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Great info everyone!

Thanks for the reply.

Here's a poorly drawn MS Paint picture describing two possible splinting scenarios. Hopefully you can see the attachment.

Lets say you guys come across a patient with a fairly grossly angulated extremity fracture or a patient who was reluctant to move the limb into an easier to splint/transport position; but the limb has a good distal circulation. Maybe the patient is lying supine with a shoulder injury and the...

Thanks BADDLEGG, that was quite helpful. Anyone else have any tips or info ?

So I'm hoping some of you can provide some clarity for me. I'm currently an EMT-B student and need some help on the proper flow/algorithm to a call. I know this might sound like a dumb question but please bear with me. When you are out on a real ambulance call how do you start off and...

Thanks for the advice. I may just do the notebook thing, hopefully that will help me out a little.

I should clarify things guys. I'm talking about my actual preceptorship where you go out on car and do the calls and your preceptor evaluates you. The school I went to was one of the shorter programs with very little classroom time and a whole lot of independent study. Are there any good...

Ok, thanks! Anyone else have any advice for me ?

Hey guys so I'm currently doing my EMT-B practicum and I am having a really hard go of it. It's basically been a combination of things that have contributed to my suckyness during practicum. I really need some advice, encouragement and so forth. Are there any good EMT websites that can help...

Ahhhhh, so it's assessing the patient's neurological function. I start my EMT-B later this month so I'll probably be asking lots of questions. Thanks for the input it was very helpfull.

Ok.. I understand the expose part, but why the disabilities part in the primary survey? I thought the primary was for life threatening issues, wouldn't a disabled arm be found in the secondary survey(head to toe)? MedicRob could you please go into more detail about the disabilities part?