Recent content by paramedicmike

If you're in doubt, pick up the phone and call your medical command doc. Explain to him/her what's going on and let him/her make the decision. Then document the hell out of it. That being said, knowing the procedure for your locality is important. As has been suggested, do the research...

First you said this: Then you said this: So which is it? First you're saying that no one can dictate to you how you chart then you say they can. Time to step out of the exceedingly tiny world that is Washington County. Any employer within the County may hold this view. But not any...

Aren't you using EMAIS? In your case, it's not really the employer dictating to you how you chart it's the State. Employer or State mandate, they do have it within their rights to tell you how to chart. From a legal perspective it suits their interests to do so as they'll certainly be named...

No. You keep asking what's wrong with being considered public safety not why everyone cares.

Look at it this way. You gave us an opinion while, in the very same breath, telling us that you had no idea what you were talking about. Would you take someone seriously if s/he did that to you? You are correct. You are entitled to an opinion even if you don't know what you're talking...

But you *do* care about definitions otherwise you wouldn't keep asking over and over again what people have against public safety. Rid is not resorting to personal attacks. He has said nothing about you personally. Please learn to separate criticism of the training one has received from an...

Ok. Let's try this. What public safety functions do you see EMS providers routinely performing? What formal training have they had in order to engage in these public safety measures? From what, exactly, are they protecting the public? And in a very real sense, safety does, in fact...

Then wouldn't we be engaging in preventative medicine? Sounds like health care to me. I hope you're being sarcastic. It's hard to tell in this type media.

Yes. We are still just medicine. We are responding after the fact to provide emergency interventional health care. We are not affecting safety. From what are we keeping the public safe? Vent: I missed that post. But I'm inclined to think that the inclusion of EMS in LODD benefits...

I think the first part of your sentence describes the problem. No one *works* for the State of New Jersey. They just sit around, collect a paycheck while nothing gets done, the State falls deeper into debt and falls apart around them. Too bad PA and NY can't just pull the pins on the...

What do you think many of us have been fighting for/working towards for years? ;) Four year degrees need to be required for entry level EMS work. -be safe

I think this pretty much covers it.

And you thought I was kidding in the other discussion about how lame NJ EMS is. Take all the negative emotions you're feeling about the ridiculousness of the protocols you're reading and multiply by 100. Only then will you start to come close to realizing just how bad it is. I wasn't...

As has been said, yes. Punctuation, like grammar and spelling, is very important. You are completing a legal document. Write it like it should be written. As for "never use and exclamation point", that, too, is false. When documenting a chief complaint of, "My leg is killing me!" as taken...

If you don't see the program you're interested in listed here: http://www.caahep.org/Find_An_Accredited_Program.aspx I would seriously reconsider that program. Or, you can use the link to find an accredited program in your area. Good luck.