Recent content by shockinainteasy75

I love my job, but as always, somedays your the truck, other days your the squirrel!! lol

thanks for the ideas all. For the record im a guy and on the medic unit.

I start my new job in a week and i was wondering what you all take with you to work. Im on a 24/72 and have never worked 24 hr shift before. Any suggestions on what to take to make life easieer for those 24 hrs.

The slight hypoglycemia i would relate to the fact she isnt eating or drinking and is vomiting on a regular basis, i would expect a healthy person to be at this BGL with no intake and that amount of emesis. Along with the undigested blood in the emesis probably related to the excessive vomiting...

I came from a mechanic background so when I think pneumo I think pneumatic tools which run off of air. Then hema like hemaglobin. That's my funky way

http://www.amazon.com/EMT-Paramedic-Interactive-Flashcards-Book-Preparation/dp/0738604623/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319684850&sr=8-1 For those like me who like flashcards. 350 questions with answers and reasoning for most answers. Cheap too.

diarreah of the mouth as my instructor put it. I verbalized everything I could think of from how to size the king airway to the approx volume of the cuffs and exactly what each letter in DCAP BTLS stood for and what i would expect to feel if I found any of the aboved mentions. As I was told, its...

I just took my NR I written. Didnt use any test prep book other than a flashcard book my wife had from her test last year. That helped. Studyshack.com has a ton of flash cards. I found that the flash cards were better for me because there are no options, you truly have to recall the information...

Though we disagree on points i like this kinda of conversation. Opens up new ideas and allows me to learn new things. As for the "miracle drug", that was a joke pointing to the last few years where everybody got it. I appreciate you bantering with me. If you have any other points to share feel...

Agreed, if pt. is oriented enough to understand your directions with the oral glucose, id go with that. In the mean time you could set up with the IV supplies and get your D-50 out in case the oral glucose dosent see improvement. Id also have the pt eat a sandwich, peanut butter crackers etc or...

A. I would kill a driver who drove like an idiot with any pt. I do not advocate that kind of transport. However i am completely honest with my pts, they know somethings wrong and by telling them the truth it takes away from the anxiety of "not knowing". B. You are correct in that aspirin...

supplemental O2 can help meet the demands of the myocardium, in turn, decreasing demand (lehmans: supply vs. demand). NTG, vasodialates increasing blood flow (however little it may be) past the blockage increasing coronary perfusion. Aspirin can help re-perfuse and analgesics are not humane in...

Haha. No, but its part of the process, in conjunction with NTG, and pain relievers in the prehospital world. And until we start carrying heparin and start cathing people at home ill stick with the original miracle drug. Lol

AHA does not say to not give that pt O2, its a suggestion that...hold ur breath....not everyone needs a NRB at 15lpm. It states that a saturation of 95% is adequate but NC at 2 wouldn't hurt. Remember, the goal in ACS is to drcrease the myocardiums oxygen demand, giving it a little more oxygen...