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Hey Folks, i know, EMS in the US are using different types of "IV devices" than we in Germany (and many parts of Europe). Had one of you ever made experience with these kind of IV´s (see the picture)? Quite easy to apply, easy to fix (if necessary, you can can sew it onto the patients skin)...

Hey spnjsquad. Hope you can open the attached links. These are some trousers used in Germany and Switzerland. It is quite common, to use reflecting material on trousers (and jackets as well). There is a specific norm, who tells how many reflecting material has to be used due to safety protection...

Tried to contact the company? I know, that they are selling their products at least to the UK and France. Also - for example - to Switzerland as a non EU Country. In my opinion the Corpuls 3 is the best device you could get at present. By the way.........i know, that there is a cooperation...

Hello, has anyone already heard of the Corpuls 3? Is this device known in the US? It ist quite often uses within Europe (especially Germany). The homepage of the producing company is: www.corpuls.com

Hello, just to mention it..................Thailand isn´t Europe. Thailand isn´t even part of the european community -:) In the most countries within the EC they do CPR like in the US. Thank´s to the European Resuscitation Council which is doing the same job like the American Heart...

Hello, in Germany the usage of (S) Ketamine in combination with a benzodiazepine (usually Midazolam) is quite common. Often used for fractures and also unstable trauma patients with low pressure. I never used (S) Ketamine for any kind of agitated patients. Might be the problem that it is...

Thanks CANMAN13, quite interesting. In Germany it is quite common to use the king tube. Especially in arrest situations and of course as a back up (alternative airway). In Germany the use of a bougie isn´t quite common. Don´t know why. I have never ever worked with a bougie "for real". Only for...

Hey everybody, sorry in advance, if i might bore someone here with this thread (i don´t know, if the topic laryngela tube was handeld sometimes before). Can you tell me something about the use and the indication for the laryngeal tube in the US EMS? The laryngeal tube is inserted blind...

Hello, quite interesting Christopher. so if i got you right, it might be possible, for a non us citizen to get reciprocity with foreign education?!? At least in North Carolina :) So what would you think: a professional paramedic (1200 hours of education in medic school and practical...

In Europe you will find sometimes a cooling system called RhinoChill. The RhinoChill System uses a non-invasive nasal catheter that sprays a rapidly evaporating coolant liquid into the nasal cavity, a large cavity that is a heat exchanger and lies right under the brain. I´m quite sure, you...

Hello, in Germany for example it is quite common to have a work time up to 48 Hours/Week in average. But it depends to the company, what they are doing with this regulations. This could mean that you have to work one month 240 hours and the next month "only" 160 hours. To talk a little...

Hey folks, are there any kind of regulations (by law for example - or only intern regulations) who is allowed to ride along as a third rider in your ambulances? Referring the age, the education and so on. In Germany it is quite simple. You must be at least 18 and the rest depends on...

The "amiodarone foam" is sometimes really causing a problem. Here in Germany the manufacterer/distributor of amiodarone says, that amiodarone has to be mixed up with a bit of Glucose 5%. Don know, wether this is present and/or available in the US. Greetings

Hey, well the education for Paramedics in Germany is regulated by a federal law, which ist valid for all the 16 german states. The time for the education is at present two years. But there are plans, to prolong the education up to three years to get more knowledge an more competences in the...

Thank´s a lot