Recent content by helicub81

my bad about the 12 lead. I'm an emt in the moment so i may get the terms wrong. I get that there are several reasons that a heart can stop, but does someone who is pulseless due to a heart attack register as aystole on a monitor?

Wait, so someone whose heart has stopped because he or she has had an heart attack, does that imply that if you put a 12 lead on, the monitor would register asystole? Which is not shockable? Or is that not always true?

I was wondering what the difference was between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. My understanding is that a heart attack is cause by a physical obstruction which leads to the heart muscle not getting enough blood and oxygen while the cardiac arrest is more of an electrical problem which...

Hi, I had question about the CEs for the EMT national certificate. how do you submit these CEs? I logged on to the nremt class and clicked edit on the CE portion and just added 13 hours. however, there really is no verification if i really completed the hours or not. Am I missing something...

Thanks for the quick reply. Does anything interesting happen on these calls? Do you think a BLS rig will ever utilize a BVM? OPA?

Hi, I had a question about the typical calls a BLS rig would get in San Diego. I got my emt certification about 2 months ago and I am thinking about applying for a job at South Bay Ambulance. I'm a full time college student and South Bay was the only company I could find that had flexible...

Well I'd consider it because the OPA is a way better airway.

At my school, the teachers said to just drop an OPA. If they have a gag reflex, go to an NPA but if they don't its all good. I guess it makes sense, because if they do have a gag reflex, the worst is a little gagging. (not quite sure if all patients go and puke.....) you just pull it out and...

BSI scene is safe :)

How come u guys didn't go directly for an opa? The opa's a better airway anyways and if he accepts an npa, drop an opa too? O :censored::censored::censored::censored: then ud have vomit to clean up nvm lol :rolleyes::rolleyes:

so I gather that there is no way around this predicament?

o my bad, i should have added that the class does require boots and emt pants and a shirt that they provide.

Hi, this is my first post and i wasn't sure if this was the right place to write... But anyways, I will be taking an emt b course in a couple weeks and im starting to look around for pants and boots. Are there any pants and boots taht look more casual rather than all rugged and emt like? The...