Recent content by rocket

I don't believe I've been in a rig that took gunfire (yet). Last July 4th we did get "shot at" however. We took a patient to the local city ED late that evening; while filling out paperwork the driver asked us if we heard any whistles and pops during the trip.....evidently a number of kids...

:beerchug: -Trevor

This sort of thing happens to a lot of students. And I believe many very good EMT's have at times early in their education/careers sat and wondered if they'd be able to hack it during a high-stress situation. I am an adjunct EMS educator. The primary instructor for the class I help to teach...

You can squeeze a decent workout into ~45 minutes. If you can make it to the gym twice a week and pull off that workout then you can probably stop gaining/start losing weight. I like to use weight training rather than aerobic stuff to keep in shape. I think weight training is probably more...

There is nothing in our protocols that requires us to take a temp, but we do have tympanic thermometers on our rigs. Every patient gets a basic assessment of skin temp/color/condition with the results noted in the appropriate section(s) of the PCR. This is a "hands-on" assessment, not one...