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I'm afraid I have to agree here. I'm not sure it's the WORST idea I've heard, but I do have personal issues with LE based patient care. When a patient is telling an EMT (that's also a cop) that he's snorted three or four lines of coke and is overdosing, that COULD affect what happens to the...

Well, that and the time they referred to a field intubation as an 'RSI' and I remember one 'code' incident where they shocked a guy who still had a heartbeat and. . . . . . well, I could go on, but I won't. They don't even get it right the MAJORITY of the time. Now, with that being said, I...

Most 12 lead monitors have that capability built in. It's usually kind of an add in card that you have to pay extra for but it's really not that expensive. As far as I know, we're the only EMS service in the county that does NOT do that yet.

We have toughbooks. The only thing we use them for (at the moment) is our Patient Care Reports and we're using EMSCharts for that. There's been talk of attempting to do GPS but I don't think it'll happen.

MGR and EMTDan both said it. It's quite likely that an irregular heartbeat will cause the same thing. I'd go with 80 also.

I can recall ONE patient I've seen without wearing gloves and that was when one of our local cops walked into the station and wanted his ankle looked at for a possible sprain / strain / pulled muscle. Looked at his ankle, it was slightly swollen and red. Popped an ice pack wrapped it in a...

Same here. Every situation where I've heard that a regular civilian tried to stop a car by intentionally pulling in front of it they've gotten a ticket. Pulling an ambulance in front of a fleeing vehicle to stop it smacks of reckless endangerment to me. He endangered himself, the suspect he...

Just found out. I passed. Guess I'll have to update my profile now.

Took my EMT-I / 85 test late yesterday afternoon and the test stopped right at 85. Personally, I don't have a good feeling about it since there was at least ONE question it asked me three times. My pass or fail is not posted yet, HOWEVER, I think I may have passed because yesterday when I...

Yes. AS LONG AS the member / employee has attended most of our in - house training meetings. I'm not sure the percentage. We have one training and one business meeting a month so essentially we have 12 training meetings a year. I THINK you're allowed to miss two per year and the squad still...

I'm certainly not gonna get into what some states do, and do NOT, allow an EMT-Basic to do. That could be a whole thread unto itself. HOWEVER, I think mycrofts point was overlooked a bit. Not only does each state declare what their license levels can provide, but each state's labor...

You know, this is one of my pet peeves too. We (sadly) have a couple of women EMT's at the squad that insist on pretty much NEVER lifting a patient because they are so small and just can't do the lifting. Suggesting that maybe they should work out (or something) to increase their strength to...

None of us at our squad have 'regular partners.' It's just whoever happens to be on duty or come in for a volunteer call. Our squad's about 50 / 50 and I seriously have no preference on whether I'm running with another woman or another man. There one or two of the woman paramedics that...

I USED to keep up my NREMT for reciprocity to other states just in case I move (it really wasn't too challenging). However, anymore it seems like MOST states will accept another state's licensure with minimal effort of learning the new state's rules / regulations / protocols. My NREMT expires...

Either way, I think they are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Was anyone hurt because of EITHER transmission. No. The WTF is the harm of letting some kid under adult supervision talk on the radio.

Since this is text only I really can't tell, but HOPEFULLY you're being sarcastic. My wife, an attorney, can't STAND Law and Order. About the only thing they DO get right is what the courtroom looks like. Beyond that, they are so far out in left field it isn't even funny. Ssshhheeettt...

I know I'm way late on this topic, but I'm definatley going to echo what tincanfireman said. As someone who started in the EMS field at 37 (and now am 43), get a good excersize program going. Not that you'll need it for school, but you'll need it for the job. SOME squads / companies require...

Seperated US Army veteran, no combat experience, but was active and participated in Desert Shield/Storm as a REMF.

I've seen those lights mounted on the back of vehicles and they don't look very bright. I wouldn't want them as my ONLY rear facing lights but they don't seem to bad to augment what's already there. I didn't have any side facing lights. The little 360 degree strobe was mounted on TOP of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYV6HSNXzQc I have no idea what the brand name for this little dash light is, but it's bright as shi . . . . .heck. I had it on my 97 Jeep TJ until I sold it last week. Of course it's such an easy light to install I just put it into my new Ford Focus. I bought...