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In START Triage, a victim is tagged red if they are breathing more than 30 per minute. - Why is this considered an "immediate" threat to life?

I joined the NAEMT this morning, and was wondering about the limited health care coverage you can get through them. - I was wondering, how much better than nothing is it?...as that is what I have now, nothing.

Took the NREMT test today. It was a 4 hour drive to the site, (on icy roads) and then about 3 hours home. - The exam cut off at 75 questions and took 50 minutes, and did not seem to be very hard. So I guess we will soon see how my class score of 99.3 percent translates to doing on the test. - I...

One of the reasons I became an EMT was to be able to have a few skills to help friends and family should the need ever arise. Often we spend time way up in the mountains where emergency response, even if I head their way, would be at least an hour. - So I put together a nice little jump...

I'm new to the forum, and new to this EMT stuff. - I just started my training at the local college last week. - So far so good.....but then again, how much can go wrong in a week right? :)