Recent content by FireCPT11

I always start by taking report from the healthcare provider responsible for the pt's care...even if it's just a transport to a doctor's appointment. I'd rather not be surprised by anything once we get on down the road...cuz then it'll be MY behind on the line, and often times what a nursing...

1)Where do you work? WV 2)What type of service is it? Non-profit paid/volly organization that is contracted to be the primary county service 3)What type of calls do you do? 911, Transfers, Intercepts 4)What level of care do you provide? Organization provides both BLS and ALS. I am an...

I used to hate transfers and trying to make small-talk so much that I would inform the pt that it was perfectly okay with me if he/she took a nap and then retreat to the airway seat so that I didn't have to interact much, if any at all. I was a volunteer and usually the third on an ALS truck, so...

I think so...edited my post to clarify just in case...

D50 IM? I hope that it was meant that D50 would be given IV and Glucagon IM...Because I also wouldn't want to document my justification for thinking it was okay to cause severe tissue necrosis...:unsure:

I am a fire/EMS/law enforcement dispatcher for a county-wide PSAP that is dispatch for nearly 30 agencies. Have done that for about 3 years now. Have not had any experience with non-PSAP dispatch, but I think that there are some things that probably will be the same... Dispatching for...