Recent content by Jochempeiper

He didn't use the chest pain protocols. He didn't do anything except take vitals and run a IV

oh, and to answer your question Jon; we can respond in a response truck- which for the paid stations is the second run truck. It isn't alllllll to uncommon to hear: "Respone 40 county, enroute". But usually about 2-3 minutes later it turns into Medic 40 because she picks her friend up. For a...

With My agency we have 5 stations in the county; 3 being paid. The other 2 are volunteers. When Station 3 or Station 4(volunteers) have a call, they instantly drop our tones too(Station 1). Station 4 doesn't have a Station because the county, I suppose, has more to do than build another rescue...

With the Western Virginia EMS, we can use Oral Glucose on a patient as long as they do NOT have a Altered LOC. I've saw some patients who have a Glucose of 56 and still be able to eat and drink(they were eating when we got there), his only complaint was being a little dizzy. After 1 tube of...

I ran with a un-named Float Medic who let a guy go to the Hospital with only a 20 Gauge IV. The bad part is the guy was having almost constant PVC's and Tombstone T-Waves and his QRS complex was all stretched out with a slight ST Elevation.

I agree with Hastings. I have never been able to hear Normal Lung sounds, but I can hear abnormal lung sounds(wheezing, rales, Rhonchi, stridor, etc)

I enjoy doing PPCR's because I am very technical. When I call in a report it goes kinda like this: "Remsi Medic 10 to NRVMC on Med Channel 10. They'll answer back, then I'll start off by saying: " We are embound to your location with a -yadda yadda- year old male, called to the scene for a...

It's through the Virginia Office of EMS

you're making me blush

Yeah, I feel bad for the pt's family. We ran a code a while back, and the way that the streets are laid out they are REALLY confusing. Their are 2 streets of the same name on different parts of the town, anyways, we had alot of trouble trying to find the address and when we got there, CPR was in...

I can pretty much read any EKG rythmn, it doesn't mean that I will call out "PVC, TOMBSTONE T-WAVE!" etc. If I see something that I MAY think is wrong with a monitor, I will ask him/her to check out the monitor for himself/herself. I have confidence in my Medics, but if something may seem odd...

From what I have heard, I don't like the way that the NREMT-P test works(from what I've heard). In Virginia we get our card, and training through the Virginia Office of EMS. So it is only good IN Virginia, and nowhere else, I would have to take the whole NREMT-B class and test out in order for...