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Your looking for a course called extended skills. I can help if you want to <mod edit>pm me</mod edit>.

Transporting a dying patient to the ED from a nursing home. Patient chart has resuscitation orders on it. Ready for this? .....Cardiac drugs allowed, Intubation allowed. IV not allowed, artificial ventilation not allowed. Written by family physician and signed by same physician. Ah yes, life of...

Sorry folks but there isn't anyway to know what are the pilot questions.

If you just got out of the paramedic program you have been seeing me for the last 11 months. :P

At our program, which is at Cookeville, we don't allow anyone to sit for just the IV portion for the reasons that Ventmedic stated. It can be done but has great potential for problems and it disrupts the class when new people come in. Our IV part is spread throughout the course with just the...

I only had 5 minutes for my topic so I taught why it was necessary that more people be taught CPR. Basically: if the brain starts dying in 4 to 6 minutes and it takes EMS several minutes to be dispatched and respond, the patient that has a sudden death episode is dead. Dispatcher takes 5...

A good place to start might be to investigate the state you plan on relocating to. They may have the same requirements as your state so the transition would be easy. I would think the transition to most states would be easier if you obtain National Registry. The reason to investigate the other...

Might be a little harsh to say worthless. It DOES point to the fact that so many have so many misconceptions about National Registry. That might be an interesting thread to start and maybe clear up some confusion, rumors and myths.

I have had several students recently that had around 150 and passed. But have also had some that had around 150 and failed. Numbers don't mean a thing.

Anything on Anatomy and Physiology. Especially physiology. Pathophysiology is the push in medic school. If you know how something works it is easier to understand when something doesn't work. Get the jump on that before school starts. I am a medic instructor. I would love to have students come...

Good job of researching. I'm certainly not trying to throw a wrench in the works or argue just know that some people went into N.C., Kentucky and Ark. and had a devil of a time trying to get their state license. Supposedly those were national registry courses. Just didn't want you to spend a...

Welcome to the EMS world. Once it gets in your blood it won't leave. Take care and be safe. Hope your class goes well.

Hello to all in the EMS community

Be careful of going out of TN to take a course including online. You will have to go the reciprocity route which means the course you took has to be approved. Reciprocity is not easy in TN and if the Indiana course doesn't have IV you will have to get it before you can be licensed in TN...

Highflow-- National Registry will not let you take it again until you document that you had 24 hours of refresher training. A refresher course is the easy way but you can take refresher training in the 24 hours of subject matter that NR lists on their website under registration...