In training I was taught that when you take a BP the normal way it is written 124/68, if you palpate a BP then it is written down 124/P... THEREFORE, NO DIASTOLIC!
(Lowest BP I have ever taken was 54/P, little old lady who was AOx4 chatting away)
Sorry to be hard, and others have also mentioned this, is this the right job for you? Had a classmate back when I qualified get a job with Americare in Tampa, during transport pt went in to cardiac arrest and he panicked and just sat there doing nothing, the EMT driving had to swap out and get...
Been listening to all the rumors about how bad the NHS and social medicine is, are we? And FiremanMike, yes that's all the doctors make over there. That is part of what is wrong with the healthcare system over here, money money money. I would take the NHS over medicine provision over here any...
Looking through those Az protocols I noticed something odd, it says on the skills 'Rectal small volume nebulizer'...I am hoping that they missed the line separating these two skills o_Oo_O
Quote 'I understand what you’re saying about paramedics needing to assess BLS patients, but that’s done at the beginning of the call and if the patient is downgraded to BLS, the paramedic intern should have no further obligation.'
WRONG...the whole idea of ride-a-longs/preceptorship is to...