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According to the staff he had been bleeding for about an hour when they called but they had no idea how long before that. There was no way to truly assess his Mental Status other than AVPU or LOC, he only spoke Russian, so ALS wouldn't have really been able to do much more for the guy then we...

It was the compnay policy and system policy to call medical control for an ALS upgrade which we did control said we should just take it, and we would have been fired for calling the nearest ALS from the FD. Believe me the company and its policies sucked and the state that was in was backwards as...

Yeah no totally agree there, that in those cases you need ALS but we were supposed to be carrying them in the event we would have to wait for ALS on a Suspected MI with Chest Pain call, because you'd get fired over calling 911 for ALS Assist and they gave us the Nebulizers but no Albuterol, yeah...

He doesnt do the inspections if he did I'm sure there would be trouble but in IL we can give everything the National Scope of Practice allows, although I left IL I'm just wondering how they're getting around Illinois Dept. of Public Health and the EMS System Inspections on that according to our...

True its not always good but it is a part of this line of work never the less

No no yeah I agree with you in that they need to serve to public. However my point was more that FDNY and CFD get it done perfectly fine heck sometimes they pull off extraodrinary things like CFD with the blizzard, and still get it done whether its Fire or EMS. If it doesn't work well with EMS...

Serious question here for anyone to answer to, a company I recently left in IL got away with carrying only oxygen on BLS Rigs and no other medications at all even when it was in the EMT Scope of Practice and the System SOPs How can they get away with that?

Yep and thats what I said and got myself chewed out and threatened to be fired, granted that place also got away with only carrying Oxygen and no other medication at all on a BLS Rig.

I have lived in Chicago most of my life and been to DC and New York. The Chicago Fire Department has said time again its always Tradition unimpeded by progress. I have also worked in Private EMS alongisde Chicago Firefighters who would be just as ticked as the DC Guys are. The Fire Service and...

About a month ago my partner and I had a rookie with us doing one of his company required ride alongs. Anyways we got a call to a nursing home for the 59y/o female who fell and was c/o severe hip pain nothing unusual at first. On arrival we found our pt laying in bed screaming in pain, she had a...

Ok fair enough more information on the run. Mental Status changed rapidly en route to the ER he was alert however we couldn't detrmine orientation due to a language barrier patient was pale and his pulse I remember was high. What we later found out that the facility initialoly didnt want to...

A few months back before moving to Texas my partner and I that shift got a call for the 78y/o male pt c/o bleeding from the urethra. On arrival the only the thing the CNA said to me when I asked whats goin on was "Don't worry he's fine now, we gave him a shower and put a diaper on him". My...

I just moved to Central Texas- Austin-San Antonio Area from Chicago for work as EMT and eventually hopefully a Firefighter with Austin. I am currently an EMT-B but I would like to get the Advanced or Paramedic Level Training. I just did a transistion course which covered mainly EKG's in the 3...

Hey everybody I'm Kevin from the south suburbs of Chicago,IL. I am a NREMT-B and IL and TX EMT-B. I am relocating for 2 EMS Jobs in South Central Texas in few days. I have been on the street in Chicago and the Suburbs for around 8 months and an EMT for about 9 months. I am working towards...