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Down here we start w/ oranges for SQ and then move on up to fellow students. We also practice IVs on each other.

Our protocols are as follows: Pt aaox3 and patent airway w/ BS <70 administor oral glucose. If pt is AMS <70, initiate IV and 1 amp D50. This is standing orders for everyone EMT or Medic. Of course in TN IVs and D50 are not medic skills.

The protocols where I work say 1 NTG allowed prior to IV access, however most of the people here have IV access prior to NTG. In 4 years of working on a truck I have had one pt code on me because no line was established. Granted that was within the first six months of working on a truck and...