Recent content by PeteBlair

What if the child weighed approx. 30 lbs (per mother of child)?

What would you do if you took a "bee sting call" and found a child (50 lbs) with obvious signs of severe anaphylaxis and all you carry on the truck are adult epi-pens?

I work with an all volunteer BLS EMS in a 55 plus community. We have 3: 1 EMT-B and two First Responders one of whom is the driver.

My question is about pediatric spinal immobilization, specifically the use of the LSP INFANT/PEDIATRIC IMMOBILIZATION BOARD pictured in the attachment. I am an EMT Basic who works on a volunteer emergency squad in a 55 plus retirement community of about 20,000 in Florida and we rarely have...

I am involved with a totally volunteer EMS agency in a retirement community in Florida. I am looking for and would greatly appreciate responses from EMS volunteers specifically between the ages of 50 – 65. Please respond by email or private message. I have two questions: 1. Why did you...

I use an alchohol wipe followed by wiping with 2X2 - making sure the stick area is dry before sticking. I've got another question (or two). Do you carry your own BGL meter or does it belong to the vehicle (with other EMTs using the strips also)? Do you often have to throw a bunch of...

The hospital IT people worked with me 2.5 hours Friday and then our volunteers worked for several hours today - without success. Th hospital uses the printers but connected via Ethernet on the network. We're using this one as a stand alone - via usb. Both groups at least thought they had the...

Not yet. We're still trying to get it working on one before we image all. We have tried two so far. whay?

Keep this in mind: Whether you think you can or cannot - in either case, you are correct. It's more about attitude than aptitude.

Hey if you have problems there, come on down to Sun City Center, Florida and volunteer. Shorts and t-shirt will work like a champ!

I enrolled in EMT-B at the local community college and celebrated my 72nd birthday midway through the class. Got an A for the class and scored 99 on the final exam. Got my ticket. Never worked harder or studied more in my life. Studied the lessons ahead of time. Went through all of the...

We are in the process of implementing electronic patient care reporting and are using CF-19s. The local hospital has made an HP Laser Jet 4250n available to us to use for printing. We are connecting via USB and are having problems. It seems as if the CF-19 is refusing to talk to the printer...

I never ceased to be amazed at the insightful answers and responses I receive as a result of my posts. I'm thinking I owe the patient who sparked my original question an apology. I'm thinking that probably the greatest thing that experience, plus conversations such as this, teaches is where to...

Hey guys and gals! I really appreciate the answers to my original question. Here's another related question. Some of you have indicated that you would first try to determine if the source of the pain was soft tissue or bone related. Here's my next question. Expressed as a percent, what is...

My question is: in the following scenario, how would you get the patient on to a backboard? Call received as a fall in the home; patient with back pain. You arrive to find a person in their 80s sitting upright, but in a recliner. Indications are that the patient tripped and took a fall...