At the scene of a female in cardiac arrest.
EMT: Sir what is your mother's name?
Family member: That's my wife not my mother. God if she looks that bad maybe its a good thing she's dead.
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The first thing I would look at is how much your ambulance weighs. Most of the ambulances that I have been on are close to if not over weight already. Then find out how much your loaded trailer weighs. The towing capacity of the F350 is about 16,000 lbs. That is on an empty cab and chassis. So...
Where in Mass are moving to? UMASS worchester has a good system. Springfield is mostly privates - AMR and I think one other. Boston has 3rd service EMS. Most of the FDs run ambulances. The FD have a state wide test. You can apply at any town hall for the most part.
Most febrile seizures are treated BLS. If the patient is still hot to the touch or has a high temp on the thermometer then some cooling can be done with a moist towel. Never with Rubbing Alcohol as it can cool a patient too quickly. Febrile seizures are caused by the body temperature rising or...
Proceed cautiously here. I know of a few medic students that were expelled from class when they performed skills that were beyond their scope of practice of their current certification. No problems for the students doing their clinical ride time. It was only a problem when they were working...
When it gets down around 10ish F I have my polyproplene thermal underwear top and bottom, wool socks, wool sweater, wool hat, long sleeve uniform shirt, and those cheap chemically activated hand warmers to put in my leather gloves and a face mask if the wind is blowing.
Or though I it out...
We have the panic button on the portables. Only problem is dispatch calls and asks why the emergency beacon is activated. This has been brought up but nothing has been done to fix it.
The only dumb question is the unasked question.
Yes you must splint the whole leg. You can splint each fx and then the whole leg or use one splint as long as it immobilizes both fractures. Don't forget to check for pulses before and after splinting.
If you have any question contact medical control (Doctor) on the radio and describe what you see.
Personally if the head is presenting in the sac it needs to be ruptured. If the Sac is prolapsed and you don't see the head best leave it be.
I know of two private companies in Connecticut that had to compensate employees who were "clocked out" for meals and breaks. this was due to the fact that there were no specific request by the employee for meals/breaks and there was no documented meal/break time. Both companies just deducted the...
It all depends where you are. EMT-Bs at AMR in CT they make about $11 to start. Paramedics make from 18 to 28 depending on experience. Believe it or not AMR is one of the better paying services in CT. In January AMR will be paying me more an hour the the fire dept I work for by about 1.50/hour.
Stuffed Toys? This whole time I've been blowing up exam gloves an drawing faces on them. Sure was easier when they were latex the nitrile causes me to pass out from all the effort.
Just kidding. Stopped doing that years ago. Our local Moose Club (similar to the elks) gave my department about...
I know in CT if the patient needs to go outside then they call an ambulance. We used to go to New Britain General (NBGH)and pickup a PT for a MRI at NBGH. We would park at the ER and pull out make a Right and pull into the MRI parking lot. Total transport 20 seconds and less than 100 yards...