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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html HOW TO STOP HOSPITALS FROM KILLING US I Got mine from this article, interesting read.

I agree with the 12 lead set up, learn to do that fast and effectively to save your paramedic the time while he is starting the IV etc.when your out there just jump in the situation get your hands dirty, you'll screw up but that's part of the job experience. It'll become second nature to you...

A tall bad boy of a Stanley thermos filled to the top with cheap gas station coffee for 1 dollar. A quart a day keeps the doc away!:D

Heck, the questions on jb test paramedic were harder than the national registry when I took it.

It is sort of hard to track down, but you can get a taste of it on you tube . Just type in paramedics heart attack. I have them all recorded but have been trying to figure out how to get them off a dvr. Another good one is toughest place to be a paramedic. Is follows a European paramedic...

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Wow! I never heard of preceptors cutting students for a few missed IV s. Well congrats on making it out in one piece. Another fond memory of being a paramedic intern. Lord knows I have a few.

couldnt have been said any better. Also I don't know if they are still playing them, but discovery health was showing reruns of a show called paramedics that ran in 2000. It shows camera crews shadowing paramedic units across the US major cities. Excellent show.

I seriously doubt a preceptor would cut a student for IV fails. Assessments on the other hand...

Care ambulance runs a handfull of areas in Los Angeles county as well.