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    Trismus - What exactly causes it?

    call for a medic and do the best you can with a couple NPAs
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    Grossest Call?

    call for an elderly patient not acting right. we get there and suspect abuse/neglect because you could smell their bedsores from miles away
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    83 y/o N/V + Fever

    nausea and vomitting im going to give zofran. i can only give ODT...i cant draw it up because med director is stupid sounds like ODT is contraindicated anyways because need for suctioning. sounds like i wouldn't be giving the tylenol either. only drugs i can "push" are d50 narcan and epi...
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    83 y/o N/V + Fever

    12 lead, IV, Med Control for 4mg Zofran ODT, Fluid Bolus, if the patient is able to swallow then 1g Tylenol PO for fever, and get the O's flowing via nasal prong capnography at 4LPM. Robb, why would you try to stay away from treating the PSVT?
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    ARC Lifeguard Instructor

    I just recently got a promotion on the beach that charges me with the certification and recertification of our lifeguards, as well as assisting in the annual trainings we do before the season opens, however, I need American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor to accept the position. I need help...
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    Airways for EMTs

    Maine: NPA/OPA WV: NPA/OPA/King/Combi
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    Cricothyrotomy revisited

    one of the medics I work with said that both times he has needed a cric, he used a needle cric as a landmark to assist with the surgical procedure.
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    Advice for New Basic

    Nobody knows everything...that means there is always something to be learned from other people around you, wether it be the medic you work with, the other brand new basic you work with, or even your patient. Also don't crash the bus. It just looks bad.
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    100% Directionless Thread

    I got drunk at a party about 2 months ago, got a little too tipsy, and lost my phone with low battery. Don't remember a single thing. Decided to bite the bullet and get a new one, just found it behind the toilet yesterday..How did I not think to look in the most logical place?
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    Can you answer my questions?

    ER Techs where I am from do Labs, EKG, lift assist, code assist, and require EMT-B. If you have AEMT or Medic, some doctors will let you work under your prehospital scope of practice in the hospital setting (IVs, Code Drugs, Intubation, administration of various IM/IV meds,) Down here at school...
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    How would you treat this patient? ALS or BLS?

    BGL,12-lead, saline lock, labs, 4mg ODT Zofran. This call can be managed at the ILS level
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    Lowest BP with patient asymptomatic?

    My mom frequently does IronMan length races...she is baseline hypotensive/bradycardic. I'm a distance swimmer so I am as well, but I am not as low as her.
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    Injectable Oxygen

    possibly he was only reffering to the AEMT level...and he did actually wear a tshirt that said Keep Calm and BLS before ALS on the first day of class. It was in WV
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    Injectable Oxygen

    you could give the patient some bicarb, but thats still not going to remove the CO2 from the body. And then you have to worry about sodium overload. Maybe it was just my teacher's philosophy, but I was told if you have to push more than 2 IV drugs to fix the problem, then it isn't your job to fix.
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