Recent content by abuan

Our call volume in Honolulu has increased significantly especially with AMR not taking cold calls (Deemed BLS by proQA) as of late.

Happens pretty frequently here on Oahu especially in the rural areas.

id44.com

really good ACLS review awesome review for ACLS and ECG http://www.skillstat.com/tools

i just passed the medic. www.id44.com, my text book and Barron's helped me out a lot. The Barron's CD had really hard questions.

passed at 80

picked up a new bike recently, had to get one to replace my cbr600rr, she was about to code on me.

congratulations! i'm just finishing up clinicals and start internship on september 5th. talk about crapping bowling balls! i'm antsy as all hell. life ends. actually, it already ended. i'm doing case studies and looking at emtlife.com on a saturday night for cryn' out loud! intern life sucks...

BSI, Scene safe...'nough said.

venous access

sounds complicated. i guess the equipment we have here in hawaii is a little old school, cuz there's a couple of ways to "milk the needle" to get a blood sample with the equipment we have. and i've seen a lot of people slap the veins, and i've tried it and it hasn't really worked, so i...

who needs critical thinking when you have general orders? hahahahaha i know it's impossible to know on the internet, but that was sarcasm.

yes, you have to have your A&P done before even applying. most medic programs through a college are like that i believe. and yes, i actually applied to the program while i was taking A&P. and my acceptance was conditional up until they received my letter grade. and i'm not sure what you mean...

i actually got into the malcolm x college program before i decided to move to hawaii. i highly recommend malcolm x. i'm aslo partial because i did my emt-b there. but they are very reputable and got some really cool learning tools. chicago fire goes there for their CME classes...

that always makes me feel better when that happens. hahahaha. i love starting IVs. i have a couple tips: 1.TRACTION TRACTION TRACTION! but be careful with old people, you can really hurt them if you pull too hard. 2. tighten the screwable parts on the stopcock if you decide to use one...