During my ride-along a paramedic told an EMT-b to take a pt's blood glucose level even though it's not in our county scope.
Does supervision warrant that?
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I noticed that the people asking this are paramedics. At the EMT level we're pretty much taught to c-spine instead of following some algorithm. I guess better safe than sorry.
Took the test yesterday at 8pm. Luckily I got to sleep through the waiting. Stopped at 70 questions and I was super worried and not confident at all. Checked it just now, after minutes of looking, and found out that I passed :D
Sorry, this might be a stupid question. I just took the test yesterday and I'm having a tough time locating my application status (whether I passed or failed). First time using the NREMT website and I can't find my way around it... I've tried the search feature and Google but I'm still having...
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PENMAN @ the inception of pt. assessment
P - Personnel, patient, partner safety
E - Environmental hazards
N - Number of patients
M - Mechanism of injury (or nature of illness)
A - Additional resources
N - Need for c-spine or extrication
I learned this as PERRL - Pupiles Equal, Round, and React...
Hey fellow or past EMT-B students,
I just wanted to know... how long were your clinicals and ride-alongs?
It seems that there's a range of the experience we get in different classes and I wanted to see how that was spread out.
I'll start off: I was expected to do 1 clinical lasting 8...