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At this point, all you can do is shake your head at the stupidity. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100702/ap_on_bi_ge/us_med_er_crowding_8

I just read this on yahoo-- "The Labor Department reports that while the median earnings are in the high $60k range, the top-end hygienists found themselves in the $90k range last year." http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-the_quickest_route_to_a_six_figure_job-518 Can someone...

How many of you think a pt with an allergic reaction--resulting in hypotension as the only symptom--can or should be given epi?

As EMS providers, we don’t know enough about the health care system. I am always amazed at some of my veteran colleagues that know nothing about the business of healthcare in which they’re integrally apart. Partly, I think it’s because of our disconnect with other health care providers. If we...

Ok, maybe not, but I thought this was a good little read. It's something we should all be aware of. http://www.paulstips.com/brainbox/pt/home.nsf/link/30052006-The-easiest-way-to-fool-smart-people

We were talking about this a while ago. Well, this guy does a great job, and he drinks like a fish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yl3VY6qXNM

I get done with a routine call and finished up my paperwork. I go up to the doctor and ask for his signature because I started an IV. I gave no meds to the pt, but we're still required to get a signature. This is a busy urban hospital. He says, "no". I go, "what do you mean no?" He says...

I am sick and tired of going to court for ems related B.S. Just got another last minute subpoena to appear for a B.S. fender bender neck pain call. Yep, another low life wants money. It happened 4 years ago and I don’t remember a G.D. thing about it. I’m a very busy person and now I’ve got...

Can oral glucose be absorbed into the bloodstream via buccal administration? Or, do they teach emts to give it this way to prevent choking.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/230b/popup/index.php?cl=2809197 Some reiterations...average people don't know the difference between BLS and ALS and they should, we should not be hiding this secret from them, we have too many certification levels when there should only be two - emt(b) cert...

hx of heart disease on PBS right now, might be good to check it out now or later.

I just got the brady critical care paramedic textbook for myself as an early Christmas present. I know it has been out a while but I’ve been busy with other crap. For those who have read it, any really good chapters I should go to first? Any critical care classes using this book currently...

Well it's official, I've been doing this too long. I was in a lower-end nursing home today and they were cooking breakfast. I took a big whiff of the scrambled eggs and told my partner how nice it would be to have some of that food. My emt student was trying not to gag at the very strong...

Anyone have a link for the Fox 5 news story from Wash DC about the "paramedic screw up"...I'd like to read about it. It had something to do with paramedics transporting a pt to the wrong hospital but I'm not sure.

Anyone see it, it's pretty good, it's on A&E

I just want to bring up an issue I've been seeing a lot lately. In paramedic class, I learned D50 can cause tissue necrosis (death) if the IV is infiltrated (which you can't always see). I also learned that whenever you give a med (or whatever else for that matter), you always assess the risks...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rQC5NSQvamA&mode=related&search= I watched all three and thought it was pretty funny. Good job guys and gals. Now I want to make my own.

My mom has been sick and I'd like your opinions. She was white as a ghost a couple of nights ago with alternating periods of sweating and mostly chills. She had moderately severe pn in her lower abdominal and pubic area with some uncontrolled urination (which is normal but not to this degree)...

A few of you might remember I was charged with 77/55 mph zone (reckless) a while back. Well I am happy to announce that the charge was reduced to 70/55! I hate courts so I was scared but I managed to convince the judge to knock it down, yippeee!!! I get to keep my job, yippeee!!! I even went...

Still waiting to see an emt save a paramedic but we can chalk up another save for the paramedics. I ran a bad MVC earlier today with my volly fire department (as an basic provider, we don't do ALS). We had a pt who was ejected from her car, awake but not completely oriented and in pretty bad...