Recent content by Firemedic1989

Its all situational, based on how your patient is presenting and what their complaining of. Treat your patient not the monitor! Also, any past cardiac Hx, and they are complaining of chest pain or any other sypmtom that might lead you to believe that it can be cardiac in origin, do a 12 lead. In...

EMT-SLICK, I have been through EMT-IV tech and just currently finished medic. I did have some people in my class who were absolutely terrified to allow someone to practice on them, which in reality now doing it for a while, I dont let anyone practice on me who is starting out, due to not being...

As a FR I believe the most appropriate thing to do in this case is to get a good basic assessment and history on the patient so that when the transporting crew does arrive, you can paint them a good picture on what road they should take. Also saves time for the Medics on scene