Recent content by dac534

Well, todays the test. Hopefully I have studied this forum enough to pass it with flying colors. Im pretty sure fluid maintenance will not b e a problem. I will let you all know how I do.

I knew oxygen was a medication but I was talking about actual "pills or solutions" you give.

Another thing, what kinds of medications are you all able to give and what techniques are you able to perform according to your protocols? I assuming you all are medics so you can intubate, start IVs, decompressions..... but on my level of care, I want to compare the differences.

What I am studying for is EMT IV. In TN, we have a First Responder, EMT Basic, EMT IV tech., and an EMT Paramedic. I will(hopefully!) be one step under a medic, so therefore my protocols will allow me to give ten drugs(11 including oxygen) without calling for orders. Those include: Aspirin...

So osmosis occurs 99.9% of the time? The content is pretty much the same in the cell and the vessel. BUT where salt goes water follows, if there is no water in a cell, the water will move into the cell to make it homeostatic. Is that what you are saying?

I think after reading this over the fourth time something clicked for me. Here is how I am picturing this in my mind. I know its kind of kindergartenish but for some reason I was just not getting this. "salt and taxis". Ok. So, we have our blood vessel. We have our cell. The cells have got a...

First of all, thank you to everyone who has posted. Its really helping me understand this. So I am going to try and explain it teh best way i can and you all can tell me if I am right. Catecholimines are just norepi and epi. Correct? If that was the case, I was sitting here reading the same...

Hello. I am new to the forum and have some questions. I am in EMT school and we are talking about shock and fluid replacement. I have read and read the powerpoints but still don't get some of the materials. So, I know some of the questions are kindergarten to you all but Im still trying to learn...