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Exam Prep Paramedic National Standards, This is the closest to the NR I have found. Mike ISBN: 0131999877 ISBN-13: 9780131999879 Format: Paperback, 450pp Publisher: Prentice Hall

The comment about the schools was not intended to excuse but my obviously poor attempt at sarcasm toward the government schools. Mike

Dinosaur's Position Very well put R/r 911!! The key is that every Paramedic receive solid field training that starts with basic assessment then leads to the decision making and follow through with treatment. Now if only we could teach "common sense"!! Mike

I'm sorry that I wasn't clear with my last post. I agree with you completely that we must not coddle folks and that they can and do kill people with their lack of knowledge or critical thinking skills. I am suggesting that if we look to the root of the problem we may find that we are very...

A dinosaur's position Many good thoughts here. I agree that in a perfect world we should require all personnel to function at the basic level for a minimum of one year. But unfortunately this world of ours isn't perfect so we make due with what we have. The responsibility must fall on the...

Hello to all. Like a few others here I would like a little more information about this case as well as a better 12 lead to suggest a different treatment. One question I have is did the C-PAP work? Understanding that IV access was poor and only a 22 gauge was placed I would hesitate to begin...