Recent content by c_looney2006

70 and passed. I had a lot of respt and cardiac questions. And that was about it.

Ok....I did perform the prehospital stroke test and pt presented with left side weakness, slight facial droop, sleard speach and left arm drift. Pt had a history of asthma, high choloestral and takes meds for both. Scene servey does not revile any open medication bottles in the apartment. Als...

You arrive on scene to find a 71 y.o male sitting in his chair, slumped over. Patient is responsive to verbal stimui and can follow some comands. Patient has snoring respirations, vitals are: resp 8 shollow and irregular, bp 96/p, pr of 54 weak, glucose 251 mm/dl, puples pin point and fixed. You...

Thanks for the tip on prepairing the bag...ill have to remeber that...we were never taught it in class or shown....I just had a general knowlege on how to do it. Thanks!!

Are u refering to MAST ambulance service?

Oh....okay...thanks....I was gonna bring it back up later but then we ran like 8 calls back to back and I just forgot about it til now and I'm doing my skill sheets about my shift for class...thanks!

I'm an emt intern right now doing my clinicals and I had to prep my first iv bag and I noticed some air moving down the line and into the pt via the iv cath. When I asked the medic about it he said that some air won't hurt and then he changed the subject. I'm not questioning his answer or...

I've been on some of the middle to larger sized departments website and the ones that are hiring all have the requirments of fire 1 & 2 and basic or medic...so I'm just a little worried. I plan on taking my medic starting next sept. If I have too I can take fire 1 & 2 this spring, but I really...

Not really sure were to post this so here it goes Here in missouri most departments are fire and ems together....I'm about complete with my emt basic and was woundering how likely am I to get onto a department with only a basic certifaction. Now kansas city as Mast ambulance that is not...

Now you take a new bottle of shampoo and put a bottle of nair or any other hair removal cream in it and mix well.....then when who ever uses it there hair will fall out slowly everydayy a little more each day, they will even lose there eyebrows......and the best part is they will never know what...

dumb fire fighter My town has the largest fired protection dist in the county and most eveyone knows what county roads are were. This is how this went out Disp: "tones.........________fire, fire response is needed to ________ z hwy bates city for a structure fire fully engulfed, time of tone...

Starting Class on the 22nd Hey 21 here and a friend and I are starting EMT-B in Missouri on the 22nd of this month....Any advise as to what to expect and pointers? National Registry exam is in Jan 10 and what all does the test compose of?? Thanks, Chris Looney EMT-B Student