i had three instructors for my course, all would have been excellent if they worked together a little better, but one had great real world experiences for everything, one had extensive book knowledge, and one got us observation and ride times for als, bls, and dispatch, but i dont feel it was...
for the most part i agree with you. it's just a hard transition depending on what service you get on. if you get on a low key service, it would be an easier transition, but if you get on a service which has the ems 911 contract for a larger city, it may be difficult to relate the class to the...
Yea, I meant to say 1st minute, and 5 minutes this is assessed. and the acronym I said above, i just realized I wrote the same thing he did. I meant to write My Baby Loves To Help.
I learned it as My Baby Looks Hot Tonight. But I'm pretty sure that's because that's how my state wants it done.
Another one about children, this one more for obstetrics though.
APGAR
A - Appearance
P - Pulse
G - Grimace
A - Activity
R - Respirations
Each one rated on a scale of...
Shock is actually the decreased perfusion of oxygen to the cells, organs, and systems to the body, aka hypoperfusion, it doesn't necessarily have to be reduced blood flow.
-Respiratory shock could be caused my any Respiratory insufficiency.
-Psychogenic is a sudden reaction by the nervous...
yes, sorry, if anyone can edit that for me that would be great, i cant seem to edit it myself. and as for respiratory, metabolic, and psychogenic, respiratory would involve failure, i think metabolic would be an expansion of your hypoadrenal, and psychogenic was downright confusing, and if i...
RICES Early injury treatment, usually related to sports.
R - Rest
I - Ice
C - Compression
E - Elevation
S - Splint
RNCHAMPS Types of shock
R - Respiratory
N - Neurolgenic
C - Cardiogenic
H - Hypervolemic
A - Anaphylactic
M - Metabolic
P - Psychogenic
S - Septic
This was all i...