Recent content by DarthMalachi

Would Clonidine have worked better? lol. Anyway, passed my state test, got my credential, and now about to take the NREMT-B exam.

This thread may be better suited somewhere else, but since it IS related, at least on a small level, to BLS, I figured,what the heck. Friday, I go to take my NC state EMT-B exam. Already passed the practicals end of it, now just the written remains. A bit nervous, but I think I'll be all...

NC considers MLAs to be a BLS skill, and protocol here is to insert one after the 2nd shock from a AED(after confirming pulselessness and apnea). Henderson county(Hendersonville, where I live)uses the CombiTube, the next county over from me uses the King airway. I don't know who might use the...

That was the first thing I noticed when I got my recert, after not practicing for 10 years...

That would fall under "obvious life threatening injury" and would take precedence over anything else...eh?

Still, I have to be positve and hope you did fine. =) I nearly failed the long bone injury splinting station. I almost forgot to check PMS before applying the splint LOL.

Dang, heck of a secondary injury...sucking chest wound? Yeah, you got that one. That was just the examiner being nice. =)

Thankfully, NC got rid of the KED portion of practicals. I despise that silly green jacket. lol.

In 1999, I was convicted of a class A1 misdemeanor(one step below a felony), as outlined in the general statutes of North Carolina. The crime was of a self-defense nature, and I was ill-advised by my lawyer to accept a plea and not try the case. Being young and the first time I'd EVER been in...

Never heard of 'em...but most companies DO some kind of skill testing. Pretty simple stuff, really. OPA use, O2, rapid trauma, etc.

I think you just caught a lucky break. heh. Same thing happened to me with long bone splinting.

Practicals are ALWAYS nerve racking. Took mine for NC the other day, and in rapid trauma assessment I went thru everything spot on perfect...DCAP-BTLS, OPA, BVM @ 15lpm, etc etc...got to the abdomen, palpated all 4 quads...checked for priapism...and wasn't til I got to the dorsalis pedis pulses...

So yeah, brand new here...never knew it existed. Just got my recert for basic...had been 10 yrs since I had practiced. Wow, lots of stuff changed. Moral of the story: Keep up with con ed. lol. Anyway, hi. nice to meet everyone. =)