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I'm currently a Medic in Texas but am looking to more somewhere in the North Carolina/South Carolina/Tennessee/Georgia area. Anyone have any recommendations of places to apply? Thanks!

49 y/o female with onset of unexplained dyspnea(no hx of copd, asthma, etc.), hx of uncontrolled diabetes(d-stick was 470 which she described as 'low' for her), hypertension, heart murmur, and regurgitation of unknown valve. Vitals: HR of 105 156/88 96% sat Pt is warm and dry and denies any...

I'm looking for online CE, does anyone have any YouTube channels, websites, etc. in particular that they would recommend? Videos are my preferred way of leaning but I'm open to anything. FWIW I also plan on taking the FP-C eventually so anything that would be somewhat congruent with that would...

I'm currently living in Florida but have a desire to relocate. I have no prior experience working as a Medic and don't have the necessary travel funds to try a shotgun approach so I'm confining my search to areas where there is a relatively high demand for Medics. I know most areas of Texas...

I've been out of school for quite a while but have an interview/scenario scheduled with a department tomorrow. I have a couple questions. 1. How soon can you leave the scene if the pt is in shock? Does the rapid trauma assessment really need to be completed prior to leaving? 2. Regarding...

I've been out of school for a about 2 years and will be out in the field in a few weeks. I have no EMS experience beyond clinicals and am obviously a bit apprehensive about taking on the responsibility. Use this thread to list common pitfalls that can result in death/harm to patients. Things...

Does anyone have a link for it? Thanks.

I let my Basic cert expire so now I have to re-test as an EMT before I can take my Medic test. I went on the NR's website and they don't seem to have the option for EMT in the psycomotor testing site locations, I called them and they gave me the number for an agency in Florida which hasen't...

I have five. Here they are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Gracious.

Anyone know of any places to intubate cadavers that don't require a partnership with a school? The only thing close to it I've been able to find is the SLAM course or Jon Puryear's cadaver lab, neither of which seem to be available at the moment. Someplace in or near Texas would be...

Really not sure if it has any validity to if or who I would contact regarding it if so. I completed a Paramedic program in the state of Texas, they have a program policy that states paperwork must be turned in within 7 days. I have failed to meet this policy but have passed the final and...

Looking for sites around the Tampa area. Anyone have a link for any type of datebase, etc.?

I was in an ER clinical a couple days ago when an ETOH female came into the ER for an MVC after she was driving on the wrong side of the road and ran head-on into a car sitting at a stop light. Her vitals were fine but she was extremely combative so the ER doc decided to just RSI her. While...

I recently passed my Medic program and will be starting my clincials shortly. I'm looking for a pocket book that will comfortably fit in EMS pants, throw me some recommendations.

I don't know if it's been posted here before but I just came across it earlier today. It's an excellent Cardiology resource. http://www.bem.fi/book/index.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXO_ApjKPaI&feature=player_embedded I find it very odd that they don't have any before/after photos to present out of the dozen field tests they've completed but it seems very cool nonetheless. This could possibly be a major breakthrough, time will tell.

I've seen a few good resources posted on the forum but never actually saved any of them. Here are a couple that I've come across. Khan Academy- Great stuff, not necessarily soley for EMS but just in general. His Chem, Organic Chem, and Bio videos are all great for getting the main prinicipals...

I haven't posted in the past couple months but I was involved in an accident about 6 weeks ago. I was rear ended at a stop light by a car going 40-50 mph which caused a 4-car pile-up. I'm not too awful worried about the herniated discs but the extruded disc at L5/S1 is definitely a big...

I've been looking into online Medic programs and these three seem to have decent reputations, has anyone been through any of their programs?

I'm trying to decide which Medic school to go to, this is the one I'm looking at right now. To my knowledge programs Paramedic programs are only required to be xxx amount of hours but what they actually teach regulated, so how does this fair against other programs? This one works best for me as...