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Yes but we are not doctors and nurses doing this in the 'safety and familiarity' of a hopsital setting. We are doing this in other peoples homes or out in the street. We are turning up and seeing a parent crying whilst doing CPR on their child. By the time a pt gets to hospital they have...

We didn't take the call. The way our service is run, co-ord simply tell you where your next job is. Before we could say anything, the DI got on the radio and stated that we were to return to station for debrief and co-ord was to find another car. In my area we generally do 10-14 jobs in a 12 hr...

If your going to be an arse I'd prefer that you keep your comments to yourself. My issue with this was that there was a crew who had both just attended their first paediatric arrest. There were other cars in the area who were able to do the second arrest, but because we were 1 minute closer...

Check out this thread for pics of the fleet from my Service: http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=10811

Yeah I wasn't sure how sleeping would be post incident.....but it was alright.

Thanks for the msg. Doing alright. Had a decent sleep last night which I am pleased about.

Wunda, Thanks for the offer mate. I have a few people that I am currently talking with. Will keep you in mind if needed. Everyone else, Thanks for the support and offers to talk. First night sleeping post incident and I tossed and turned for a little bit but once off to sleep, no nasty...

Paed cardiac arrest, deceased on scene. Time to start days off now, thankfully.

Well the one thing I have dreaded the most happened in the early hours of this morning at work. the phone rang at station and I was told we were responding to a cardiac arrest. I got to the car to check the MDT and the job description was 4 month old male, ? cardiac arrest. My heart sunk. I...

Not mentioned in our training at all.......:unsure:

Next training level complete Quick update from me. I've been off the internet for a month or so with my head in the books, completing my next level of training. I am now officially a Paramedic Intern and no longer a probie. Woo-hoo! I am still not deemed to be a fully qualified Paramedic, but...

Hi all. From a NSW perspective, if the pt has a total obstruction (no effective coughing) and is conscious we do the 5 back blows (checking between each one). Is not effective 5 chest thrusts. In a conscious pt these are done sitting in a chair/again a solid surface. We are not trained/taught to...

I actually met a former South African paramedic the other day. It was his first shift on road with my Service and he had 20 or 30 years experience as a Paramedic in SA. He seemed like a top bloke. I told him things might be a little quieter around here compared to SA, especially in the area he...

We can also pronounce deceased in circumstances. At times we get calls from Police to attend so that someone can be pronounced deceased. Don't have to commence CPR (or continue) if: * Rigor mortis/decomp etc * Ordered by doctor on scene * Injuries incompatible with life * Refractory...

If you are talking about over the radio reports we have a format in my service that we follow (in the Land of Oz). Start with the generic sex, age of patient then go into MISTO Mechanism of injury/illness Injury or illness Signs/Symptoms (obs) Time of onset and/or treatment Other...

I bet you were glad that you assessed the bub and didn't just take the word of the Police Officer.

I would have thought something like this would happen in a lower socio-economic (poor) area but my example was actually in a well off area. House was big 2 storey place, by the water in Sydney, 3 Mercedes in the driveway. Again, I think it was a bit of a cultural issue, being young asian...

Canuck, Are you working with a Service? Which one?

Had this job a few nights ago...... Got call to an abdo pain. Notes on the job was 22yo female with abdo pain. Arrive on scene and family come out and say, "She has just had a baby in the toilet". As nothing was mentioned in the notes about pregnancy, both my partner and I are thinking...

Welcome, I hope all is ok where you are from (in relation to the fires).