Sometimes the best medicine I can give will be rendered out of the business end of a Glock or 1911. However I am a special case
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I completely agree. When my father died, I found him on the kitchen floor, pulseless, apenic, I went into "medic" mode. I realized he had a DNR and said, "I have to honor his wishes." I regretted that decision, but, I've learned to deal with it.
To learn from it, maybe make an emergency...
<br />How dare you!!!!<br /><br />Kidding of course. I don't think you will find many people on this forum who will ream you for this at all.
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In the system I have worked for I as the medic make the decision, based on what I'm seeing, hearing, and feeling. I know there's people out here that'll be like no protocol says this. But if you can back it up, the psych that's really a call for help and my partner had made a connection while I...
Greenville County hires you as a probationary paramedic no matter what your experience level they put you through a six-month field training orientation where they train you from wherever you your experience level is to their expectations. You are graded on your performances while in the fco's...
I worked for Greenville County EMS. I only worked there for a couple of months due to their rigorous FTO process. Very, very, busy serice. High expectations very liberal protocols.
We run both QRV and ambulances. Usually double medic, salary is above my paugrade, mostly dynamic deployments but do have some static stations. Ambulances are in need of replacement but we've added 8 new units and plan on 5 more next budget cycle. No Lucas, most transportation 10 - 20...
Generally we treat these sepsis way before they are into shock. We're catching with hr above 90, RR above 20, and a suspected source of infection. The ABX goes in and most of are feeling better by the time we get them to the hospital
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Yeah. It does say consider but its not set in stone. We have autonomy for the most part. If you don't admin dopamine. Then u just document why.
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Look up Greenville County EMS. We are a leader in evidence based pre-hospital medicine. We run somewhere in the neighborhood of 60,000 calls a year, with approximately 40 trucks per day. We work with our local medical university and are on the forefront of research and development of...
Look up Greenville County EMS. We are a leader in evidence based pre-hospital medicine. We run somewhere in the neighborhood of 60,000 calls a year, with approximately 40 trucks per day. We work with our local medical university and are on the forefront of research and development of...
My first call as a medic as a SVT that adenosine didnt convert. Had 30 seconds total transiet assystole. I was really hoping my partener would hurry up, I DID NOT want to cardiovert a talking patient. But all is well