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You're right, I didn't think of hilly terrain or whatnot... the story I related, though, involves road flatter than pancake for hundreds of miles with few, if any, turns or curves. Additionally, I imagine, unless it's a serious MVA that requires a whole lot of cleanup and patient extraction...

This is great! I'm terrible with searching out mnemonics, so this will definitely come in handy with my class. One thing I'd suggest, though-- could we add measurements to it, as well? Like for instance, I remember that SpO2 is supposed to be 97-100% (95-mild hypoxia, <92=severe hypoxia) but...

Even if they have the straps and the medication, I think all health care professionals are taught some version of "scene safety" (ie, if I were a nurse, and a pt smuggled a gun into a hospital, for example, I wouldn't chance going into their room to sedate them without security at the VERY...

I agree with the 'scene safety' aspect, otherwise, I feel it was out of line to tell the FF to move his vehicle. My instructor told me a story--I forget if it happened to him personally, or if it's secondhand info-- that the police refused to block traffic for a MVA, so he did it himself with...

Hi everyone! I've had a lifelong interest in the field, but have finally had the opportunity to attain it. I'm from South Louisiana, and my father works offshore in the oil field, which meant he was required to take safety and First Responder classes quite often. I've been reading his first...