In one of the towns i work in, approx 30,000 people with two major highways passing through it, heavy rescue is done by two of the three volunteer fire companies and one of the two volunteer rescue squads. Per regulation in our state, any vehicle extrication utilizing heavy rescue tools require...
Anyone of my other fellow EMT-Bs in NJ get the notification that njoemscert is gonna be down for a while while they revamp the core 13 and transfer to a new system? Anyone know if this is the inclusion of the new BLS protocols they have been talking about for a while, and what these protocols...
you are a BLS unit dispatched to an extended care facility for a 66 YOF reported unconscious and unresponsive but breathing. Upon arrival find the pt unconcious unresponsive breathing irregularly at a rate of 12/min on 2 lpm nc. Staff stated pt was found this way approx 5 minutes prior to her...
well my partner and I had a knife pulled on us a couple days ago, so in honor of this I figured I'd pose this question: anyone else ever had a scene turned violent or been assaulted? how did you handle it?