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Pennsylvania Department of Health Cardiac 5002 – ALS – Adult Effective 11/01/08 5002-1 of 2 CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE STATEWIDE ALS PROTOCOL Treat any Dysrhythmias according to appropriate Cardiac Protocol or as Medical Command orders Initial Patient Contact - see Protocol #201 Manage...

Welcome to the the forums mike. Nice to see another provider on here from my neck of the woods. Good luck with your class!

I too had a very similar call. My partner and I were dispatched to a nosebleed call. When we arrived on scene we were greeted by a frantic mother screaming that her son was shot. PD was at the door waving, yelling for us to come in. My partner was grabbing the gear as i ran up to the house. The...

welcome to the forums Mike....hope your doing well. 30+ years of service thats quite an accomplishment!

I lived and worked in philly for many yrs. As stated earlier all 911 is handled by the PFD so private service is ur best bet for work. If I'm not mistaken Drexel is close to the suburbs of philly and it is possible to find work as an EMT-B with a 911 service.

What kind of "solution" do you want to give him. Not the final one I hope!

lol i was watching too. I could not believe my eyes! high speed roll over with an unconscious pt hanging out the window and they decide the best thing to do is throw the suv upright with the guy just hanging there and then drag him out and cuff him. I guess they cleared his c-spine! hey guys if...

i have done it myself but only to document mech. of injury for the doc's to see. I would never think of taking a pic of a DOA.

Good luck, stay positive and you will do fine!

happy birthday man hope things are going well up there in luzerne county!

great set of 12 leads! i'am really curious as to how this pt presented and what TX's were given. you can clearly see the ST elevations in the anterior chest leads, would have been a good case to move a lead to the back to get a posterior look. thanks for posting.

I ask to those that are using these devices have they noticed any difference in pt outcomes?

...great site to test your 12 lead skills http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/index.html

in Pa. the USE of a monitor by an EMT is behond thier scope of practice...so here you would not be permitted to use the machine until you are a certified paramedic.

these are Pa. protocols for AGITATED BEHAVIOR/PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Pennsylvania Department of Health Behavioral & Poisoning 801 – BLS – Adult/Peds Effective 09/01/04 801-1 of 2 AGITATED BEHAVIOR / PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS STATEWIDE BLS PROTOCOL Criteria: A. Patient with a psychiatric or...