Recent content by GregEMT19

probably should be avoided if at all possible, i've had a couple bad situations... especially in this line of work, there needs to be absolute team work between all parties involved.

haha, yeah. that gets me every time.

haha, there is another pretty funny one under the related videos of some drunk guy runs face first into the back of a rig.

Right now I'm a manager and a restaurant and we give military, fire, law enforcement, and EMS discount. Its our way of saying thanks. I was on a clinical last thurs and all three of us on the ambulance received 50% off our meals at Subway. It is nice to get that, and easier on the wallet I would...

Went on my first clinical ride last thurs and we had a pt request to be taken to a hospital w/ a preist at the hosp. Wasn't a problem, i'm pretty sure most hospitals have them these days anyways?

Wait, nevermind. figured it out. my bad.

Not really sure what you mean by this???

wow, it really does make you wonder what is wrong with people? do you have any more information about that program? I'd like to see more about that study.

Sweet, thanks all who helped answer my question. Thanks for the welcoming Trama. Seems like there are some pretty knowledgable people on here. I'll contribute when I can.

I suppose a higher suction strength could be used to clear the catheter in the event it was clogged. Is there any benefit to suctioning at a higher rate? Or is there any danger to the pt by going higher?

Hey guys, I'm now in my second month of EMT-B cert and have been reading this forum. Very helpful, and I figured I would throw a question out there for anyone that knows the answer. We just got done covering suctioning in my class and I came across something that was bothering me. We were...