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i'm helping to organize a "bootcamp" with a series of scenarios that EMTs will respond to, and for one of them I am trying to do a mock-MVA. I'd like to have a head injury, with the windshield shattered, so I've been looking for vinyl decals to stick on. I've found lots with fake half sports...

I've been scouring the internet, but can't find anything about emergency contracts in Western Mass. I know Amherst and Northampton are fire based, but I thought Chicopee/Agawam/Springfield/Greenfield might be private contracts. Does anyone know?

I'm a basic who wants to know everything. I've been hearing a lot of conversation about holding off intubating in codes because the interruption in compressions is likely more damaging than the less-secure airway. Someone mentioned they tried an LMA in a recent code, which got me wondering about...

you work for a transport company, and just got handed a discharge for a pt who had leg surgery three days ago due to an infection. the patient has been doing well in hospital, healing well, no specific concerns. the patient is being discharged at 1700, and lives 65 miles away down a road...

I just came across this, and was wondering what any of y'all thought: http://www.benechill.com/technology/index.html

Here in MA, protocol says: "Use of electronic glucose measuring devices by EMT Basic and Intermediate personnel is considered to be an Optional Skill when the EMT B or I is working under the supervision of a Paramedic in the P-B or P-I staffing configuration. EMT Basic personnel may also be...