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    What part of MN? (I grew up in "Burrr"midji)

    What part of MN? (I grew up in "Burrr"midji)
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    I stand corrected. Congrats! It is such a fluid system with everchanging parameters based on each individual response to each question. I don't think it's possible to quantify the results formula.
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    NREMT-P : 80 passed 1st attempt. Looked at a few of these replies and am guessing that EMT-B can pass earlier and later than P. I haven't heard of anyone passing with less than 70's or more than 110's for the P.
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    JBTest Prep. How is it?

    Used JB for NREMT-P and passed first attempt in 80 questions. You obviously have to do your own homework to be truly prepared, but nonetheless I agree w/18G. I really appreciated the fact that whether you got an answer right or wrong, you learned more about it through the provided...
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    Trismus

    No further paralytic in the ER. Just the prying with tongue blades as described originally. The jaws then stayed right where he put them without the aid of a bite block. Although not unheard of, it rarely reaches 80F on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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    Trismus

    We do store our sux at room temp on the rig and only dispose it at the expiration date, I know this is a questionable practice. It's been the practice for many years, well before I came to the system. It's been asked and answered through 3 different MPDs over at least 15 years that I know of...
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    Trismus

    Thanks and thanks as well for the further insight in the pm's.
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    Dumbest thing heard on the radio

    I've seen T shirts at a few different Fire/EMS events with big, bold lettering on back "Unconscious Butt Breathing"
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    Dumbest thing heard on the radio

    I'd be shocked if no one else has been told " enter in the back door".
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    Fentanyl use in APE

    Our protocols don't mention Fentanyl for APE, though Fentanyl is an acceptable substitute for MS per our protocols. With MS being so difficult to come by, along with Valium, nearly all ACLS Jets, etc., is it possibly as simple as we're hearing more about it because it's what's available? I...
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    Trismus

    We did suction the npa with a 14 french and got a fairly sig return. For all others that keep raising the other meds/ other medical prob questions: I've relayed everything we were told, have already been wondering if she was self medicating with u/k meds and was assuming that night that there...
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    Trismus

    IV was good, wondered the same thing, withdrew, got good return and continued to flush, 1000mL bag in by the time we reached ER.
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    Trismus

    Not sure if your replying to me or Vene. The shingles really didn't concern me much, outside of the possibility that whatever her infection process was may have affected CNS and/or respiratory and therefore somehow blocked the effectiveness of the paralytic.
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    Trismus

    Yes trismus prior to succs. Yes coffee ground emesis that eventually just turned to brown fluid with out much "coffee grounds". Curiously did NOT see the "chicken pox" or anything similar anywhere on the body. Though pt was on Rx for it (Valtrex and vicodin prn).
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    Trismus

    Yes, read the article. Very similar on many counts and does lend itself to the idea that the succs didn't help, but also the succs wasn't the cause of the trismus either, it was already present.
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