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I agree. I'd rather explain why I tried to help then why I did nothing especially in a grey area as this.

Interesting. I will have to investigate the reason why my company or county doesn't allow for assessment on non-BLS. I'd much rather do the way your service does it if I have the choice.

Good to know. What do you do if the patient has their own wheelchair? For us, sometimes we have to take patients out of their wheelchair and put them on the gurney. When we arrive, we put them back in the wheelchair.

I work on a Inter-facility BLS ambulance serving Santa Clara County. Does anyone know if its legal to transport patients that don't qualify for BLS (the kind of patients that would normally go by a wheelchair/gurney van) on the ambulance? Heres some other details; The Ambulance is staffed with...

I am working for a non-emergency transport company to help get my foot in the door for BLS later on. I have some concerns about this private company's method of doing business, however. Unless I'm doing gurney transports, I'm by myself doing wheelchair transports in a specialized wheelchair...

I have job interview coming up in a city that I haven't been immersed in yet. I'm going to to visit the various emergency medical hospitals in the city so I can memorize things such as hospital names, the surrounding street names, location of the ER and anything else that will help me become...

I did this approach too and it helped so much! I hope they provide that option at every test location. EMT Detroit, If you decide to study for a week or two after graduating the class, make sure you don't let anyone distract you! This is a career stepping stone. Put a mini fridge in your room...

Thank-you guys, I went down to the health center today with all the required paper work. Now my state card is coming in the mail.

Thanks for the Information!

I could be wrong about this so please give feedback if so. According to the EMSA, In California, EMTs are certified by a local (county) EMS agency. I have everything they require for applying for the certification but I'm wondering about this: At this time, I'm looking for work in any of the...

Thank you Tigger, I followed your advice and it worked! A couple days ago I received my NREMT Certificate in the mail. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

I am an EMT- basic applicant who completed a psychomotor exam by request of NREMT after completing the Cognitive exam. Note this means I'm still an applicant by the terms of NREMT. Brief history; -Completed EMT-B course at the end of 2010. -Took the cognitive exam summer 2012 and passed...

I took ARC's CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer yesterday. In that class we were taught to take a pulse for every victim. The instructor later told me that ARC's classes for basic CPR don't teach how to find the pulse... she had a look of concern on her face saying that too. I definitly...

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That answers my question! Thanks so much!

From what I understand, lay responders are being taught to give CPR if there is no breathing and they are not taught to take a pulse. I know it's unlikely my heart would still be beating but if If it was... how would the chest compressions affect my heart rhythm and such? could it cause...

Awesome Thank-you for the advice!

This is my first post so any feed back on format is totally welcome... This is what I need help with: I am a student that took a EMT course at my community college. They gave me a "course completion certificate" which is valid for 2 years. I kept putting off the test with the NREMT and...