i brought up my current work as reference to not having gotten my paramedic as of yet. my point of bls befor is that medics look down on basics as you have brought this to light. I understand you can perform bls care i was only upset at your comment attacking my level as a civilian, and you...
its amazing i guess you are one of those paragods i was refering to. i have no intentions on arguaing here i was making a point that there are very good BLS crews out there i am one of them you could ask for my references, and excuse the :censored: out of me for chosing to go into the army. It...
this will be short. in both aspects bls or als, you are only as good as the amount of time you have been doing it. I know of senior BLS crews that have better diagnostic ability then a brand new ALS crew. The only difference is is the paragod attitude that is presented to the BLS crew. ALS has...
usually mechanical failure plays a role, but at times its pilot/crew error, i used to drive ground transport in worc ma for lifeflight, there program works very well imo because at any time anyone in the flight crew can refuse to fly IE weather, fatigue, ETC. other flight companies are just that...
nice but i dont think that would work for my last FD. any water we have in the rigs come from still ponds that i havnt even seen animals swim in. it would take alot of chemicals to make that water clear again
this will sound horrable but my brain has a couple wires crossed..... if your gonna take pain meds wouldnt you think that maby you would take them from oh I dont know a hospice pt that wont be coming back to realize the meds are missing.... duh
i agree the class i took was by an older man ed lessy, great guy but i learned more about scuba diving than ems. he covered everything he was supposed to but i had to learn alot on my own. ive said it befor but im glad i worked for AMR it gave me a chance to get really good at vitals and...
80 would still give you palpaple radius pulses, yes, and if the fetus is at the core of the mother the fetus would be getting as much blood volume as the mothers vital organs. however it still comes down to blood volume not fluid volume, you can keep pressure up for some time but not actual...
its been so long...... was observation of the rise and fall also incuding placing your hand on the chest maby she was looking for that as well lung sounds would come in to play on detailed physical exam unless u see signs of JVD during rapid assesment. just how my mind interpreted this :glare:
i dont see this show going away anytime soon. besides its christmas season most shows dont start again till jan. i think they would do a better job if the overdraumatic situations would go away and they would just show the job for the humor and realistic crazyness it can be