Recent content by mindspade

Hi guys thanks for replying, I am in the western Connecticut area right now but willing to relocate or travel for the right job. I have both my state license and my national registry.

Hi, I am a entry level Paramedic looking for work in Connecticut. If anyone know anyone that is hiring or if anyone has any hints or tips in getting work in Connecticut it would be great appreciated. Thank you.

That might be somewhere i am tripping up. I obviously know a pt who needs to be intubated because they don't have an airway or i don't think that they can maintain it them selves. The same thing goes with cpap. I obviously know the CHFer who is talking to me but having a hard time breathing...

Thanks for all the advice guys. I actually had a CHFer last night at work who i put put on CPAP even thought the thought of intubation quickly went through my mind. His stats went from the eighty's to ninty-five percent and his work of breathing became a lot easier. I definitely going to...

The few times that i have used CPAP i have loved it. A lot of times i find myself doing nebs first since my first service was not big into CPAP, and i have just stared with a service that uses CPAP regularly. Must of the times when i ask medics here about uses they just tell me that ill know...

Thanks for the advice guys. As a pretty new paramedic a question is always in the back of my mind weather or not i should tube some one or not. I am not incredibly aggressive in airway management and always attempt oxygen and medications for thinking about tubing or even putting a pt on CPAP...

Hi all, I understand the concept of intubation, My issue is the fine line when you jump from BVMing a pt and intubating them. I understand when the pt cant control their own airway and what not but how and a COPDer or a bad asthmatic who is still talking to you, When is the point you decided to...