Recent content by himynameismj

I'm not sure, haven't hit that chapter yet. I'm reading "Cardiology Made Ridiculously Simple".

"Emergency in the Streets" is Nancy L. Caroline, M.D. She wrote the Paramedic Book.

We share different views, obviously. I'm going to continue to acknowledge my patients.

Not at all, but I'm clarifying the book was indeed, written by a doctor. Multiple posts said it wasn't. Obviously, multiple edits probably make today's version look like a separate book all together. And absolutely no, one physician does not represent the entire bunch, however a little respect...

Why does everyone keep saying that the EMT textbook is not written by doctors? The most frequently published textbook, "Transportation of the Sick and Injured" (AAOS) was written by Dr. Eugene Nagel and colleagues. It has been edited multiple times since initial publication, but the fundamentals...

my preceptor printed off the breakdown off of EMS charts last time I did an observation shift.

I have seen the breakdown of the busiest units in the state. The top unit is St. Joe's Paterson ALS-701. Runs 24/7.

HUMC (Hackensack) pays by experience, but starts very well from what I'm told. They have a little diversity in their coverage areas, and the benefits are excellent.

Therapeutic Hypothermia, RSI for starters. Not exactly what other states are allowed and not allowed to do. New Jersey is very liberal in terms of ALS procedures however.

I work in a vanbulance too. I'm 6 ft. 2. I always sit next to the patient. There's a reason dialysis centers have a lot of 911 calls. Dialysis is brutal on the body and those pt's are unstable. Just saying, it's gonna suck when you find out that post-dialysis nap was a silent arrest and you're...

I have a FF background, but my heart rests with EMS. Accountability is huge, but should that be more reason to stick together? To prevent the accountability of just one person every time and to ensure that quality insurance and the growth of everyone within an organization rises at the same time...

Oh damn, here comes the soap box. "Street EMS" is literally a figment of some lazy crap EMT's imagination. The reason we have "Street EMS" is because most of today's EMS students think they're doctors post-initial training and refuse to actually learn the book right. That book was written by...

Looking at the history of firefighting, you're going to see the tradition was initiated solely by those who volunteered. Unfortunately, I don't see this ever being the case with the volunteer's of today.

No, not at all. I completely understand where you're coming from w/ that statement. You work in a larger group, usually different people each shift. Obviously, you're not gonna have the opportunity to grow ties.

I work for a small transport company on the side. When I first started, the company was about 75% smaller than what it is like today and I had a similar experience. I'm still best friends w/ a lot of those people. Ironically, the EMT's were much better back then than now with all of the mass...