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Go buy a cheap bp cuff and set of ears...ebay sells then for like $20. Not gonna be great for the field but it will be good enough to practice on mom, dad, girlfriend...that way it will become second nature. As for pants, i have company issued with all the pockefs and snaps, i also have a...

My service is mostly fords, some of them have extended cabs so you can recline a good foot. 2 of them allow you to recline flat, there is so much room behind the seats someone could comfortably lay behind the seats. Of course I never get these trucks, I am always stuck with the normal fords...

The biggest thing I don't like with the Chevy Van conversion rigs is that you can't curb hop. The front frame is infront on the wheels so you hit the frame...Ford is behind the wheel so that isn't a problem. My company is starting to buy unleaded fords to replace our older diesel fords. I am...

We get anywhere from $5-7 at the cafeterias, couches, tv, fully stocked fridge with soda/juice/water/gatorade/energy drinks, sandwiches, ice cream, salads, cookies, fruit, pastries. And this time of year the RN's usually bring us in treats. The lounges are great, some have computers for us...

I would take a minute to think about it, get the FD enroute. If they get there quick have them suit up and get the kids, using their big garden hose to clear the bees. If I have to go in I am putting on PPE and taping up the sleeves and neck. I go in and my partner stays, one person should be...

I think leaving a drunk is cool to an extent, there has to be a line. For us we can leave if they can walk with the assistance of not more then 2 ppl and are ao3. We then have them sign an ama and document on a non-transport sheet. As for transfer of care to FD, as long as the pt is being...

I would first learn to spell then I would treat the pt.

I'm confused as to why you didn't just study and take it for a 2nd or 3rd time? Or why not just take a refresher course. Why do the whole class over again?

When I need them I use Mechanix gloves. I put gloves over them, can start iv's, pretty much everything with them. They are only $20

I actually prefer the term taxi driver, more often then not it is appropriate. The only real difference is the taxi gets paid for the ride close to 100% of the time. And before someone calls me out I am joking...kinda.

Depends on who is first on scene, we have a dual response with private/FD. I prefer manual, I have seen auto's placed wrong, compress too hard, puncture lungs. I will say they have their place. I like them for high rise codes, actually codes on any floor above the first floor. Other then...

Most no. 3 in the field, one I got back on compressions alone (after the facility "faked" compressions for a round or two), the other two were saved with fancy medic education. One the hospital got back then died in the cath lab after they called a STEMI.

Codes are becoming my favorite call to get, free exercise in the form of compressions. 3 weeks ago I had one 4 shifts in a row followed by one every other shift. Before that we had 2 weeks of a 419's. Needless to say my partner and I have quite the cloud happening. On our last code we walked...

I appreciate all the replies. I am now going to save my cold saline for the summer and for codes, which lately will be often enough. For the past 3 weeks I have been getting one every other shift and four in a row...looking at 9 codes in 3 weeks. This is why I don't question my medic on...

I have a black/black pair of Mechanix gloves I wear. I can throw exam gloves on over them. I use them on MVA, Psychs, some ETOH, Homeless, and obvious drug related. I have no problem getting hands on while wearing them. Plus when it gets cold they do a pretty good job warming my hands up.

Ok, so more info...I had to do the whole sleep thing between shifts. I'll try to remember what I can. Keeping in mind that this is the kind of facility where you are lucky to have someone that claims they don't know the pt, usually we don't even get that. As for knowledge and paperwork. He...

So we have one for never and one for sometimes.

If only the facility had thought of tylenol or not waited till that point, i checked...they gave nothing. Like I said not a stellar care center, three 911 calls at the same time. I have done many transports out of there abd it is always something that could have been taken care of sooner. I...

RR was 18-20 93% on RA, 100% on 5L Pt had a trach with a tpiece, no vent Glucose was around 100 if I remember right, wasn't anything to think twice about. I understand that septic does not mean shock. Let me ask this, if the pt was C/O a fever of 103.7 with no other conditions...

I appreciate all the replies. That's what I like about the forum is I can get opinions and learn from them. I understand what's being said about giving fluid to somebody that hypertensive. I don't think comparing drinking cold fluid and having an iv with cold fluids is comparable. When it is...