Recent content by firemoose0827

Well, we agree on one thing. I believe that a paid system needs to be started in every community. The service to the patient is what is priority, and the timely delivery of this service is key. Most volunteer based services, especially rural areas, have extremely high response times. This is...

I am glad for you and your desire to remain in EMS. And obviously your pay scale is better than mine. Can you raise your family on $14/hour as a medic?? As a basic I started with $7.50/hour...sorry, but that is not enough to raise a family. I did make adjustments to suit my family. I got a...

Wow...Ouch. Thanks for the insult. I let my ALS drop because I was a FT EMT-CC and had no issues getting my CME's. When I left my FT Job for better pay, I could not continue to get my CME's, work 2 jobs and support a family, so I went to a Basic EMT again to help my volunteer squad. Some...

Received a call at my paid EMS gig at a local nursing home for a female patient unresponsive, not breathing. We respond code 3 and arrive in less than 2 minutes from our station, go running up the stairs loaded with bags and equipment, get to the patients room...the door is closed and...

Understood. I was once an EMT-CC and know of this too. But we just learn the basics of getting a picture to the ALS provider of what things looked like before they got there, which helps them get a bigger timeline. Thanks. I guess this is the same as any other EMT arriving on scene of a...

I have worked for 2 companies in New York, both private EMS. When I graduated High School I got hired at Response Ambulance. Nice little company with good pay for a guy fresh out of HS. Than it was purchased by Rural Metro. They have 3 stations in my area; One in the City of Herkimer...

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Sure...Ill try. First off, we dont do anything with the 12 leads, just 3 lead. But regardless of what I explain here there will be the ones that just tear it apart and be the usual monday morning quarterback, just like in every discussion that has something that someone is not sure of, or has...

It all boils down to some very basic training...ABC's. I was trained in basic that if you encounter a problem in any of the ABC's than you are working on that until it is alleviated. You have bleeding from the neck, which in my opinion is all three. It is severe bleeding near the trachea...

This, and another reason. Im my squad we are volunteer, but we are ALS certified and only have 3-4 ALS providers. If they dont show, we ask for the County Medics to respond. My squad trains all of the members in the set up of certain things like ECG, and IV's so we can assist the medics...

Well thats fine. But with my hospitals in the area I work, they love to get all the info they can from EMS to use as a timeline of the patients condition. Check the progression of events and the severity of the signs and symptoms from the time EMS picked them up to the current time. If we...

Where did I state that? In New York, we have the following levels; EMT Basic- vitals, backboard, collar, bleeding control, fracture management, SPO2, Emergency Child Birth, Oxygen, Assist with Patients ASA, NTG, and Epi Pens, Blood Glucose Monitoring after being cleared by Med Control...

In my area we use this often, only to get numerous questions from ED staff. We operate out of a small rural Hospital with an 8 bed ED; 7 beds and a trauma room. They have one doctor 24/7, and a staff of 2-4 nurses depending on the time of day and available staff. We all know each other pretty...

I have had that issue as well with my very first stethoscope I purchased for $20, it was a dual tube and it always gave me artifact noises I thought were coming from the patient. But I also agree, buy an affordable scope. Some people spend hundreds of dollars on their scopes and when they...