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We have locks at my service, but due to the transport times (no hospital in our area, min. 30 minute transport) most of the medics go ahead and start fluids. We also have blood draw kits but they are almost exclusively used for drawing blood at the local jail.

I use my gloves to write vitals, times, history, etc. Then when I have an opportunity I copy from the glove to a notepad so I dont have to keep the glove around.

-Extra jacket, socks, and underwear -toothpaste/toothbrush -Q-tips -deoderant -Saline Solution (for contact lenses) -tons of pens -$4.67 in change -2 extra lighters -2 packs of gum (Winterfresh) -pen light -flashlight -spare batteries for the tv remotes =) -Field guide -an old set...

I've got my first day of on the job training today. Someone once told me when the veterans tell you your a dips**t dont listen, when they tell you WHY you are, then you listen to every word. good luck ^_^

i have my first day on the job tomorrow. just an orientation ride but i know ill be starting soon and i am scared out of my mind. but a very good medic once told me if i ever stop being scared switch jobs asap.

What a fun thread to be so horribly ruined. Such a shame. I do doubt they were using a broken glucometer on their patients.

The only thing I dont recall seeing covered......Is there O2 in the tank?

I had alot of trouble palpating a radial pulse at first too, but what helped me the most was turning the patients hand palm up and visualizing the spot i needed to palpate rather than trying to be cool and nonchalantly reach over feel it like the medics I was riding with.

Found out today that I passed the NREMT after 70 questions =)

http://fliiby.com/file/33860/qfj34t2er1.html Get together with someone in your class (or someone outside of it that knows about the medical field) and have them run you through these scenarios until you have it down. If your like me and have trouble memorizing something just by reading it, or...

I came close, I had 9 ambulance rotations and 1 er shift. and EVOC is a part of my class.

theres 3 people in my class older then 50, two older then 40 and i think ones 38. if age is an issues, id say my class is in some trouble.

what time is the meeting?

A guy in my class got a pair of 5.11 that have padded knees and a piece of leather on the outside over each knee. We say he has promotional pads ^_^ But really, if your holding c-spine, and they are available, C-Blocks make great knee pads, and once you get to the point that you gotta put them...

How many of you are allowed to perform a surgical airway? How many have actually done one? I'm just curious because my EMT-B instructor was one of the guys responsible for getting surgical airways put in the TN EMT-P scope of practice. That made me curious as to how many other states allow it.