Recent content by traumahawk

I agree. The agency i work for i am one of the persons in charge of Q&A as well as training our new BLS providers and it does take time. It really comes down to the person. Can they learn and are they willing to learn?

No need to be rude and use a batman joke lol. The lad was just asking a simple question. Now instead of being on a medic power trip, address the real issues. One you can not teach common sense. Two. the BLS system in most states is broken. People come out of EMT school with no real knowlege. In...

Ok first off, 15 mins asking a HX was the first mistake. You can still uptain a HX while moving the PT at the same time. You can write on ur glove. The reason why i would do this is becuz of HR. It would make me step it up a bit. and instead of taking all vitals, just take a pulse till ur in...

It is on the dept of health and senior services web site. That's r governing body.

What u say does go. U r the higher medical authority. But that is the attitude that make this rivalry. And yes I am in medic school and I have a minor in nursing. But I don't like medics who walk in push me aside. Its not about PT care, its about the medic god complex.

Yes because they. Key word they should have known. So it is the medic fault to. But could a fellow medic made the same mistake? Yes. Nobody is perfect. Your post is arrogant.

One things that medics do need to understand is that you where once a basic. Yes you did go to school and yes u do have a higher understanding of medicine and the human body. Now I know I am a good EMT. But that's what I am and that what I know. Don't put me down because I don't know every...

I am a volly as well as paid EMT. When I first got my cert medics did give me hard time. But when they saw I knew what I was doing as an EMT they where great with me. When I didn't know I told them I do not know. And instead of making my self look like a fool they respect it more when u tell...

In New Jersey EMTs r said to have to lift 125 pounds on their own that's it. Now I'm not the strongest person in the world but its sad when ur other Bus with two grown men have to call rescue FD to lift a man that's about 280 from the floor to his chair. ( The PT RMA d). When I was in EMT school...