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    Can I get "active" status abroad..

    Hey guys, I just recert'd my NRP and it has come back with inactive on the card. In all honesty I didn't read too much about the difference in status's before renewal. I'm working abroad at the moment and the company doesn't require my US paramedic cert (im still UK qualified) but I am keeping...
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    PSS Medic

    PM sent..
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    PSS Medic

    Yea, at the start of the year in Mosul. What would you like to know?
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    Paramedic refresher location

    Hey guys, thanks for the replies - I will contact a few colleges in the area to see what they have. Thanks
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    Paramedic refresher location

    Hey Guys, My NRP expires next year and I am currently contracting overseas. I want to get ahead of the game when planning my leave rotations! Does anybody have any info (or recommendations) on refreshers for NRP + ACLS in the South Dakota area. I tried google, but my google fu broke this...
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    US Paramedic to Scotland

    I have done the NREMT-P to HCPC recently. Going the London route seems like it would be the simplest option. Or you could do what I did and apply yourself whilst sitting at home, you'll need a some money and original college paperwork. The hcpc will do all the cross checking of competencies so...
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    ECG Monitor Practice

    lololol
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    Grants for International EMS

    Its ok, I borrowed a patients phone :)
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    Grants for International EMS

    That is a very noble cause! Would there be any grants towards extra phone data - Ive used all mine on Pokemon go...
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    how to properly ventilate patient with possible tension pneumo

    Since we started being picky, the "assisted ventilations" that you speak of, provide positive pressure, in that when you squeeze the bag, air is positively pushed into the airway. When the body breaths for itself, it sucks air in through negative ventilation - were you not taught that?
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    how to properly ventilate patient with possible tension pneumo

    Interesting proposition - the body has gone from negative pressure ventilation to positive pressure.
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    Differences between pit crew CPR and ACLS

    Slick CPR video, I hope Steve made it...
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    EMT-b 72 questions and medic at 76 questions. Some of the questions are quite crafty.....
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