Recent content by laina66

funny.. I have a mug with a star of life on it that says "coffee...when adrenalin just isn't enough." haha. oh boy.

:lol:Firefighters may be able to handle the heat...but only EMTs can legally cut your clothes off. So...I'm running crew chief one night and we have a new member on (who is in the process of taking her EMT training.) She decides at about...2215 shes already going to head to bed. She takes...

In NY state we are allowed to use these--- I use this on almost every patient I get. Especially ETOH...as does most of my crew members. When dealing with other situations it is still good to have a reading down on the PCR and worry more about this when you get to the ER (unless it's crazy...

We are looking for some inexpensive (even if not in super fantastic condition) VHF pagers and/or radios. Anyone have anything?

how do i do that?

yes we do...we already have radis but need more and we would like pagers for officers.

catheter I believe that this situation is similar to a situation I had during my clinicals (ER time)....we had a 2 y/o F come in with a fever and stomach cramps...mom didn't want a catheter placed...and obviously child is too young to talk for herself...but they needed a urine sample to run...

I work at a camp's infirmary during the summer, and ride with an ambulance the whole year... There are a number of different protocols between the two, and sometimes it is aggrivating. Anyone else dealing with a similar problem? Does it make you nutty?:blush:

tongue depressors are the wooden "popsicle sticks"... they come in handy to putting oral airways into children, etc.

6 years is a long time for plastic...they do have a shelf life i believe.

Well.. I have a bag designed after my bag in the ambulance-- 2 triangle bandages a bunch of different sized adhesive bandages non-adhesive bandages 6 4x4's, 6 3x3's. 10 2x2's. burn gel (3 packets) aspirin (low dose) 1 inch tape, 1/2 inch tape, 3 inch tape. pre-wrap. athletic tape...

i GET MOTION SICKNESS PRETTY BAD...USUALLY I JUST USE THOSE SEA BANDS---NO SIDE EFFECTS AND THEY WORK GREAT :O)

We are a small, student-run EMS squad with little support from campus police and the health center. We have just enough money in our budget to get the needed medical supplies..and even sometimes with that we're slacking a little (our budget hasn't changed since 1997...) Does anyone know either a...

I just took the basic cardiology review just to check it out and it's extremely well organized. I actually sent the link to my training officer so he could look into it and it might be useful if even not for CMEs, but just for knowledge reviews for the squad. Looks good to me.

I can DEFINATELy tell when local areas are coming on with a call. haha every tone is different!