Recent content by grich242

If you contact a local slaughterhouse you may be able to get hearts and airways, cows for instance make good cric labs, and since it is food, clean up disposal and handling is much easier without all the chemicals. we have done this several times and it has worked very well. just remember to...

WE often joke about being medics that sometimes ride fire trucks, we do probably 70% to 30% ems to fire. it works well for us but ems is the majority of our job.The engines dont respond to all the calls and are turned around when the extra hands arent required.

Our fire department does both fire and ems, we rotate duties regularly, we have four als ambulances(transporting) and 5 als engines, they are staffed with paramedics, our engines are sent on potentia "serious medical" calls ie chest pain stroke dib etc, for the extra hands for a 12 lead iv start...

well said 46 and no unions are not the end all be all the piont of the bill is to allow the right to organize they have plenty of bad points as well but half the problem is that some will never get it. and may you have a safe and happy career where you never need the protection a union provides...

A good one management needs to be proactive instead of reactive. Drug testing after the fact solves nothing not to mention where then does it stop? Im i unfit for duty if i take anti depressants? should they be privy to my medical history, While i dont do drugs or drink on the job there are...

Yes we already have it here in this state and its more than what the federal bill provides. It is however very important for states who do not have it thats why its gone to a federal level. As for working well with management we have a good relationship here with the city. Sadly this is not the...

many states still do not honor collective bargaining. the problem comes when we pd/fd/ems have no recourse,and in tough times one of the first places politicians look to cut money is public safety.which in sometimes may be necessary, but in short it gives us the right to meet and agree on a...

not at all but this bill is a very important issue. and to be dismissed because some who has never seen proposals like the one I just gave who has never been involved in the process but has seen them before and its not good is an opnion based on what? grocery store clerks?it is illegal for...

ok except we are not grocery store clerks and are not allowed to strike, you make the same old argument any union is only as good as the members and their involvement in it, the "union leaders" are elected but this is the u.s. we'll just sit on the sidelines and whine about everything and not...

well stated 46, it works well here in MI. and the burning question for all the union haters have you ever been involved in a good one? AS far as auto workers making $75 an hour where and what plant? do you know any? Those wages are combined with healthcare retirement payroll tax etc..as for osha...

Yes I've heard it however its not quite that simple for instance I work in a suburb of a large city ems is probably 90% of our run volume which is about 10k runs yearly. The fact is that we just dont get the fire volume we did in the old days. So Ems is most of the job and guys know that coming...

Why would we force someone to be certified in something they state over and over again they have no interest in? "That's not the kind of caregiver I want" (cough firefighters that dont want to do EMS cough) And who are they? In this area most are fire/ems and almost all departments in the...

I'm looking for a site with some good rhythm strips, preferably one who will allow me to use them as examples in a class. like afib with a bbb that may look like v tach at first glance? Suggestions?

With kids respiratory problems are usually high up on the list of causes of arrest, or even poor perfusion.

Here is the thing about testing be it written or practical. by now you should have gone through enough scenario's and skill stations to pass the test if you don't know a skill or subject well enough by now .. you wont learn it in a few days. My advice would be to study how to take the test, not...