Recent content by FiremanMike

It’s because they’re wrong frequently and they don’t account for mimics (BBB, LVH, etc) and don’t pick up on the rarities (scarbosa, wellens syndrome, etc).. They’re right on the obvious ones, but the obvious ones are obvious to even the most rookiest of rookies..

I mean, haven’t they been technically AI since the first 12 leads came out with a diagnosis box?

As a part of your research I highly encourage you to look at Save A Warrior out of Ohio. I attended about a month ago and it was absolutely life changing. I’ve been dealing with my sh*t for 30 years and tried a variety of solutions, nothing has compared to the SAW experience.

It’s mostly big cities that’ll do this as they have their own academy or enough money to pay for the state program. That said, the wait for those jobs can be a long road. If you’re serious about this path, your best bet is to bite the bullet and put yourself through an academy. If you do...

I meant we as a society.. having watched my two daughters waste. 2 years worth of college tuition just because they felt so pressured by high school to go still has me salty..

I went to career center my junior and senior year for fire and EMS. I had emt-basic and professional firefighter certs upon graduating high school

If we really want to rage about anything, it should be the unchecked exponential increases in college tuition over the last 30 years coupled with the immense pressure put on high school students to attend college after graduation. It's a f*cking racket and no one wants to touch it.

Lord not again. Take a breath, this whole thing has become rage bait 1. No one is saying nurses aren't professionals, this whole idea was poorly inferred and has been pushed aggressively by the ANA because they want to stay relevant. 2. This only relates to the amount of money you can obtain...

I'll walk back on some of my statements once I thought through them a bit more. Nurses can't discharge so I'm certain a provider was involved at some point.

This is not really an EMTALA violation, and her demand that all patients in labor be allowed to see a provider is never going to happen - I had no idea how autonomous L&D nurses were until my L&D clinical rotation. Who's to say how far she was really dilated but if she legitimately didn't meet...

But you’re a potato with a medic card…

Don’t know about test limitations, I took FP-C a long time ago. I don’t think there were limits other than financial when I took my CEN last year..

(not a plug for any commercial website, just the first one that came up with the vx2 when I googled "portable suction")

I've used both of these https://www.boundtree.com/suction/suction-units/s-scort-vx2-custom-w-variable-regulator-and-gauge/p/2221-10082?srsltid=AfmBOor7cGax5IfAGBw6EYIIQksLZZyFYzvf81-aGaVCe8sHn-RKqBa87Js and...

A minimum of 3 years of clinical practice is the bare bones. I vaguely remember being a medic at 3 years at a busy dept, regarded as one of the stronger medics, and thinking I was hot sh*t. For a long time, every year I'd look back at who I was the previous year and think "wow that guy was...