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Great info everyone!

Thanks for the reply.

Here's a poorly drawn MS Paint picture describing two possible splinting scenarios. Hopefully you can see the attachment.

Lets say you guys come across a patient with a fairly grossly angulated extremity fracture or a patient who was reluctant to move the limb into an easier to splint/transport position; but the limb has a good distal circulation. Maybe the patient is lying supine with a shoulder injury and the...

Thanks BADDLEGG, that was quite helpful. Anyone else have any tips or info ?

So I'm hoping some of you can provide some clarity for me. I'm currently an EMT-B student and need some help on the proper flow/algorithm to a call. I know this might sound like a dumb question but please bear with me. When you are out on a real ambulance call how do you start off and...

Thanks for the advice. I may just do the notebook thing, hopefully that will help me out a little.

I should clarify things guys. I'm talking about my actual preceptorship where you go out on car and do the calls and your preceptor evaluates you. The school I went to was one of the shorter programs with very little classroom time and a whole lot of independent study. Are there any good...

Ok, thanks! Anyone else have any advice for me ?

Hey guys so I'm currently doing my EMT-B practicum and I am having a really hard go of it. It's basically been a combination of things that have contributed to my suckyness during practicum. I really need some advice, encouragement and so forth. Are there any good EMT websites that can help...

Ahhhhh, so it's assessing the patient's neurological function. I start my EMT-B later this month so I'll probably be asking lots of questions. Thanks for the input it was very helpfull.

Ok.. I understand the expose part, but why the disabilities part in the primary survey? I thought the primary was for life threatening issues, wouldn't a disabled arm be found in the secondary survey(head to toe)? MedicRob could you please go into more detail about the disabilities part?

Have you guys seen ABCDE acronym for a primary assessment? Can someone explain this in depth to me?

Called out to a 50 year old female patient with back pain. Patient is found lying on the couch. Head to toe finds pain in the back radiating to her neck, and weak strength in hands bi-laterally. Pain is 10/10, constant sharp pain, made worse by movement. Patient has a history of ETOH abuse...