Recent content by Smitty213

Unless you are planning to practice West of Syracuse, don't even bother. The Eastern side of the state either doesn't recognize it (New York City) or the region's limit your skills to essentially assisting a paramedic partner with an IV. As far as online goes, New York in general does not take...

Honestly OP, I would take the extra days almost as a blessing. As a few have mentioned, in the grand scheme of things, nine or ten days is a drop in the bucket. The agency I have been with for a number of years now runs all recruits (who are already certified btw) through an 8 week...

I know people that have worked there; in the city of Albany there is a lot of 911, but you serve as a taxi for the fire/medics most of the time, same thing with Schenectady. Rensselaer county is pretty 911 transport heavy from what I've been led to believe. Just like any private, transfers are...

When I was doing my psychomotor for AEMT (they made us test separately), there were two CC's there with me because the representative whom they had been dealing with had told them that they could not initially certify at the I99 level anymore; that's all I got. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

It's not profound, which is what makes it nice. I'd say it takes 5 minutes for full effect, but I usually would estimate seeing some minor changes after the first minute or so.

I am a huge fan of IM; a senior Medic I had the fortune to work with taught me the value of it about two years ago. IM metabolizes a little slower for a smoother, easier wake-up, it doesn't seem to "wear out" as fast as IN, and you don't have to worry about getting the line in that junkie with...

Another option would be attempting to transfer your certs to NYS and gaining reciprocity from there as NY and Ontario have some semblance of agreement in place for this; I know it is currently valid for the AEMT-> PCP, NRP-> ACP is something that I've seen done, but not recently enough to be 100%

I mean you should always oxygenate/ventilate your overdoses due to respiratory depression, but I have never heard of O2 reducing the half life of an opiate. Chemistry wise I'm not even sure how it would work honestly, the math just doesn't work out... There are a lot of studies out there that...

Yes. I can and do regularly, however if it was dispatched as a priority ALS call, I need to enter my assessment into the ePCR as well.

First of, reciprocity varies heavily by state (though NR is a step in a right direction) and the best way to find out would be to call the EMS office of the state in question. And I'm not familiar with Ft. Meyers in particular, however there are many private ambulance companies elsewhere in...

I like my glasses; gives me a little "built in" splash protection

I do have a key in my bag, however also have cross training in LE and keep it there for when I do LE related work. I have had one episode in the last 4 years where it was handy, but not necessary.

I haven't checked recently, but when I was taking it, it was still "new" and there wasn't much in the way of quality study guides. Now that you've taken the exam, you have an idea of what the key topics are; study those thoroughly.

I believe Safariland makes a "universal radio holster" for both a swivel belt clip and strap setups

A memorable quote from my FTO on my first day, "If you look professional you feel professional, if feel professional you act professional and if you act professional you are professional"... shamelessly steal it to this day for my own trainees.