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the extra effort will pay off for you as a medic and more importantly for your patients. Sometimes people in this field are threatened by knowledge. know the medic stuff inside and out which im sure you will and you'll do great just stay grounded for now.

my own education/entertainment. my text for paramedic is relatively easy thus far. maybe that will change 2nd semester? I've been studying ahead.. THe text book is easy because most are written at the 10th grade level, I would caution getting more advanced books for the time being only...

The point is that there is a large difference between memorizing and knowing. things like indications side affects mechanisim of action.. require a higher level of knowledge.(memorization is the lowest form) for instance children learn to say their abc's well before they can read. Think of those...

one more thing when memorizing the drugs don't worry about uses focus on those three things and you'll be able to remember them a lot easier the rest will come together. hope this helps.

Put these 3 things on your flash cards nothing more.. 1. name trade and generic on the front on the back 2. dose with route (IM> IV. PO. etc) 3. class This part is like learning your abc's this info will give you what you need to know to start. There is a limited amount of space available...

First any education you can get someone else to pay for is a usually a pretty good idea. As for wanting to fly being an Rn with icu experience as well as a medic license is required in all programs around here with the exception of one. As for wanting to be a medic and work on the road you're...

A boot camp style class has some value if you need to function in a group setting ie military fireground large scale incident where command structure is important and while we use some in ems most times its just a small crew. I dont see a whole lot of value in an ems setting

I don't recall all the percentages but you will learn the most when you can say do and teach a subject. study it yourself and teach a buddy or just give a presentation to your toaster and you will retain it far easier.

There are plenty of so called "patch holders" in all areas of ems I'm sure we can all agree. It would be nice to see the 12 lead from the field and you said in the report the patient denied any cp? without the readable 12 lead ekg i cant say I would have done a whole lot different as in treat...

Wow... I should use that for my medic classes very well stated.

The ones I found most useful (i think its the one in the picture) had a good amount of routine meds listed. most of the other stuff while useful you'l,l probably have drilled into your head or posted elsewhere i.e protocol books etc. the common med info is very helpful in getting history info...

I didn't mean to imply or infer that definitive treatments were not important considerations weather we can treat them or not. more education on any subject especially patho- phys of things we encounter is always a good idea. I just meant that in my experience (and its not rural) there are...

Try going through whoever tows cars for your local municipality if they don't operate the junkyard they probably have contacts. The company we use will deliver and pick up vehicles for us.

I agree k.i.s.s. we can't treat trauma definitively in the field. Thats the surgeon's job. While acidosis compartment syndrome and myoglobin may be concerns they are probably not the most immeadiate life threat.and how do you know what the labs are? as far as sedation most meds drop bp"s (at...