Well it might seem weird but I get here by accident.
Im an immigrant from Poland, married in US used to work some dead end job with no idea what to do. One month I got two speeding tickets and my wife went crazy on me. Tried to joke about that and said: I wish I could be (forgive my ignorance...
Hello
Which book would you recommend to study for Paramedic National registry. I heard that Brady is ok but I dont wanna buy without knowing some opinions.
We have barbaric cots in normal rigs and it depends on the crew chief how many extra people he needs. If we're to busy and not enough people to lift we call fd. Worst scenario is when we have to carry >400 lb patient on the tarp (Greenpeace him) on the narrow hall or stairs
one of a student doctors was doing assessment on a woman in the er room. wanted to check her rectum (motorbike accident) put glove on then hand under the sheet pulled back with little blood on his index finger.
- we have rectal bleeding
and the lady said:
- sir, wrong hole i have period now...
I was givingreport on a radio about a older lady who fell in the elevator and hit her face, so she was bleeding from a nose and from lip.
Nurse in hospital asked me "did she lose any teeth?
grandma replied: yeah all of them... in 1994.
True in my area only PD calls scene safe and I will only go in when cops are also inside. I like my job but I like my life more.
I heard (not)funny story when one of emt's called 10-53 (police) from dispatch, dispatcher asked "what you need cops for?'
true story
I would go on the streets, education in emergency means almost nothing until you'll touch the patient.
My point of view changed a lot when I started working as an emt
yeah I have to be careful with those electronic cuffs
Last night nurse almost yelled at me that I dont believe her about vitals she performed
she insisted that I dont have to check them because she did.
Finally I told her to let me earn my buck. It helped:rolleyes:
we had a call to a very low BP patient. When we came toa nursing home nurse told us that BP was 56 /20. Before calling med unit I checked it and it was 130/68. I thought that Im wrong so I checked three times and result was this same, then I asked my partner to check it too and difference was...