Agree'd
Remember "BSI....Is My Scene Safe".........stage outside the impact zone but close enough so you can immediately provide service
Now if someone is contracted to provide services to an area, it *should* make 'every attempt' to remain there but JPINFV spoke my thoughts.....An ambulance...
I feel your pain. I got into an argument with our arrhythmia instructor over what I interpreted as a junctional rhythm.
The instructor is a VERY intelligent CCRN, former medic, sits on the regional subcommittee for our OEMS, even most of those in the area who don't know her personally...
There are things can keep you from getting licensed by your state and things that may just make a prospective employer move on to another applicant.
We really can't tell you what your state will say (Unless there is a member here that actually works for your state's OEMS)
Like what was...
If you paid for your own education during the tax year then you can claim one of the two educational credits. Only counts if *YOU* paid for your program (cash, student loans). Excludes grants or employer-paid 'sponsoring'.
I was able to get a $1600 tax credit via the Hope credit because of my...
What we used to help differentiate beta 1/2 agonists when we just started getting our feet wet in pharmacology
Beta-1 = 1 heart (ex: dobutamine, Beta blockers are B1 antagonists)
Beta-2 = 2 lungs (ex: Albuterol)
Similar happened to me in class but I was the one bleeding. I don't know if it was just that my blood pressure was up or what, but when he pulled out the needle, I began GUSHING blood. Ruined a brand new pair of jeans (I wouldn't have wore them if I knew we were going to be back in the lab)...
27 (28 in march), Married, 2 kids from a previous relationship (they live with their mother), Wife is ready for a kid of our own. 2 cats. Finishing Medic School in June.
In my "free time" (what little exists) I try to spend with the wife but with my school/work/clinical schedule and her...
There are a couple of services around my region that use similar devices. Some models can also link with some of the computerized run-sheet systems and defibrillators so vitals, CPR, marked-events on the monitor, etc.. are all automatically appended to the trip sheet (I'm thinking Zoll systems...
Agree'd with bstone
You should remain respectful of the religious views of your patients and not force your own upon them. Perhaps they are content with their own views. There is a spot on everyone's medical record for their religious preference so that their needs may be met in the event...
There are *MANY* factors. Depends on your program, your work, your program's clinical policy, your social life, etc...
My Experience:
$5,400 (Two student loans, $3,500 interest free + $1,900)
Mon: School (I usually try to get in about 4-6 hours of clinicals in the morning before school)
Tues...
Why go the "sponsoring" route and lock yourself into a contract? Consider a school that allows federal student aid.
My medic school is paid by two federal student loans (One subsidize, one not, so I only pay interest on the unsubsidized load). A few students even qualified for a Pell...
I usually have 2 answers for that question
Serious answer for the frantic/upset: "We're doing everything we can to try and keep that from happening" I'll then pop off a few "small-talk" type questions that don't require my full attention if I'm in the middle of treatment so they aren't AS...
Finish class *then* clinicals? I've heard about programs that do that, Bet it makes time management a little easier lol.
We have to find time for our clinicals while still making time for class, but as far as where we do them at, it has been prearranged/contracted by the school (Both...
I've always assumed it was a DOT thing. Every place I worked seems to make a reference to MoDOT (Missouri Department of Transportation) in it's drug testing policy. Suppose I should look into that to educate myself (Never really cared since I seldom drink and don't have any medications nor...
I don't think I have ever seen someone voluntarily grab a KED at the service I work for or the one I worked at before it. I usually have to request it.
I try to educate but it falls on deaf, unwilling ears. In most situations the first responders are first on scene and they already have MVC...
I have had to clean a really large crow out of my amb's grill before. I had just scrubbed down the ambulance for a parade and must've hit it on my way to the parade. Needless to say I didn't know about it until *AFTER* the parade :sad:
I received a special call sign after that.
"Base to...