Recent content by Ackmaui

I don't know much about that school, but Cape Cod Community College has a great course.

The patient had bruising around her eye..found on examination.. Meaning she hit her head... She should be boarded and collared.. . By the way.. 5 years ago, EMS answered a call for 83 year old male, found on floor in nursing home...Unwitnessed fall. Vitals were normal, pt only complaint of...

An unwitnessed fall is absolutely a good enough reason. Yes I am a student, a paramedic student, I have been an EMT-b for 12 years. I am an on call EMT with my fire department for 12 years and I have been an ER tech for 11 years. Yes I have taken PHTLS.... So don't throw the student angle in my...

You are completely in the right. Unwitnessed fall, who knows what could have happened. Doesn't matter what the hospital staff says...it's your cert, not theirs. Good job

Why wouldn't you read JEMS?

I didn't say it was his opinion..I said I disagreed with his comment. I also said it helped me, and it did. I really liked the team that came over and they were very helpful.

I disagree completely with your comment about CISD. I have been to some of those meetings. One for a 3 year old that was murdered by her mother and the other was for a 7 year old who drowned. They were a big help and I would use them again.

Lol..we aren't hulking chicks..just strong!! I agree with your comment about respect...I think anyone, regardless of their title, who does a great job will earn respect.

I'm not allowed to do IOs, what I said was that I got the nurses thinking about IOs. There are things that's techs cannot do, due to liability reasons. It's also up to the medical director and what they are comfortable with having the ER techs do. By the way there were 6 males in my EMTB class...

I never said 120 hours isn't enough. I think it's good for what EMTBs can do. I get to do more because I also work in the ER. We are the only ER on this island and I get to see just about everything. The nurses know me and trust in my skills and I even got our nurses excited about using an IO...

If you are comfortable being an EMTB and decide you don't want to learn more than that is up to you. But In the ER I can attach pads faster than any nurses, doctors or,other techs, and whip out an EKG in less than 30 seconds and that's counting putting on the leads in the correct place. I took...

I've been an ER Tech for 10 1/2 years and an EMT-B for 12 and I am currently in paramedic school. I also have been an on call EMT with the local fire department as well. I think that the experiences that I have had in the ED have made me a better EMT. I think that it has made me more comfortable...

That is so terrible.. Thoughts and prayers to the family.

I thought it was funny.. I didn't think it was mean spirited.

Where in Massachusetts is Patriots ambulance?