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I'm a pretty big guy and have pressed pretty hard when doing compression and cracked more then my fair share of ribs -- I can't recall a time where I didn't see chest recoil. Perhaps you are used to the way the manakins pop right back? A person doesn't respond quite the same same way. Just...

Agreed. I didn't find EMT-B challenging at all. I barely needed to study to pass the course. I'm keeping my fingers crosses that the advanced EMT curriculum that PA is rolling out will be more difficult.

Yup. Wrote one just the other day.

Interestingly enough, I used a KED to extricate a patient off of a toilet in a very small bathroom just the other day. It would have sucked to get a reeves or a LSB in there. +1 for the KED.

Confused.

I have to agree with previous statements. I run with my local ambulance which is FD-based (100% volley). We spend all sorts of time at the station when we are on-duty and off-duty. I feel like this is great for crews who don't necessarily often work together. At least this way, when I run a...

I totally understand. I see at least one cardiac arrest a month. I had two in less than 12 hours last month.

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Why not be a member at both? Is there some policy forbidding it?

Yup. Right after I got my EMT. They nicknamed me "The Reaper."

I have an ICE number in my phone, but as everyone has stated -- if the incident is bad enough that we need the ICE number, we probably won't look for it. That the hospitals job, not mine.

Yup. Per my protocols, she gets a board. As everyone before has said ETOH makes her not a reliable source of information to to by. I had an abuser fall off of her bed once, walk to the couch, then call in the morning for neck pain. I didn't want to board her (big lady), but did as a CYA. Then it...

Out here, we don't have fire response on the majority of our medical calls. We have Class 1 (ALS L&S), Class 2 (BLS L&S), Class 3 ( BLS Non-Emerg.). At the moment, the EMD system that my county uses escapes me. But basically the callers info is taken and plugged into the computer and then a...

Lowest I've ever seen is LO on meter that read down to 20. Highest BGL I've had in a patient (didn't know it at the time because I was BLS) was 886. Patient was diagnosed as a diabetic shortly thereafter.

Ok. That didn't read quite the way I wanted it to. Letting the patient deteriorate is not a good scenario under any circumstances, but if I attempt to treat someone and they push me away or start swinging at me. Then I'm not going to be able to really render any meaningful care. So in...

Implied consent until he otherwise shows that he doesn't want help. If you try to help and he pushes you away, then you stop. At that point it's just a matter of waiting. If they can't speak your language, they can't very well sign a refusal. So if they are really in respiratory distress...

After a quick google search, I found these Not sure if thats what you're looking for though.

Obviously going to want him decontaminated be because of all the nasty stuff associated with cooking meth. If I don't have a burn center nearby, I consider HEMS if they are willing to fly him. Regardless of HEMS or not, I request ALS for possible airway burns and pain mangagement.

Wow. I'm feeling lucky with 1F.

Not sure what state your in. And curriculum varies from state to state. IMO there really isn't anything you can do to prepare. Aside from getting a stethoscope and BP cuff, but even then I'd probably wait until class starts and you talk to the instructor. As for what to expect, I'm not sure what...