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My understanding is if you're going to give meds soon, OR anticipating giving meds in the near future, then IV is required. What about in the situation that you wont be giving anything, but you're almost certain that the hospital will use that line. Do you start one then? For example. Weakness...

Does anyone have experience or heard stories about bad preceptors? Why is it and what made them bad? On the other side of the spectrum, what about bad interns? Thanks, in advance. Would like to hear some stories.

A medical director writes all of the protocols as standing orders for ems, so for a medic to following everything to the dot, he/she is following orders to a tee, exactly how his/her medical provider wants them to. Plus, it'll have the strongest chance to winning in a malpractice lawsuit because...

Took their interview before, didnt get hired (thank god) Oral interview, then a written test with the interviewer watching you. Awkward, yes it is. They will as you some situational questions prior or after the written exam.

Hello, I just got my national medic cert recently (2 days ago to be exact! :)) and I was wondering is it possible or has anyone ever got hired as a medic without their state card? Granted with the promise that you'll get it very soon. Meanwhile, anything I should be doing while waiting for my...

Finished my paramedic test at 80 questions! Took it at 1pm, found out results at 5am the next morning

Hello, I'm doing my field internship right now, and I'm horrible with intubations. I've had about five intubation attempts and two king airways, and I failed all of my intubations. My first three attempts where in a moving rig, and my next two were were during cpr. It's definitely more difficult...

Increased ICP and projectile vomiting are indicators of a hemorrhagic stroke. Also complain of "worst" headache of their life.

So in an IV administration set, there are a few components: the IV bag, drip set w/ tubing, and the IV catheter. Let's say IV is started and Pt is connected. If you wanted to switch that IV bag for some reason, like change the solution of the bag, or switch out the bag for a new one, would you...

Now I'm not talking about the usual Epi and Amio/Lido drugs, and I know that different situations call for different things, and different places (ER for example) have different protocols. During my hospital clinical, I've pushed Atropine and Sodium Bicarb (that thing was difficult to push)...

Have any of you guys been a witness for a homicide or assault trial? Just wondering what were your experiences like. I'd figure that EMS providers are usually the first healthcare providers and since they work with the police often, they may be asked to be a witness. If so, what was the process...

Can someone please explain to me why abd pain is a contraindication for analgesics?

Once every day, once every two days? One every week? I think alot about the germs and bacteria on it so I toss my clothes in the "dirty" basket, or if it's clean and I know it, i'll wear it for a 2nd day.

I have a question on continuing doses on medication, especially from a different provider and/or the type of medication. Let's say you're working a cardiac arrest, and the 2nd drug given is Amio 300mg. If you don't have Amio for the 2nd time, you would use .5-.75mg/kg of Lidocaine right? Or...

I have a couple questions about EtCO2: Let's talk about patients with COPD/Asthma. I know they retain CO2 due to physical damage to tissues, so that does that mean that their end tidal CO2 would be low on the monitor, because they're holding back CO2 and not all of it is being released out when...

Why benadryl? Is it for the drowsiness effect? And I thought a lot of protocols for agitation or combative patients was to give a benzo.

Yes, if I recall correctly I believe there are two oral scenarios. One medical and one trauma. For the medical I literally BLS'ed everything and passed.

Lil Weezey, I don't think anything like that exists. Even if it does, the answers/treatments/protocols are very subjective, meaning that what one proctor is looking for might vary from what another proctor. I believe that a lot of these scenarios are made up ahead of time, reviewed by multiple...

It costed us $1000 total for those extras. But included were ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS (dunno how much those are seperately) but it included national skills.

As relation to this topic and 12-leads. Do you do a posterior EKG if you get ST depression in the v1-v6 leads right? Nitro indicated? And what is the significance of frequency response? How about axis deviation? We touched up on those subjects but didnt go too much into detail. Will read about...