FD in Texas paid for my rookie school, EMT-B, and EMT-P, then moved south to a better dept. Firefighting is second in my city.......90% of calls are EMS, no private service here whatsoever. We do it all... that is why I am hanging out here and not Firehouse.com! I need to better my EMS...
probably so....
just FYI, the pt. I was talking about had a niece who was there all the time, but throwing her hands up everytime we got called, so I was under the impression this was not something APS would handle. I guess she just needed a little push to put the pt. somewhere else...
We had a poss. hip fx yesterday at a nursing home..... She was eating dinner in bed when we arrived. Staff said left leg shorter, blah, blah, she lifted her left leg and began exercising it. Transport......
We were running on a lady every shift, overmedicated, fell out of her chair....laying in the yard, etc.. I now know how APS works. Filled out the online form (Texas), got a call back a week later and they told me she was placed in a nursing home (no doubt where she needed to be). So I guess...
Our capnography is on our Zoll's, we should use it more often... We had several really good classes when we first got it, but we need a refresher. For us, just another tube placement indicator. I know if I have a good visual, then most of the time I don't bother, unless it may be a prolonged...
Well, yes I do.......
I also stop for blatant littering I see also..... I parked at Wal Mart last night and was walking through the parking lot and saw a minivan parked in one of the handicapped parking spaces...I then saw a huge bag getting thrown out the window and stuff spilled out of it...
superknife.... most useful knife I have ever owned, and it is only a razor blade..always a razor sharp blade on hand. I DON'T use this to cut seat belts, and never would. Trauma shears are choice for not injuring pt's.
severe pain
We were called to "a 20 y/o in severe pain". Engine was stuck on the road, we made our way to the house, see 15 guys running out of the house, 2 pit bulls.... They said their friend had been shot. They were very agitated and we didn't know which one might be the shooter. One guy...