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Better than the helicopter that was damaged by a moose: medical crew was at the hospital (5 minutes away), and pilot was in the restroom. They landed on a moose path

MMiz; the best answer to your question is Yes; companies do both and still get caught with shortages.

Why can't an EMT say no? As an EMT-B I had runs to a daycare who would call 911 for every (and I mean every) boo boo. Child fell on concrete landing on hands, and has an abrasion. Same with an adult. Stubbed toes A patient was at ED and released at 0500 this morning (it was 0900) and I am...

So would my PT company

So sorry; dogs and all pets are wonderful help to us; but it is so sad that they don't live as long. My part time job, we can take our dogs to work with us; and more than once I have come back and sat on the floor and rubbed him, and talked to him about how bad a run it. He helps keep me sane.

We get all the info; (but we have a 90minute to 2 hour transport so it is relatively easy: including pictures of DL and insurance cards, and a picture of the patient (hard for the patient to say in court that wasn't me, when there is a picture). If you are taking it off Driver's license, make...

MMIZ, Me too, I don't ask people anymore when I don't understand the shorthand, cause they really make me feel older

Tell that to the guy that got screwed for 10 months, then finally found a good job and left: he went from 48 hour shifts (1 trip a week, 2 hour drive) to M-Th 10 hour days and 8 hours Friday: because our Occ health doctor didn't like the medication that the VA put him on for his PTSD.

Good luck, enjoy retirement, and thank you for all of the advice over the years

It is hard to ask for help; I know, I didn't ask for help until it was almost to late. And right now I work somewhere that has great benefits, and a lot of ways to get help, but not for EMS. We can't ask for help without it affecting out jobs Get the help if you need it

Treat the patient not the machine: When I am healthy (relative) and feeling good my SPO2 runs between 88-92%; when my asthma is acting up and I am getting ready to crash hard, I run 98-99%: I think it is because I am working harder to breathe. At that level very long I will crash, and drop...

Problem with TV and movies: anyone who dies comes back with 3 compressions and/or 1 shock. They don't they die for the biggest part. I worked 7 viable (seen arrest, CPR started fast) cardiac arrests in January, 1 survived, and he was the one who shouldn't have; the oldest and in the worst...

Even if you don't come back here, or to EMS, please take advantage of the help that is out there, don't sit on it, and don't try to deal with it yourself. Get help, it is free

If the patient took OTC oral Benadryl 30 minutes before Basic EMS arrived and your protocols state that you can give the patient oral OTC Benadryl every 45 minutes, then document what time the patient took theirs, wait 15 minutes and give them another dose. and Document the 2nd dose time

Turn in your National Registry October 1st so if you get audited you have time to deal with it

Think about doing 75% of your runs from State A, and transporting 98% to State B. That is my PT job, we cover both sides of a state line; 40 miles west into the state we are based in, and 56 miles east into the state that we transport mostly to

Glad I work in states that have statewide protocols

RsqCrack: because the doctors don't always take the time to check things, including looking at the medication list and more importantly the drug allergy list: In many areas EMS is better at diagnosing (or at least faster) Sepsis, and CVA's than ED's .

We have talked about it at my PT job; thought and talked a lot about doing it on a patient in and out of Cardiac arrest back in January: 135 mile transport, in and out 7 times. We we decided to do it the next time he coded, (we were 35 miles into the transport: no cell or radio service) he...

Asking a history on every person is where you learn. When you have time between runs, look at the medications that the patient takes: figure out what those medications are for, and you can start figuring out the medical histories of patients without asking them. Pay attention and learn from...