Recent content by wegandy

Costs Paying $2000 for a phlebotomy course is insane. Go to a community college. The whole paramedic program, including books, insurance, tuition, et cetera, here in AZ where I teach is a little less than $4000. And that's for college credit courses.

Paramedic Schools I have taught in all sorts of EMS education programs, from a 2 year Associate Degree program that I developed, an online program, and am now at a community college in AZ. Our program is three semesters long, with a total of 680 classroom hours. Classes are Monday and Tuesday...

Zebras Sure some of them are zebras. What I meant to get across, and I probably didn't do it very well, is not to "rule out" a problem based on the "Oh, it's only a zebra" theory. I'm being influenced by the recently reported case where some medics decided somebody wasn't having an MI and...

Looking for zebras This conversation reminds me of the old saying, "when you hear hoofbeats, don't look for zebras." It's interesting and valid to break down the strip and analyze it, but the first thing that jumps out is screaming ST elevation in I and aVL, and screaming ST depression in II...