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You could not pay me enough to work for AMR. They are truly a bottom line corporation with no regard for patient care or their employees. My advice: keep looking for a decent service that actually cares about the patients that are put into their ambulances and the people that put them there. :excl:

I would be careful trying to convert a chronic afib rhythm. Especially since the pt seemed to be stable and your close to the ER. Was the pt on cumadin? Defiantly need to be careful when cardioverting someone with chronic A-fib. The chance of CVA or PE is very real due to coagulated blood...

My School has a class schedule like this; Summer start M-F 8am-5pm Two weeks off till Fall start then M-F mostly 8am-5pm sometimes 7 or 8pm depending on the lecture this goes on for the entire first year until July, except we get a two week winter break. End of July we start clinical...

I started a "social club" on this site for EMS folks that either are PA's or that are Pre-PA. I hope you will join. :)

Ok, first of all it should read NRM my typo, sorry… I’m sorry if this confused an already confusing question. Minus the typo, this is a very registry type question. The correct answer in this case is A) C-Spine. The biggest thing to remember about registry is you have to pick the best...

Before you go putting things in someones rectum, what about GLUCAGON IM!!!!

A.B.C.C...... Airway, Breathing, Circulation, C-Spine. In that order. Deal with life threats as you find them. If you are given a partner you direct your partner to maintain manual C-spine while you continue to check ABC's and deal with life threats as you find them. Remember to use jaw...

With all due respect, nobody should be in paramedic school without significant EMS experience. at least 2 FT years at a service that runs 6000+ E calls/yr or more until its equivalent. Paramedic school does not teach you how to actually work as an EMT in EMS. There is a huge difference between...

I agree with Tom, very uncommon findings for PE. Most PE patients present with a combination of these signs and symptoms:, tachypnea, anxiety, oxygen refractory hypoxia, low SpO2, and cyanosis, tachycardia, hypotension, diaphoresis, sharp pleuritic CP usually worse with inspiration, all these...

The QRS complex is not early but take a look at the P-R intraval...... Good catch ;)

"Advocate for respect" First of all I love your signature (above). More people should advocate for respect! As for your question, you have a great plan. However with a great plan like that you should consider PA school when you are done. If you do well in college and follow through with...

2005 ACLS concepts go are centered around excellent CPR. The reason CPR is done for 2min before a rhythm check is because you need to build up the intrathoracic pressure in order to increase cardiac output and therefore increasing perfusion to essential organs like the heart and brain. Think of...

UHmm, that’s scary. I know ACLS teaches the importance of perfusing vs non-perfusing PVC's and hopefully everyone is being taught PVC origin in cardiology as well as right precordial and posterior 12-leads.

80 questions and passed.

I agree, based on what you presented they are most likely PVC’s. And I also agree that a 12 lead would be warranted. A history of syncope and PVC’s on initial limb leads = 12 lead for further investigation. Especially if all else were WNL such as RR, SPO2, BP, BG, PERRL no trauma suspected ect...

This is all true that why you have to love what you do, or its defiantly not worth it! As for the low pay; Paramedics will never be compensated properly until the education is formalized. That is to say that at a minimum there has to be an AS degree and I believe that it really requires a BS to...

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Back to the original question. Jane Smith EMP- Emergency Medicine Paramedic. :excl: and add degree letters as achieved. Jane Smith EMP-AS Jane Smith EMP-BS Jane Smith EMP-MS Jane Smith EMP, MS-PA (me soon!!^_^)

Don’t worry yet. You have spent a lot of time learning to be a medic. Part of the reason the we are trained so intensely in such a short time is that we are taught to do our job quickly, without having to think about it too much; even in our sleep! Also, remember that what we do for a living...