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    Fresh out of Class EMT.

    New EMT seeking employment in northwest washington. Any suggestions from you vets out there?
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    weird twingy feeling

    Lately I've been getting a weird dull burning sensation under my left shoulder blade. Its similar to like a churny stomach feeling but in my back. Its kind of intermittent and may be associated with diet. I don't have the healthiest diet. I pretty much live on eggs bread and spaghetti. Any...
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    Question for you seasoned vets out there.

    JPIN, thanks for the info, its nice to really get the info I'm looking for. If anyone else has more to add or stories to tell, please do.
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    Question for you seasoned vets out there.

    I remember my buddy saying something about finding someone super intoxicated, unconcious with jaundice skin. Now going through my EMT class, I was compelled to try and read up on what (some what acute)jaundice skin can be an indicator of. But, I dindnt really find anything in my textbook about...
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    Getting used to blood,bones,and bodies.

    Shelly, I get what you mean. I remember seeing medical shows where they would getinto surgery and get their hands and tools into the patient and go to town. It goes back to the idea that its not usual to see certain things happen to the body.
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    Getting used to blood,bones,and bodies.

    As my name states I'm just an EMT student now. I've seen an intibation,I've helped bag a resp arrest, seen a few other things but nothing too gruesome. I'm curious if anyone has had trouble with seeing open fracs avulsions and other deformities for the first time. Any particular experiences?
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    I killed my COPD'r with an oxygen bottle!

    First I gotta say its really neat to come to this forum and read about things I'm learing in my EMT class. I missed a question on a quiz because I thought that hypoxic drive was something to worry about. The quiz answer and response from my instructor, was that you never withhold o2 from a pt...
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    spider straps

    HAHA, we just started trauma, splinting and back boarding in my class and I didn't even think to try folding the tape in the middle to make it easier on the patient. But as far as straps go, we use the clip and buckle straps for backboarding. Most of the counties around here are moving away from...
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    IO-field experience/info

    Rock on man. Lightsandsirens, I'm in sno cty
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    IO-field experience/info

    Aidy I love your quote at the bottom. Haha
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    IO-field experience/info

    That was really in depth, thanks for the input. The EZ-IO just seems like a big advance for healthcare, and it was really cool to see it in action.
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