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    EMT basic

    Anywhere from 8.75 to 27.50 in NYC.
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    EMS resume

    I'm applying to the NYC hospitals (not FDNY) How does one write a great ems resume. Like. How the **** do I seriously describe this job with out sounding too "I save lives" or on the other hand, too "I'm a taxi driver" I do private txp in the 5 boroughs and 911 vollie in bed stuy, Brooklyn...
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    What was happening with my pt? hypertensive crises? why?

    ok. just curious. thanks.
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    What was happening with my pt? hypertensive crises? why?

    esrd makes sense but she denied anything like that. Im new, are you saying stress and pain can cause 220 systolic? do you see it alot?
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    "uhhh...she obviously has a pulse, why do you think we called?"

    Let me just say I have respect for most nurses and this story does not represent my feelings toward the whole. Get called to a nursing home for an unresponsive. found 85 y/o F with serious pallor in apparent respiratory arrest on a CPAP, lying in bed with two nurses beside her. MOLST above...
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    "Best" things heard in dispatch

    "caller is repeating ' I dont ****s with the asthma. cant ****s with the asthma'. nothing further"
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    What was happening with my pt? hypertensive crises? why?

    I get called to a routine minor MVA. The car was rear ended at a red light. Fire on scene. 1 pt, 40 y/o F, wearing a seat belt, c/o headache, neck and back pain. denies dizziness, LOC, or striking her head on anything, PEARL ,- SOB, - Bleeding/swelling, + PMS x 4 Extremities. Says she wants to...
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    BVM mishap. Did I do something wrong?

    It also could have been the position of the airway, but that seemed totally fine too. No OPA was used. (Rejected)
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    BVM mishap. Did I do something wrong?

    I'm new, so when hiccups like this happen, I get kinda agitated and don't know wether it's my fault, or just something that happens from time to time. This happened to me last week and idk why. I'm not quite sure how to make it never happen again. I was ventilating an OD pt via BVM. (Very slow...
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    how to properly ventilate patient with possible tension pneumo

    ok lets say he's unresponsive with slow, shallow restorations. diminished lung sounds on right side. i'll throw in a sucking chest wound if you want to make things extra interesting. (occlusive has been applied) would you ventilate normally or modify ventilations somehow while ALS in route to...
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    how to properly ventilate patient with possible tension pneumo

    would an EMT-B ventilate this patient using less force while squeezing the bag or would you just squeeze as normal? (ALS has not tubed them yet) are there things to look/listen for regarding tidal volume and artificial ventilations? anyone experience adverse effects from ventilating them normally?
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    Forrest Hills Vollie (NYC)

    has anyone here been a member of FHVAC? if so, how was it? what was the call volume like? can you tell me a bit about working at the agency in general? thank you.
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    what is the civil service exam like? (FDNY EMS)

    what kind of questions are on the civil service exam? I don't understand what a civil service exam really is. for EMS, do they ask questions similar to the state written? or does it have nothing to do with medical situations?
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