Recent content by AmeriMedic21

If i am needing to do a rapid trauma assessment, or if there is significant injury and I need to take a look and the clothing wont move out of the way. I remember I had to splint a guys leg because he had a possible tib/fib fracture, and I had to cut off his cowboy boot because we couldnt get...

Hello fellow EMS ladies and gentlemen. I had a question. I just got done running a cardiac call in which i applied a 12 lead for my partner (we are allowed). Every time I go to do this, I get really frustrated with the cables getting tangled up, cause it always happens to me. So I was thinking...

was she complaining of back or neck pain? Usually if I do c-spine precautions its neck and back pain, sometimes i will still do it with head pain too(fall related). Yeah your thinking straight out of class and what you would do in front of a board examiner, thats okay though. Would it be...

Alright guys and gals, had a question. We have very hard water in our county, and from over time of people not wiping the water off the windows, there has been a build up of water spots that will literally not come off with anything i have tried. I was thinking maybe to try CLR, but i have yet...

So i am getting ready to take my EMT-I course here in Kansas, my director has been on my *** about it, and we finally found somewhere to do it here pretty close to our service. The Course i am taking is the I/85 course, minus the intubation. We are going to be switching over to a new AEMT...

Hi all, had a question that i could use some help on. I am in charge of maintenance on our trucks, and was wondering, where does everybody keep their fire extinguishers on their trucks? We have one in our front cab, and in the compartment that can be accessed from both inside and outside of the...

Dispatcher - "Medic 71, respond to Long Term Care facility for unconscious male pt, Delta Response." Medic 71 - "10-4 Dispatch. Medic 71 is en route, do you have any additional Pt information?" Dispatcher - "Pt has a trash can on top of his head."

dude, there are times where i just simply do not go to bed. I lay down at 10pm and will just stay awake till 3am, and then get up, so i dont miss my shift.

get supper comfortable and start polishing your boots. Those are grounds for a nice car accident (10-48 here)

yeah, its not always needed on everybody, but here is what i do. Sometimes i have those pts that are anxious, and when you sell oxygen in a sense that it will "make them feel better", and you apply it, they miraciously feel better, its kind of like the placebo effect i guess. I know what you...

"What happened?" x8 - Pt w/ Head injury & Retrograde Amnesia "you jumped off a skyscraper and landed on your head." Me lol, long story short, this pt kept asking me what happened time after time, after i got sick of telling him he hit the back of his head, i got creative. He still...