Recent content by FFPARAMEDIC08

I see what he means, but in general firefighters are required to have some level of medical experience and/or certification. In the future the OP should specifiy

What an ignorant post. I will address this more when I wake up.

First of all let me thank you for doing what so many people would be afraid to do (be it liability reasons or what have you). You did everything you could do for the patient. Good job.. Even as a medic I would have had to wait for the convulsions to stop before giving IV valium.

Awesome job on passing the practicals. The national paramedic test is very challenging. Make sure not to "request ALS backup." :D

As disassociative stated, your local ER would probably be more than happy to hire you as a tech.

First I would like to thank everyone for the replies! I talked to the medical director and his course instructor. Neither one of them have a problem with him practicing what he learns in the class provided that I'm supervising him, he performs only the procedures he has been trained to do thus...

I would go with anatomy & physiology. While biology would be a very interesting course, the NREMT-P includes various questions regarding human anatomy.

Honestly there is nothing wrong with online training for a majority of programs. However, in EMS, your training may make the difference between life and death for someone. Sure you can get your card and a cool title that way, but it's the skills that are associated with that title that count...

We actually use a system of tags to keep things in check. All of the cabinents are tagged. When a tag is broken, we know something needs restocked. It's unfortunate, but roughly 60% of our employees do NOT check their rigs before a shift.

I have never had a psych patient try to escape, but a patient (non psych) did take a swing at me once. At that point I instructed my partner to stop the rig, and we proceded to backboard him and put him face first on the cot. He wasn't interested in fighting after that. Not to mention it was a...

Hook, that is a rather ignorant approach to emergency medicine. That's right, as rr put it, we are employed in the medical field as healthcare providers and need to act accordingly. It's your JOB as a professional healthcare provider to be a patient advocate. Which, in this case, is knowing...

They suspended you for that? People in my department are involved in minor accidents monthly. My boss has the "as long as you don't lie about it" attitude.

Just make sure you're in between the doors and you'll be fine. ;) (that's a joke by the way) Seriously though, don't worry so much about getting it in there perfectly. Just try to back it in without tearing off the bumper!

Rid, thank you very much for that link. I am going to thoroughly consider taking their course.

See fire, my partner knows his stuff but is also having a little bit of trouble (this is just due to the lack of experience doing it, I'm sure). I think if medic students were to act under supervision of a paramedic it would be a valuable learning experience for them. Technically, clinicals are...