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After listening to a patient scream that we were all white and racist for around 20 minutes the only African American doctor in the ER walks in so my partner turns and states, "Hey doc your black!" *FACEPALM* -Moods :ph34r:

Ok, figured you'd all like this one a bit sorry its long winded but its worth a read... 0300 Hours dispatched to one of the local gas stations for an unknown. Arrived to find an elderly female sitting on the ground in a t-shirt and undies she reported that she was abducted from her home and...

Pretty sad theres more trauma centers in most of your areas then my entire state combined... Guess that proves yet again why New Jersey's EMS system is pretty broke...

Yea, depending on what state your in depends on the level of care, for instance in New Jersey there's only EMT-B (Basic only first aid with very little difference to first responder) and Paramedic. In most other states they recognize EMT-I (Intermediate) and they can perform higher medical...

They're great till the injury passes over or is above one :censored: -Moods

Yea ditto...

Quickly obtain a baseline BP prior to loading your pt. then if you cant hear a manual BP while enroute try obtaining a palpated BP this also takes practice but it will give you a ball-park estimate of where the pressure is. (Palpated BP refers to feeling for a radial pulse and follow the radial...

Pay attention to your medic and learn what he wants you to do, if you work with the same medic constantly he will want you to do things for him or want you to perform certain BLS skills while he performs more advanced treatments. Be a good learner and don't think you know everything yet, as a...

Emt-b Yes, you have to keep your Basic up even if you are an instructor. Meaning complete your CEUs and do your Core 13.

Yea I was already thinking about that I was just curious to see about specific SOP's reguarding care rendered... Thanks for the input though...

A department near me started getting the audio from funny and odd calls and posting it... Some are pretty funny... evfc160.com scroll down and find audio...

Hey all, just a curious question... anyone in a department with SOP's reguarding treatment of injured Police/SAR K9's? Looking to find a way to train up some of my departments people for possible injury to a police K9...