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We had a scenario like that but the instructor only gave it to us because we were diong great and he wanted to knock my partner and i down a notch because we were excelling. He told us we go to the mall for a call and see a girl sitting near a trashcan with a little bit of smoke coming out of...

I work as a phlebotomist in VA and cheated my way through i think. I started doing phlebotomy in PA and they just assumed it to be part of my job title as a NA and when i moved back to va i knew how to do it and got a job as a phlebotomist and that is currently what i am doing. most everything i...

I like to tell them to go play i mean direct traffic on the busiest street nearbye so that whay when they get hit i know exactly what im going to be dispatched to..... i mean thats just good job security ;)

Are you planning on getting hurt ?? i mean what does it really matter thats kinda the opposite for what were going for here as medics

I want to apoligize for those first two response you got cause it sounds like they were having a bad day and arent trying to help anyone out, but instead make sure that everyone knows they are the smartest emt's alive. I know how confusing it is with those questions that list it seems like four...

Id say i disagree that it your stuff take time to set up your not storing it properly. I was alwasy told that you keep letting them go and set up your stuff. Now I agree i would check for pulse first and then set up stuff but on the NREMT scenarios im pretty sure you keep the bystanders going...

I was too bored to read everyones advice but MY advice is to jump in as fast as you can try to do EVERYTHING they will let you. I have found working in hospitals that alot of times docs will even let you do things your not suppossed to do but you didnt hear that from me. BUt the more you jump in...

I was told a great way to stabalize the hips and hig femur was to use a KED. A KED you might ask? yes but you flip it over and use it upside down.Attach the chest part around the pelvis and use the neck part rolled up inbetween the thighs. I have not personally tried it but the EMT-B I was with...

I dont know where you were but in VA if i dont have a DNR and its the original we work it. We had a lady last night who made it very clear that this was the last time she wanted to be transported to the hospital because she had a DNR but was ok with going last night. We had the copy but both...

well as for wanting to go to the hospital she wouldnt really respond when we asked her. her family said she really wasnt on any medications and we ran through a list but nothing really even high blood presure or anything. the bruises were both old and new the one on the cheek though the family...

SO i was working with a paramedic the other night and i love working with htis guy, he is a wealth of knowledge. we had a situation though ias a basic disagreed with the course of action but we let it run obviously the way he wanted. heres the scene. dispatched to a 91yof injury from a fall...

I know its hard to believe that there are altruistic people out there but we really do exist. we do not receive any funding from the military. Every rescue squad is independently funded and supported by private means. I dont get anything out of running 80+ hours. As a vbems member you only need...

at least you guys get paid Virginia Beach has one of the largest volunteer rescue squads in the country. So the 80+ hours a months I run around on that ambulance is all for free.