Recent content by mbcwgrl

Best advise... Remember to treat your patient not your monitor! As an EMT that has my basic EKG cert and am currently working for a company that makes it mandatory that you audit an ACLS class every year, I think its a great idea to have the basic knowledge. 4 leads are a great start to quickly...

I've only seen it once... There was a medic that was involved in a fatal crash responding to a call. He returned to work a couple weeks following that horrible incident and it was ruled that the crash was not his fault. Doesn't help the guilt of knowing that you are there to help not hurt... We...

One of the toughest calls I have been on in my career has been a MVA with 3 dead children and 1 dead parent. In order to gain access to the one surviving victim we had to move a child first. The car was almost unrecognizable, and I have no idea how dad was still alive. He was awake but had a...

I'm really bummed that we dont have a law! Recently there has been more and more impersonating of paramedics and 1st responders so hopefully one will be coming in the near future! We also have no laws for beating us up! However we do have great police depts around here that take good care of us!

I have a friend that got his civilian EMT - basic but then joined the military. He is allowed with very little military training to do procedures that basics in civilian life are not allowed to do. That was a pretty good way of doing things on his part. But a little shocking too!

Personally, I love the idea. Where I work there are several times that our radios do not work. It may not convey what you need, but it would certainly get your partner's attention. It is light weight and I can think of a 1/2 dozen times this last shift rotation that a whistle would have been...

My first trauma death came when least expected... Looking back it was a little humerous... I was working on a transfer car taking grandma to the doctor... (thankfully grandma was not with me at the time) I was driving by myself down a busy hwy when all of a sudden everyone in front of me slammed...

In Colorado I work for one of the highest paying private ambulance services on the eastern slope and I dont feel I get paid squat. I don't know how it is out there, but from the sounds of it, its not much different. Out here the only way to make money and working for an emergency service is to...

I have 2 jobs... One place doesnt allow you to wear badges... The other job if you are full time you wear one... If you are part time you do not. I guess its their way of telling who is who ;)

:sad:We all know the laws regarding impersonating a police officer. We all know doing such a horrible thing has severe punishment. We all know the severe risks involved dealing with a fake cop. BUT... What about the risks, punishment and laws regarding a fake Paramedic or rescuer? I was...

One that is always played around the station is setting the alarm clock in your partner's bedroom for 03:18 and hiding it somewhere close to their head! The best one I did was put twinkies in someones boots so when they slipped their feet in it squished in their socks! They had to run the...

I honestly think its the best way to learn... I figured out very early how to decrease/ increase pn as needed! Everyone that is going to stick someone with a needle needs to be stuck by at least one before they go do it to someone else. It also gives you the same feeling the pt probably feels...

I agree to treat the pt not the numbers! If you have an unconscious pt you should do a bsl anyways. If its lower than say 80 or so... (really lower than 90) then push some D-50... Wont hurt and it could be the cause for the unresponsiveness... :wacko:

So if you get the shot and then call out... Do you get PTO?

I heard about a call ran not too long ago where a woman hit a buck and the buck was still alive even after going through the windshield. The woman was trapped between the buck and the seat and couldnt get out... Could you imagine the 911 call??? When the police officers arrived they had to shoot...