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Having some refusal issues in my dept. and was hoping for some opinions. 1.Do you write refusals for everything you don't transport? Like a lift assist or where they hit their button on accident. What are the "rules" for what gets a report and what don't? 2. What about auto accidents? You...

We keep our narcs, 12 and 14 gauge needles, and IO gun inside the rig in a locked cabinet. When you enter the back of the rig from the side door, immediately to the right is where we keep the heart monitor and larger gear bags, above that is a locked cabinet that flips up to open. It is locked...

I know this has been talked about, alot. I did a couple searches and read through the responces. I noticed a few things... 1. "we just started using ____, I will let you know how it goes" 2. " we are switching over to _____, I will let you know" 3. The responces are over a year old in most...

Saw this on Paramedics on Facebook. Lots of interesting answers. I thought I would see what everyone here says. No patient information, the poster said he said it was "this" and the Dr did not agree. The poster has yet to mention what him or the Dr thought the ryhthm to be. This is a link to...

Our department has never had a daily checklist for the rigs. This has caused us many issues in the past and I think it is important to have one in place. I am trying to get a checklist made, but would like to find a template to go off of. I did a search on here and found a couple things that...

So in light of recent events a recent call has been on my mind alot. I thought I would share my concerns with you all and see what you would have done, so I can make changes as needed. It was 1740, our shift change is 1800, I guess the sheriff deputies also change at 1800. We get called to a...

Our department is a small one, very rural. We have 10 employees, and average 320 calls a year. Years ago it was privately owned, then it was a division of a neighboring town, that town no longer wanted to respond to calls 10+ miles out of there town so they "dumped" us. The department was unable...

We recently had a change in management in our EMS department. Our current manager was suspended and I was asked to take over. While talking to our medical director(physcian advisor) about changes he wants us to make he informs me that he needs to get more money from our department. The amount is...

Our department recently had a trauma call. From what we have heard the call went terribly wrong. We have a lot of concerns, and questions that could effect patient care in the future, but the medic who handled the call is our boss and he isn't giving any information. So I thought I would toss...