Recent content by Sera

Hi guys, Last time i posted here i was at the beginning of my PCP (emt) course. I'm proud to say that I am now a liscenced PCP here in Saskatchewan! I *loved* the course, my instructors and all my classmates. The practicum was awesome.. can't even begin to tell you how much I learned and...

hrmm things have changed quite a bit.. i just finished taking the "EMT" course (which is actually now called PCP-primary care paramedic here in saskatchewan.. i have 3 more days left in my practicum training) PCP- primary care paramedic, about a 5month course $1843CA (not including books)...

Hey guys.. been awhile since I have posted here. Just thought I'd let you know that I finished the school portion of my course =) These past 3-4 months have just flown by.. I'm glad I got through it but I will definetly miss some of my class mates (amazing how close you can get!). We started...

the answer ended up being "Pulsis Paradoxis"

thats what we all thought it was too (even went and asked another instructor and she said it was that) but apparantly it's not the answer =/

So one of our instructors gave us a heads up on a question for an upcoming exam. How can a ECG be regular, when a radial pulse is irregular? I have no idea what the answer is.. tried finding it in my textbook but nothing :( Apparantly it is just one word?

hm well I'm not exactly a paramedic yet so this thread doesn't really apply to me.. but I do remember my 1st incident as a lifeguard. I was instructing school board swimming lessons (you get some of the worst kids in those types of lessons..ugh) and at the end of each lessons I usually would...

i LOVE rugby =) lived in NZ for awhile (aus for a few months).. played touch =) I'm prob the biggest All Blacks fan in Canada right now :P

thanks for all the tips guys! this forum is helping me out heaps =) we did our lift *practice* test today.. had to carry the stretcher with a 165lbs up and down a flight of stairs.. i did struggle a bit but i did it.. hardest part was going down the stairs (i kept feeling like i was going to...

sorry if this has already been said.. too lazy to go and read all of the previous posts.. This is on my exam tomorow :P Exception to the rule of consent 5 conditions must be present 1. Threat to the life or health of the patient 2. Threat must be immediate 3. Treatment cannot be...

Alright so we're now on the moving/lifting part of my course... I'm having some..uhh.. difficulties lifting the stretcher up from the ground. Our test is this friday.. we have to be able to lift the stretcher and a 180+ person and transport them into the ambulance. I would consider myself a...

haha sorry.. but here's another one that I have no idea about. We've learnt nothing about "upwind, downhill". Can't find it anywhere... any help would be appreciated =) Your ambulance crew is called to assist at a hazardous materials incident. A fire occured at a pesticide distribution...

Alright so we have a "take home" multiple choice exam that's due tomorow. I am pretty much finished.. except for there are a few that i was stillunsure about. At 0300 your two person ambulance crew is called to the scene of a "motorist down in his vehicle". The vehicle is on a dark stretch of...

annnywayys..:blush: :wacko: thanks Kendall n coladfp =) makes sense now!

Alright so I'm almost finished my 1st week of my primary care paramedic course (i think there's only a few provinces in Canada now that call it a PCP instead of an EMT). So far so good.. just a LOT of reading. We're just on our section of "documenting" and I am just wondering.. it says in my...