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I passed Paramedic Registry. I know this has got to be like, the gazillionth thread like this but y'all have no idea what I did to get here; I had an uphill battle. Both ways. I'm freaking proud of myself and I want to share. I grew up in NY and joined the Navy. Got out a couple years later...

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I'm an AEMT in my second semester of Paramedic. I don't have a whole lot of experience but I've had a few incidents on clinical rotations that are making me feel like maybe I wasted all my money and time trying to shoe-horn myself into a world in which I do not belong and am not really welcome...

I'm talking about really DROPPING them: either all the way to the ground on the stretcher or OFF the stretcher. The scenario is that the pt's head has not hit the ground (that you can tell) but they have a few minor bruises. Pt denies other injuries, pn but TECHNICALLY speaking, we're not...

I'll try to be as delicate as possible describing this. I'm a female with a large bust. Carrying a typical ADC medical pupilary penlight in my breast-pocket results in losing a lot of penlights since the durn thing "rides up" and out. It's especially embarrassing when this happens in front of...

So I passed National Reg for the new AEMT level this February. I originally had plans to move to New Orleans but getting reciprocity from AEMT to EMT-B while I wait for them to adopt the new Registry standards is seemingly impossible and getting licensed to work in the parish at ALL unless I'm...

My grandmother (83 y/o, Hx AODM & HTN), who was quite possibly the only reason I have some happy childhood memories, is having Quadruple Bypass tomorrow in St. Francis Hospital on Long Island, NY. I know the overall prognosis for >75 y/o isn't fantastic. Add to that, risk of CVA, all the...

I'm currently doing clinical rotations at the hospital's Pre Op department for AEMT. The nurses want me to make pt contact without gloves and use gloves only for IV sticks. I'm in Alabama and my EMT/EMT-B protocols dictate Standard Precautions for all pt contact. I don't want to make waves...

I'm hit-or-miss. So far, I've only practiced with 20g in a non-moving ER setting for clinicals. I'm about 50-50. I don't know how the eff I'm gonna get good at this in the back of a moving truck. I look to you, oh wise veterans to tell me where my *ss is and where my elbow. :unsure...

Hey, y'all. I'm an EMT (Formerly EMT-B). I live in Mobile, AL where I'm currently attending school for Advanced EMT (AEMT). Alabama just adopted these new standards this year and ours is the first class to be graduating AEMT. My problem is that when I finish up and pass Registry, I'm going to...