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I have a BS in Biology and an AS in Paramedicine. Currently looking at MS programs. I’m at a somewhat busy suburban dept. apprx 5-10 calls per 24 hour shift. Been on the job 3 years. I’m truly valuing all of the input and opinions!

What courses/certifications can put me at the top of my game for my PT's? I'm a newer paramedic and am current in all the alphabet courses. I'm taking ACLS-EP this weekend, and am registered for ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, BLS instructor courses, along with a Handtevy Peds course later this year. What...

Anyone taken this yet? Can you chime in on your experience with the content and your view on the value of the course? I'm current in ACLS, just taking it to hopefully learn more/deeper. I'll be driving about 4.5 hours each way, so I'm hoping to gain a lot from it. Also, is the textbook...

Interesting.... did you follow up later on? Did it resolve?

Curious, what would the SpO2 level look like for someone who became unconscious due to a respiratory emergency? For instance, in this example the patient broke out in a sweat and appeared to really be tanking around 70%. Would he remain conscious if it hit 60%? 50%?

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I asked one of the guys who has been in the fire service for a while why it is that way. He stated to me there was " no masculinity in EMS." I guess its not "manly" to have a desire to actually help others vs. sitting in a recliner all day watching porn on your phone except for the once a day...

Hiked in carrying the supplies needed with the idea that the ATV would just surpass them whenever it arrived and carry in the supplies needed. Its been clarified that the trail was just a simple one-way in, one-way out trail with no branch off's (unlike a hiking trail) which would reduce and...

I know I'm late to the party, but as a new "brother" (gag me) to a Fire-based EMS system, patient care is often times an atrocity. I'm in one of the biggest career departments in my (large) state. If you enjoy EMS you are looked at as a p**s* who must be scared of fire or mentally deranged. Were...

Just as an FYI, it was a confirmed DOA. Perhaps us rehearsing these events both mentally and physically can help facilitate an efficient response. However, just as another poster noted, when individuals go off the paved path (figuratively and literally) there is only so much we can do for a...

Got it! That made it click. I thoroughly appreciated this response and accompanying picture. Extremely informational! Thank you! How is this proven? (I imagine nothing we can do to know this pre-hospital)

Another question: once NTG vasoldilates the pulmonary vasculature allowing more “space” for the accumulating blood, how does the pulmonary edema get back into the vessels? Would lasix be a candidate for treatment even without peripheral edema?

So, is it safe to say that in any hypertensive crisis NTG could be administered? In school and in my text it says the indications are for stable and unstable angina.

I understand the need for the heart to relax and not “red line” itself, but isn’t that a necessity to get th fluid out of the lungs? If nitro alone is given to relieve the oxygen demands on the heart, how does that improve the overall outcome of the Pt? Wouldn’t that equate to more fluid...

Absolutely! I love learning and have read all of the studies on the links provided. I cannot get enough of EM. I want to be the best clinician I can. so for future reference, SL NTG would have been a much more beneficial and appropriate form of treatment alongside the CPAP?