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Thanks Dan! Though are you sure the last change was in 2006? I remember my friend (who got into the EMS in 2007) had to take CPR lessons with me because their protocol had some differences to the new one But I'll be on the watch for the new one!

Oh I thought it was due to come out this year, since the last one came in 2008.... No ventilation huh? Mmmm....

Hey everyone! Does anyone know when the new CPR protocol comes out? And if it has, what is the new protocol for EMS CPR?

My advice for you would be to remember that (i'm by no means religious but here it goes) the outcome of everything will be in God's hands. Always remember that!

We have bike units inthe city i volunteer at, but so far they have been more of a nuisance than help. Maybe with this i can convince the department to begin our own bike unit!

I am a volunteer, but fortunately we do in-house shifts, maybe you can get fixed hours like I have and if they don't have in-house shifts do something nearby or sth... For me, volunteering beats getting paid, i'm weird like that, but it all depends on what your plans for the ems field are

17 when i started my EMT course Finished when i was 18

My first cardiac arrest.... We got called to a elderly patient with repiratory distress. We get to her house and her whole family was at her bedside. We start working the code and take her to a hospital where the monitor showed asystole and she was pronounced dead. It was kind of traumatic...

HELLO friend from germany!

It means they have donated to the Red Cross when they are at the stoplights asking for money

Hey everyone! Recently i was talking to some fellow EMT's and the topic of depression landed on the table. We were discussing wether it is ethical for an EMT suffering from depression to do his duty, or should he first get help and medication before continuing. Should clinical depression be...

I have prayed before with patients, regardless of my religious afiliation, i think it is like someone said before: I am there for the patient's comfort, not my own.

We have a glucometer, and as someone said, while we don't rely 100% on it, we still have it as a back up to the diagnostic But evaluating px. History, Medical Condition, Medications, Last Meal and Vitals, you can get the diagnosis

Things could have gotten so much worse...

And yes, Vent, precisely that was my point, our worse calls may not be the bloody trauma patient that is squirting arterial blood everywhere but as you said, the elderly lady type of calls are the worse, because they get to you on a personal level