Recent content by JeffT

I'm a dual rate EMR/Security Officer at a Casino now, but haven't done but one medical as a backup to an EMT so far... going to do a lot more in the future. I got in to this for a lot of reasons... Prior to this job I was King of the Dish Pit (Steward II). This is a move up in pay from there...

check pulse FOR A LONG TIME. At that temp pulse may be one per minute according to the textbook... so it's a trick question... you usually do cpr on someone with no pulse after 10 second check, but in frigid cold, it's another story according to the text books.

harder... faster... deeper... (sorry had to) Serious note - thanks for the suggestions in websites. I'm gonna check them out. I've already looked at, and purchased some of the apps on google play. Some of the freebie ones are awesome by themselves, but most of them focus on really simple...

funny to see PUAHA (PICK UP HAUL ***) on the chart at http://www.lifeguardadventures.com/media/Maps/EMTposter.pdf

I'm saying some people think they are above the law, not just in EMS, but everywhere. Usually if folks are jackasses and cutting corners in professionalism and courtesy to others, it's likely they are cutting corners in other aspects of their job as well. If that's the case, and they are doing...

Give a fool enough rope and they will hang themselves. Remember that Corporate Compliance Rules are everywhere... keep your eyes open for ways to utilize that fact if he's doing something you don't think is a legit way of doing it... If he is doing stuff legit, suck it up princess. Try...

Move to another state and/or consider possibilities outside of the ambulance? Mississippi and Missouri are not far away... I'm studying to be an EMR at an Isle of Capri Casino property here in Missouri at the moment, and my instructor is teaching classes at one of the other properties...

in class we were told that the only obvious sign of death that we can actually consider an obvious sign of death in this type of situation is decapitation... of course this is an emr level class, not an emt level class... is that rule of thumb the same for others?

currently in EMR class...

I'm not an EMT or even EMR yet (in the EMR course)... One thing that I'd like to say is that if actually being on the ambulance isn't necessarily for you, there's an entire medical profession out there that deals with what happens afterwards. Some people are more comfy in front of a desk all...

still in EMR class at this point in time, but I see some of you are mentioning gear... I currently work as a Steward II in a Kitchen (basically the lead guy in charge of the dish pit and doing oddball jobs that the head chef doesn't want to get their hands dirty with like spending hours in a...

Sounds like someone has an altered mental status?

http://emtlife.com/threads/shockable-rhythms.13976/

new kid on the block here. Just gotta say, thank you for participating in this interesting conversation. Love this forum and all of you guys posting here. Looking forward to many years of reading and posting here in the future.

second hand watch from walmart should be fine... it's used to measure pulse and blood pressure, so you need to figure out when stuff is 10 (max time to measure pulse in unresponsive patient before you determine if cpr is necessary) seconds, 15 seconds (multiply times 4 to get pulse), or 30...