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We must get an auscultated baseline pressure first. The monitors can not tell the difference between someone moving and heartbeat like a real live person can. If we are the least bit doubting on the pressure, we do them all manually.

We carry tympanic thermometers. We are supposed to take a temp on everyone.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5422068.html This artical shows better survival rates if you have a heart attack in an airport or casino because you stand a better chance of defibrillation faster than in a hospital.

I have a master cardiology stethoscope and just replaced the tubing and diaphragm on it. I have had it for about 5 years and LOVE it. It is my third one....the other two were stolen. The one I have now is engraved with my name on it. They also have a serial number on them that you need to...

S.O. stands for Sheriff's Officers. I had a 5 week old baby that was born 4 weeks premature and a twin to top it off. The parents were given apnea monitors for the babies and they put this one down for a nap in the livingroom where they were playing video games with out it. Needless to say...

The software is Amoeba and the drop down boxes take getting used to. On bumpy roads and such (and me being left handed-it puts a shadow on the screen and the pen does not pick up sometimes) it is difficult sometimes to click on the correct answer. There is not much space between answers and you...

Our electronic system has most of the street names, hospitals in territory, and other information that is cut and dried (like ethniticity, gender, pulse qualiy, etc.) that are in drop down boxes. Our information stays on the computer until we transmit it to the server for QA QI and billing...

I also will place a towel or something similiar between the pt arm and my knee if I still hear a lot of road noise. It helps to absorb the noise making it easier (for me anyway) to hear. Not everyone can hear through every stethoscope. Try several different ones and see which one is best...

We have a couple of hospitals that are staffed by day, but have to call in the staff by night. In the event we catch one at night, we have protocols to fly them downtown to the level 1 hospital (it is 42 miles ground).

Dip gummy bears, worms, or any of the geletin candies in water and place on windows. It is almost impossible to get the goo completely off the window after it has dried.

You say he had a laceration to his face, was unconscious at one time and was talking incoherently to the cops when you arrived. So, even tho you are less than 5 minutes from the ER, why was he not placed in full spinal precautions? You do not know for sure that he was unconscious from alcohol...

Sounds possibly like child has aspirated something from the floor and now has pneumonia. With it dropping the heart rate and stridor getting worse, sounds like it moved to impede the airway more and that the child is getting tired of breathing. Support respirations, try not to aggitate the...

No, I have not. Our EMS instructor told us that if a pt pukes, we have the right to puke also. We always reserved the well next to the side door just for him. One time we had a rookie DPS officer and he was standing in the door and ignored a request to move. Needless to say, he had to...

Congratulations to everyone on the new addition to the family. You never know what the Lord has waiting for each of us. I bet Logan is the most excited about a little brother!

I work at a both types of services and I have taken both CEVO and EVOC. Here at the fire station, our insurance wants us to take the class every year. The certificate I have been told is good for 2 years.