Recent content by BrianJ

opposite for us here in tucson. Had our fist heat rescue of the season yesterday, The news covered our summer heat training last week. http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/296329 http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10491072&nav=HMO6HMaY

To answer the OP question: The answer for the quiz's purpose is contact medical control. Good luck with your studying.

How about the two mandatory quarters to use that wilderness payphone? I thought that list was lacking many items that I use all the time; and had many that seemed worthless.

cheap blanket Along the same lines as the foil blanket, one item I have found very useful is a cheap fleece throw blanket (3/$10 a most walgreens or CVS) works well as padding for patients on the stokes, able to wrap around a cold patient, and can be used in an overnight shelter. To clarify...

sar kit My kit consists of: handful of 4x4s SAM splint some combination of roller gauze + ace or coflex roll or two of 2 inch athletic tape BP cuff and scope warm packs or cold packs depending on the time of year. Shears Alcohol prep pads CPR mask Not really much, our team has a med...

Links I found this site was a nice resource when I took an A&P class last summer. http://academic.pgcc.edu/~aimholtz/AandP/AandPLinks/ANPlinks.html Brian

What I've found works best in most of my classes (I'm not in paramedic classes) is to write all notes by hand, then after class retype them in a question and answer format. ie: if the notes are on interstitial fluid; I will make a question such as what four pressures influence volume of...

Many SAR teams use EMT-B as the baseline medical training. When faced with a heat exhausted patient with a long transport time; IV's might have a place. The problem seems to be that even on very active SAR teams an active volunteer might only stick a patient once or twice a year; probably not...

I'm curious to which part of the country you are in, I'm in Tucson, AZ where we have an enormous spanish speaking population. Yes it would be nice if no language barriers existed, but if your patient can learn the above information how hard is if for you to learn the questions in spanish? For...

Psio I'm taking A&P this summer through a University in class. The labs are awesome, yesterday we dissected sheep hearts and played with EKGs. In fact this is probably the best class I have ever taken (starting my 4th year at the university this fall). Also if you have a good instructor the...

thanks all Thanks to all for your help. I'm kinda stuck at university of arizona which does not have a degree in ems, in fact I heard they are getting rid of their paramedic program this year. What I've decided on is to finish up my degree in nutrtition then work on pursuing ems, till then...

Hey all, this is my first post after lurking here for quite a while. I'm currently in the middle of my junior year at a university majoring in nutritional sciences. When I graduate I know that I want to pursue a field in EMS with paramedic the goal. I'm currenly doing SAR volunteering in a...