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Plasma centers also hire medics to determine donor suitability and handle reactions

Have you tried talking to the teacher, even though you think every question is differnet then what you study, what is most likely happing is the teacher is stating the question in away you haven't thought about it. I know my first test in emt and paramedic i did poorly on till i learned the way...

I am not in KY but your best bet would be to contact the Kentucky board of ems. They would be able to answer your question and get you any paper work you need.

Yes Kansas requires a associates degree in order to obtain your paramedic cert. i would have to check but with prerequisite and everything i believe it is between 64 and 65 credit hours. And to answer Linus's question I do plain to go back to school but i just spent the last year doing...

Hi everybody. So I have been on here reading for a while but really never posted anything. I just finished medic school and am getting ready to start my first EMS job. I was just wondering what would be a good way to reinforce and continue my education so I don't forget the stuff I already...

Don't know anything in that area. But if your able too Johson County Community College in Overland Park Kansas has a really good program. It is the one I am in now. They just got done building a new sim lab are in the process of getting wireless manikins. The reqiurements to get in are pretty...

thanks for the info it was a great help

I am trying to do a case study on a pt. that was brought into the ICU on one of my clinical rotations. I am needing research on pneumocephalus resulting from facial and head trauma. I am using Google but all I am finding is abstracts on articles. Can anybody point me in the right direction to...

Question for the experienced medics out there. Currently in medic school and we just got done talking about these, something the RN that lectured that day made sure to point out is make sure you always flush them first or draw off them because they usually are flushed with heparin and their will...

Used to work as an Emt-B in a casino. We mostly acted as first responders untill an ambulance crew could get on sit.

Something else you might look into is S.T.A.R.R. It was devolped for juvenile detebtion as a way to restrain out of control and combat subjects with very little chance of hurting the subject. I know for a fact that the police dept. in my home town use this system as well as some of the hospitals...