Recent content by HNutley

I am afraid that I will have to take you to task on that one. I don't think that EMT's aren't properly trained. I think they haven't had the exposure that we have had to develop the critical thinking skills and the experience to tell the subtle differences. That comes with field time both as...

I love the idea of being able to transmit the information you have here. That would save so much time. Our service has talked about going with telemetry where we could send the 12 Lead to the ER but because of where we live, we have a lot of dead spots, we would probably have to stop the truck...

We have the toughbooks with EMStat on them. I think they are great and it is nice being able to do the PCR and get it done on the long transfers we have so when we get back to the station we can clean the rig and go home. Also it can be read. Ours does not have GPS capability which sometimes...

I agree. Working on a family member is one of the hardest things we can do. However you kept your cool, followed your training and did good. I would have not done the syrup as he was unresponsive but overall job well done.

If you have already heard good things about the program then I say go for it. It will be a little faster paced than the traditional 16 week program but it can be done. I agree that the instructors will make a difference especially if they don't tell the "war stories" every other ten minutes...

I don't think that EMT's or medics should carry weapons and that is on a personal level. I have carried a concealed weapon in my own personal vehicle years ago when I had a concealed weapons permit. Beyond that I would never carry one on the ambulance. I have known of patient's who were...

You could also make up a Jeopardy game as a review and do some scenarios to help with the review side of the written test.

As an instructor I usually lose one or two but then again I volunteer teaching EMT classes and usually have 7 to 10 students in my classes. As far as the pass rates, I usually have one that has to redo the written may be two.

Don't give up. The job will come, sometimes it just takes time.:)

Hey Andrea: I am an instructor from South Dakota and here is what I can tell you about allegations like that and from personal experience. If there is an allegation like the one you were accused of and it is unfounded it is usually kept in the system with Department of Social Services or...