Recent content by al.emt

5mg in 2.5ml. we bagged and suctioned to hospital. wasnt gonna do a BID.

dispatched to house for unresponsive 13 month old not breathing. en route dispatch advises us that pt is breathing just excessive drooling and unresponsive. i get there and family states the pt was having a seizure and the grandmother was told by mother over the phone to give the rectal valium...

stiff neck??? possible meningitis or flu...

had a crew respond to a 10-50 the other day and on the way me and my partner are sitting in our lounge and over the dispatch radio you hear for the chopper to be called and all of the sudden you hear "get out of my way you f**ktards!"... i about peed my pants laughing so hard

you check for tones and quality??? if they got one im happy... brady, nsr, tachy, svt, torsades... idc as long as no chest pain.

hard to know what truly was without seeing the pt and the vitals and history and medications hes on. but seems to be heat exhaustion. could be playing possum for a ride to the ER for some pain meds :rolleyes: you will never know ^_^

same as mookie. passed first try after taking the NR 5 days after the initial class. Seemed pretty simple to me...

http://www.emt-national-training.com took the test 5 days after the class and only studied with this and some notes and passed first try.

its awesome. love the curved blade. $10 at this small hardware store...

i currently work in the hosp as a ER tech and we dont have any specifications of what certification we have to have. we normally hire people who are currently in school (either nursing students or emt students). we have a few people from the floor who are cna's. pay is so-so but exp is good...

i failed 4 times before i passed. its a hard test. but its also basic. dont overthink the questions (like i did...) and go in order of your Initial Assesment and ABCs. Study your operations and know your role as a emt. Now different types of shocks, stroke, cardio, hypo/erglycemia...

I have read a few thing about a triage trainer online but cant find where to get it. were goin over WMD and MCI. and its not hard but id like to learn more about Triage. i know how to sort but wanna get deeper into it. anybody know of aything online that does a simulation...

i love my 5.11 pants. wouldn't have anything in the world. the do my knees wonders.

im 19 and 2 months into the EMT-B class. and i love every minute of it. I volunteer for the Rescue Squad and have a job lined up for me at the Huntsville Hospital (level 1 trauma center). Stick with it!!!! its a hard class in that short of time. they shove everything in ur face... i have 2 tests...