We have no regulations at all... I've worked 28 hour shifts. We usually end up with some downtime (I slept about three hours on the last one I worked), but no official breaks. However, we don't have portable radios, so we can ask dispatch to let us both go into a restaurant to pick up food, and...
Five calls in a row to the nearby college for the "chest tightness" "racing heart" "difficulty breathing" "bad trip" and "chills and shaking". NOI: Marijuana cookies.
i'm helping to organize a "bootcamp" with a series of scenarios that EMTs will respond to, and for one of them I am trying to do a mock-MVA. I'd like to have a head injury, with the windshield shattered, so I've been looking for vinyl decals to stick on. I've found lots with fake half sports...
You let them hold the baby? I would most certainly be fired. Even brand new mom we call for a second crew to transport the baby.
And we have enough space at the end of our bench seats that we can fit standard wheelchairs (if they fold it's WAY easier), so that's what we do.
I've seen that list; I'm specifically curious about 911 contracts. I'm working in Boston this summer but going back to school in Amherst in September. The company I work with in Boston does some IFT, some 911. I really like the variety, and so if I can't find a company with some 911 in Western...
Boston, right now. The best way to get an EMS job is to orchestrate a massive educational scandal, have OEMS suspend the licenses of 100s of EMTs, and have a pulse.
MA does not have a different license designation for ambulance driving. I applied to my job, didn't mention diabetes (but left...
I've been scouring the internet, but can't find anything about emergency contracts in Western Mass. I know Amherst and Northampton are fire based, but I thought Chicopee/Agawam/Springfield/Greenfield might be private contracts. Does anyone know?
A related question:
What if your patient speaks only icelandic? The visiting nurse who called you knows that he speaks only icelandic, but she does not speak any icelandic herself. She also does not know his PMH, as she is just filling in for the day. The patient is cool, light pink (maybe...
My service has chair cars, so I imagine if we came across this after hours when the chair car drivers have gone home, we'd call a supervisor and the supervisor would bring the chair car and follow us to the pt's home. In an emergent situation, they're not coming. We can't waste time on scene...
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