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What state(s) allow 'advanced EMT's' to give narcotics? Not calling you out, I'm just genuinely curious...

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Looks like our boy Azizzi was arrested a few weeks prior for driving with a suspended license: http://openpasts.com/PublicRecord/AZIZZI-RUCKER/10551899680910 I trust that he was at least in the passenger seat as this was all going down. I certainly wouldn't want to see my man do anything...

That looks to be a fair assessment. Her post implies that she's never even worked 911 as a Medic while in the same breath perpetrating a persona of someone that has seen and done a little of everything. That sounds like a wee bit of a stretch by anyone's imagination...

Don't see many geriatrics? Say wha?

"Roughly long were you unconscious?" to a guy with a head injury.

a I'm sorry, but the fact that you would even suggest resorting to that pretty much explains your entire dilemma. Yeah, we all get stuck with sub-standard EMTs from time to time, but the way you articulate your points shows that you're THAT condescending overzealous partner that no one wants to...

Have you all ever run into issues with ER docs? I personally haven't had problems but I've known of others that have caught flack from old school Physicians that haven't adapted to the change. A couple months I transported a pt from a level 1 trauma center to another level 1 trauma center for...

Hillsborough County and San Antonio are the only departments listed that I have personal experience with, both of which are ALS... Hillsborough County however will transfer care to a private BLS company for transport if it's not an 'ALS patient.' San Antonio on the other hand handles all...

I live in San Antonio as well, I work at Acadian and there is definitely OT available. Perhaps not enough to average 72 hour work weeks but it's certainly there.

10/10 thread. Would read again.

Did they not teach you the golden hour in school?

We use Mercedes Sprinters were I work. I'm not a fan, I have to put my duffle bag on the dash because there is zero storage space up front and the seats practically don't recline. Not to mention the fact that they look ridiculous, driving around town in those things is practically a form of...

I'd counter that white shirts are the most stain-friendly, as you can remove damn near any stain instantly with bleach wipes. Just don't actually bleach your shirts in the laundry.

We have 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 24 hour shifts where I currently work. I've worked all of them but prefer 12s.

No idea if they even drew labs, I don't typically work in that area and this is the only transport I've done at that specific hospital. The doc's rational was that the deep Q waves were pathological from a previous septal MI which was causing repolarization abnormalities/elevation. Don't know...

No CP, which I honestly didn't place too much emphasis on being that she was a female and probably had severe nervous system abnormalities from years of uncontrolled diabetes. I only ran the 12 lead due to the dyspnea. I didn't WANT to call it in and was fairly certain that based on the...

49 y/o female with onset of unexplained dyspnea(no hx of copd, asthma, etc.), hx of uncontrolled diabetes(d-stick was 470 which she described as 'low' for her), hypertension, heart murmur, and regurgitation of unknown valve. Vitals: HR of 105 156/88 96% sat Pt is warm and dry and denies any...

Upon review the phrasing of my title is a bit misleading. I'm not looking for 'formal' CE for the purpose of keeping a cert active, my employer covers that. I'm just looking for material to go over in my personal time. Sorry for the confusion.