Recent content by rling

How do you apply your limb leads? Back in medic school, I remember an instructor telling us once that all limb leads should be placed on the same portion of the limbs equidistant away from the heart and other limb leads, ie: if the lower leads are placed on the calves, they should be applied...

It seems like for pediatric calls regardless of the nature, there are a whole battery of questions to ask. Off the top of my head, these are things that I feel are important to find out: Age Weight Medical History Allergies Meds Recent Illness Fever (if so, temperature) Recent...

Bump Dope actually doesn't take that long to setup. On a code last night where we got pulses back, between my partner screaming to me to get get the scoop stretcher, scribe interventions, I was able to setup the bag in less than a minute. Grab syringe, 1 inch IM needle, draw up drug (400mg...

i missed ALOT of iv's when i was in my medic clinicals and especially in my internship. but at some point, something "clicked" for me and my IV's have been money. like others have said, sometimes you have your good days and sometimes you have your bad. try not to get into a funk after a few...

I'm a new paramedic and will be starting my accreditation on next week. Quite often, we get calls that end up being anxiety related. However, the conclusion of anxiety is usually deduced after a battery of questions and diagnostics. What are some of the questions that you ask and things...

Hi All, I just finished my internship last week and I need to admit, I did not get as many resp distress calls as I would have liked. Consequently, I am still a little nervous at the thought of how I would treat somebody in extremis with a problem such as CHF. I know the basics of...