Recent content by Durchii

The King is one of the better things to happen to Airway Management for quite some time, especially for those who don't have the skill set to place ET's. You can drop one in a tenth of the time that it would take you to intubate someone and you can begin ventilating your patient (which...

Seriously? This is good to know, due to the fact that a majority of my time is spent looking for a good service to volunteer with, and they won't even consider taking me on as a non-paid Basic at the Fire Department, which does employ EMT Vollies. The majority of what I heard is that if you do...

Don't be discouraged when you mess something up. You will completely destroy the rest of your class experience, as well as your Clinicals, if you decide to let your emotions get in the way. You are new to true BLS, you are going to screw up a few times. Learn from it and move on. Don't be...

Seriously? I would love to see those.

Hehe, I'm not kidding! They have Oxygen Tubing going through the dorsal side of them (or the bottom), which provides Blow-By while the child plays with the Bear. They look very similar to this one, except the ones AMR had during my Ride Alongs were blue in color and had a much more discreet...

Yep. I've seen a very similar device used by AAA when I locked my keys in my car nearly a hundred miles away from home. The guy they sent just slipped the pad in between the door and the frame, inflated it, and stuck a long pole into the gap it creates to hit the Unlock button. I tried the...

Blow-By is one of my favorite methods for administering O2 to any child under three (hell, even four or five, depending on the child) when they won't accept the Ped NRB. I've also found that children can often be more scared of the Cannula than a Mask, due to the fact that they believe the...

Yeah, come to think of it, we had a few 17 year olds in my Basic class that came of age within the first two weeks of the course in time for their Ride Alongs. No one younger, though. There are a few ways to look at this, Fedekz. It's terrific that you're showing interest in EMS this early and...

It really does differ from County to County. In Colorado Springs, AMR operates via computer (Typically, a laptop is given to both the Basic and the Medic) and from speaking with some Medics in Denver that I know, they're running on computer as well. However, I was in Larkspur for The...

Nineteen years old here and new to the forum itself. Completed my EMT-B class on May 10th, as well as practicals. Finished with ten students out of an original head count of twenty five. Great Instructor, though! I would definitely work with him again. Scheduling my NREMT Exam in the next month...