Recent content by Dr.NREMT-B

HAHA... Here is one I had just like that! ME: "How bad is your pain?" PT: "10/10 in my right wrist. I have been unable to use it for days." ME: "The same right wrist in which you are holding your baby carrier?" PT: "That's the one." ME: "How many children do you have?" PT: "4" NURSE...

I am in Missouri (I see you did some undergrad work at Wash U) and our pilots can sleep on shift. When tones are dropped, they wake up and do a weather check.

We used a Brady book series in class, so I ended up using Brady's Across the Boards and didn't have any problems. I liked that there were a ton of questions that were harder than on the test. But, that was years ago. I would still recommend that you look at a book that has many questions to...

An attending ER physician taught me a great question to ask kids to determine if they are processing information appropriately. If the parents were in the room, she always asked the patient who was in the room with him/her and the child would say, “Mom and dad.” Then she would ask, “How do you...

Absolutely Agree!!! It is your job as a ground guy to do what you can for the patient - who cares if you wake someone up or tick someone off. I hate listening to my pilots complain about weather checks at 3 AM when someone is in need of HEMS in the boonies, but I do understand their complaint...

We fly VFR and request a flight clearance first thing in the morning when we get up to make sure we have one ready to go. You go online and get a new one every day to release your aircraft with a new pilot/crew. You will also notice that a good percentage of HEMS flys VFR --- at least in the...

My 2 Cents There are a number of different reasons why HEMS crews don't want you to shop around. Here are some good points that I have learned working on a specialty team (HEMS) over the last few years: 1. You are putting a team into action only to cancel them. --- They might have taken off...

So, what about people outside of CA? Does it apply to National Registry? I am concerned with this statment: "A maximum number of 10 hours CECBEMS approved Distrubutive Education can be applied to refresher education." So, do these websites count as distributive education or do they count as...

Adls/bdls You might look into getting your Advanced Disaster Life Support certification. They are getting ready to hold some courses in Nebraska this next month. You can check out their website!

I would really like to know the answer to this question as well. I have been looking at these sites for a few weeks and will be taking my United States Medical Licensure Exam next summer and don't have a class that opens until near time for recert. Anyone have any ideas? Do these count for...