Recent content by MedicSparky

Anyone turned down for EMS jobs!

Don't fret, I did too. We should form a club :P

At least you'll get rich writing a country song about your life!

Took a pre-emplyment test today. I SO want this job! It's an hour drive one way, but it's 911. Plus they -want- to pay for medic school. I can't wait to hear back o.O

Where were you in Orlando? I had Fl Hospital Kissimmee, O[sceola]RMC, and Orange County Fire stations 55, 58, 36 and 34.

My first clinical ride along had one interesting call, in fact the first call of this ride along. Young girl in a school started having difficulty breathing in the middle of class. When we arrived the class was cleared out and the girl was laying supine on the floor in the front of the...

If you're willing to deal with pulled hairs duct tape works

A physician clearing someone isn't malpractice if done with current acceptable procedures for determining their injury. A scientific study can be used in a court of law, and I never said otherwise. This means that if you make a determination not to implement a procedure that could help...

Its anecdotal because there's no way to know if the pt was injured before their trauma, no way to know the extent of the injury after the incident/before the intervention, and there's no way to measure how stable the pt was during moving to the spine board. To measure these things we would...

Good point ^^ For purposes of self interest of all people involved in the EMS process it's much easier to establish that stabilization works and therefore it is used. The evidence for selective stabilization is mostly anecdotal. The issue is that it is better to err on the side of caution and...

No, but it's easier for a lawyer to say "My client would be able to walk now if you'd have stabilized him," as opposed to "My client would be able to walk now if you hadn't stabilized him." It makes more sense to a jury and to expert witnesses that stabilization prevents injury.

I may be misunderstanding someone, perhaps when "padded boards" were mentioned this is what was meant. In school I was taught that you fill any void space between the pt and the board. This may not be the best possible practice for stabilizing spines/preventing further injury, but I can see...

Some people really don't know when to give up. :blink:

I've always loved the US Airforce Pararescue Code Particularly "These things I do, that others may live," has always struck me. Can't make the cut for PJ right now, so EMT is a good intermediary step.

Hey there, Just got my state and NREMT certifications a couple weeks ago. I'm still looking for a job in the Central Florida area, everything seems to require Medic or FF training. I'm thinking of going Airforce Pararescue, especially if there's nothing around here. I've lurked a while before...