Recent content by Paulie_G

One More Thing I didn't read what your preceptor told you about "reconsidering EMS." Pardon my french but :censored::censored::censored::censored: THAT GUY! You are new to EMS and are just starting to get the experience. Way out of line for a preceptor to say that to you. Studying your...

Teachhing Style Some bosses and teachers try and motivate people like that. No matter what you do you can always be doing something better, cleaner, quicker, more efficiently. Good attitude to have. As for rushing out to the patient to be first on scene your boss should know better then...

Hemo or Pnemo It wasn't air a needle decompression was done and blood bubbled into the tube. And your right the pt. needed an OR.

Reconsider my goals I appreciate your advice when it comes to EMS related topics.

Scene Safety And you're right scene safety is the most important thing. As far as I am aware the gun was left at the pts. parents home. PD was on scene for the duration of the call. I would also wait in the truck and let PD secure any scene with a weapon present. So as far as scene safety...

911 As for the dad not calling 911 right away. he lived a block down from the station. He had found the pt. some time after incident. Pt. still had the gun. I don't know about you but I'd be afraid to screw with someone holding a gun even if pt. wouldn't shoot you they could still turn the...

A little more info Well I suppose the fire crew used the backboard to extricate because it was a invasive injury to the torso and that's how they are trained to remove pts. from vehicles anyway. They were doing it while we were arriving so the medic didn't get a chance to assess inside the...

I was doing a ride along a while back when we got a call for a suicide attempt at the fire station where we have our quarters. Apparently his father had found him and driven him to the fire station because he refused to go to the hospital. Upon our arrival firefighters were extricating a 40...

Paramedic Prep So I should dump me girlfriend got it thanks.

Hello all I have just signed up for a full time Paramedic program. I work full time so I'm worried that if I'm not right on top of school I'm gonna drowned. What should I be reading to prepare? Anything else I should be doing?

Pt.s airway after failed RSI This is a little late, but after the RSI failed they used a nasal airway and BVM.

As for the attempted RSI. We pushed the drugs and the pt. clenched his teeth so hard we couldn't get the tube in. Turned out the pt. was about to return to rehab so they thought he might have been using. I don't know if that caused a reaction or not. Yeah it was chaotic and there was a ton...

Just finished my training at a new job as an EMT-B. I'm still nervous about pt. care, but I'm learning. On my 3rd shift I got to see a gun shot wound, 2 IO's, an attempted RSI, Air Care, bagging a pt., cpr, a needle decomp, and then how the ME handles a fatality. Sounds bad but it was pretty...