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I saw that DFR was hiring single role paramedics. Are they looking at an EMS structure change ? Or just need medics riding the box? I grew up in Dallas and would love to move back and work EMS there but i dont wanna work with their Sh*** protocols

How long does it take to go from their lvl-5 to say their lvl-6? I know they started a CCT program how does it work for that?

What are some easy states to gain reciprocity in with a standard NREMT-P? Arizona and Texas was super easy.

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EFast exam, IVC, lung, cardiac assessment, IV line placement, eventually use it for arterial lines

We use the lumify. We love it. Great price of equipment. The only problem is we keep ours in our bag so eventually the wire at the site of the probe gets worn out and wonky creating problems

@Carlos Danger the rotor wash on them 430s was no joke

Do the paid fire guys ever work shifts on the medic ? Or is it completely separate ? I know they've only recently shifted to paid fire

Does anyone have any working knowledge of cy-fairs new structure? Are their medics also FF?

Dumb question. Is the CE hours able to be used for my NREMT medic recert ?

@GMCmedic I used to fly in 206/407 down by the border of Mexico and very rural Texas, yea I dont miss it. The 145's give me everything I could need in HEMS. Although........them aw169 be looking Fuego

@Tigger I believe they just turned the old BK 117 into the EC-145, and now they turned them into the H-145 T2 model. Supposed to be legitness. We still fly the EC-145, great aircraft, we've just put alot of miles on them.

Just recently started helping with my services cadaver lab training. Does anyone have any tips or tidbits to help make it interesting? Anything they've seen at another cadaver lab or have done

Theres an impella app for Android and I phones that's very detailed

@DesertMedic66 @GMCmedic same here. We've seen it go up in non-critical patients in whom BP isn't a concern. But we've seen a significant decrease in our critical patients

Thats not super uncommon in the very rural parts of texas. If there is a physician in the small ER then he probably isnt board certified and it will be known to him that the local medics or flight crews will be more experienced at airways than him. Plus they will end up taking the patient out...

Just throwing my 2 cents in. I obtained my paramedic certification THEN went on to get my associates in EMS and should graduate with my BS in may. Working towards my degree has made me a better clinician and caregiver. Formal science classes taught me things that I either never knew or took me...

How about this question. If you're a MD at an ER and are told EMS is bring in a patient in sever respiratory distress. They arrive with a patient with significantly decreased GCS, maybe from ketamine or maybe from hypercapnia, on BiPAP/CPAP. Do you ride with that or do you take their airway ?