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Sorry, SOAP is the standard for medical documentation. Exactly as described by JP. I never understood why every FTO likes to teach documentation their own special way.

ACLS and PALS assumes knowledge of anatomy, physiology (esp cardio phys), pharmacology, and the pathophysiology of pediatric disease and cardiac emergencies.

For testing purposes the airway is always first. In real life you are going to get a firefighter or partner on the bleed ASAP. No use getting air in the lungs if there is no blood the pick up new O2 and drop off CO2..

I think that the changes being made, while in the right direction, are entirely pathetic baby steps, and very late to arrive. I think that ventmedic doubts the upcoming changes are a cure all, and I think that she likely believes the same as me.

Well said!!

This seems more appropriate for a diary or blog or maybe even facebook, but not here.

Preforming a needle cric on the first day of one's internship means exactly nothing, and if your CES guy was bragging to you about this it probably means he did it on a patient where it was not indicated. The level of ignorance being displayed here is unbelievable. Your knowledge of education...

What?? I don't think that is what he was trying to say. I think he meant that at Christian schools, they would teach that HIV was invented by God as a weapon against homosexuals. (Which of course, they do not teach that way, at least one would hope).

You do not understand the economics of health care. This much is painfully obvious. There are many reasons that the patient was transported to kaiser, and most of those reasons benefit the patient herself.

1. You cannot obtain a medical degree and practice in the state of california with an "online medical degree". As JP has already told you. In fact, there are no online medical degrees. You must attend a accredited osteopathic or allopathic US medical school, or a foreign medical school and apply...

I do remember the long periods where my father would be out of work because of another union striking (for example, the writer's strike did put everyone else on de facto strike because there was no work for the other production crew members). So you take the good with the bad, I agree.

I may be biased, but I am pro-union. I grew up in a pro union house with my father and most of my family on his side working in the movie industry, where we received probably one of the best health care plans that exist because of the union. When I was 12, I had to undergo a major heart surgery...

I actually think this makes a good case for educators to be able to provide simple medical care to their students. I personally have researched some of the non medical equipment in my ambulance so that I am truly knowledgeable in my job as an EMT, and soon Paramedic. If you are working in a...

I once attended a special campus in high school run by the local school district, because I wanted to attend a CISCO computer networking class. The staff there was forbidden to do first aid, CPR, or even call 911 in a medical emergency. We had to sign a waiver that said if we had a medical...

Funny story: LAC-USC (LA County General) has a bag titled something like "curbside delivery kit"near the ED door, and it is filled with OB stuff. Something must have happened in the past. As to the thread, I must echo VentMedic's statements. EMS may be called for a variety of reasons to...

With a B.S. in education, you have probably many times more education than your training officer. You probably are more qualified than him for the job.

I got above a ninety percent in my paramedic didactic program without much effort at all because I had taken a good anatomy and physiology class. If you have a good base of anatomy and physiology, and if you do not than read up now, you will fly through paramedic school. Other good things to do...

For an EMT-B test: Always provide all patients with high flow oxygen and be prepared to assist ventilations. Real clinical answer: Titrate oxygen to keep sat above 90 until the patient can have an ABG done in the hospital. Read up on the oxyhemoglobin disassociation curve. Be prepared to...

You place too much faith in me, sir. You asked for a response, and one you shall receive: Fire Departments will be slimmed down and streamlined to be able to provide at least some sort of response to most areas of their districts. I would imagine most departments would lose around 90 % of their...

Gun safety is of paramount importance, and is directly of concern to us as EMS providers. I think this thread is both timely and important. A FF was killed by his own gun. Tragedy. Devices with no other function than to kill living things need to be handled with safety and care.