setting in, or any other signs of obvious death/injuries incompatible with life are apparent...