Recent content by Ginger Medic

Does anyone work for Sac Metro? I searched the forum but wasn't able to have any luck with this. It appears they have both a FF/Paramedic and a Paramedic position. I have never had much interest in being a firefighter, but love being a paramedic. Are the paramedic only positions treated like...

Awesome! Thanks!

Yeah, i saw that. I can't move out there this year but hoping they'll hire again in 2016.

Thanks!

Anyone work in Idaho? What department and how do you like it? I'm interested in third service, not fire. Currently looking into Ada County Paramedics. Thanks!

Makes sense, thanks for the help

I would think that too, but then you have to explain why it's still sensing a paced rhythm when the QRS has a normal morphology (in the second and third strips). If a pacemaker was firing, I'd think that it'd continue to show the same QRS. I'm not seeing it pop an intrinsic beat before the pace...

This definitely wasn't just artifact... Pulled it from the PCR, excuse the low quality, but maybe this helps

Interesting

I unfortunately didn't take a picture on my phone and turned my strips in for documentation. The patient did have a pacemaker. The run was at the same rate as the A-Fib, about 100-110 (which is really slow for V-Tach, but hey). There was never a period where the rhythm dropped bellow 88, so if...

Hey all, Transported a patient last night with abdominal pain to a local ER. On scene, patient was in uncontrolled A-fib between 106-110. 12 lead showed the same, no stemi or ectopy. At time of transport, patient was throwing intermittent runs of 3 complexes that looked like PVC's. Began our...

In my system I don't follow a script. I have a tool box, and it's at my discretion how I use my tools. The few things that I have to make base contact for are reasonable as they are extremely rare occurrence (Ca++ for hyperkalemia). On nearly every patient, I assess, plan and treat without any...

Helpful presentation, thanks! While I'd love the seemingly extra knowledge they have, I don't know that I can get past having to call a doc for permission to do what I'm trained to do.

Ask the nurses or doctors how you can improve your care after bringing in patients. Don't do it in a manner that seems as if you're unsure of yourself, but explain that you're trying to become a better medic.

I've been scouring the internet for a few weeks looking up all the information I can find about King County Medic 1. It looks like a great place to work, however one thing that came up was the topic of Medical Direction. In their recruitment video (I can't post a link as this is my first post on...