Recent content by ochacon80

Hey guys. I used to work in Los Angeles County as an EMT - B for a year. I was all set to go to Paramedic school at Mount Sac but my wife got a great job offer to work for Barton Hospital in South Lake Tahoe. The opportunity was gold so we made the move. The move though has kind of put a freeze...

So during my short career in EMS ( a little over a year) I have injured my lower back moving a morbidly obese pt. I was taken off the field by my doctor for 2 weeks and returned to the field without issue. about a week and a half ago I was sleeping on the bench seat in the back and when I woke...

I don't have a specific occurrence but I know a few times a couple of our dispatches have said patient names over the radios, I cringe every time it happens.

Depending on who the driver is, spontaneous acceleration in the ambulance is always possible lol.

Yeah but Renal Faliure is a dx and I have been told that can't be used as a cc so I refuse to make one up or go with the "general weakness"

Even though I am IFT I take pride in my patient care, I assess patients and look for signs of seriously potential problems, my patients are in good hands, it's just the management side of things that has be burnt on my company. I have a question of ethics though. According to my training a...

I'm at the brink of frustration with my IFT company. I enjoy most of the people I work with and I have developed a good relationship with some of the ER staffs in Long Beach, but my company is starting to feel like a sinking ship. I think the two things that piss me off the most are Marketing...

Does anyone know where i can find a list of abbreviations used for meds used by medics?

What exactly is night differential? I just switched over to night, love it BTW. Should my pay be differentnow?

I really hate con homes. Why is it taco tuesday.

I have learned never to send a loved one to a nursing home, at least here in L.A. that holds true.

So as BLS providers are we basically damned if we do damned if we dont? I have been verbally raped by nurses on more than a few occasions for transporting what they consider ALS patients. I have also been yelled at by my marketing staff and owner for as they put it "takking money from the...

I get what your saying. Ive only been doing this for 8 months and just recently I found out we just started collecting cash. I had never heard about it prior so I was a little confused on the subject. Thanks.

Of course I pay at time of service. Non emergency for the most part. It just seems wired collecting money from patients families. Feels more like im a cabby then an EMT.

Our owner advised us that there should never be any reason for us to call ALS. He always jaws about how our protocol states that if we are within 5 minutes of any ER its an automatic transport. He doesnt take into consideration what type of condition the Pt is in, or if they need any...