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More Test Review a Good Thing I've got to say that more test review is a good thing. Looking at question stems and learning to decode them is something I wish more instructors reviewed with their students. Gaining raw knowledge is important for testing but for many, learning how to test means...

Great News! I'm glad to hear that you passed. I think your experience is a great lesson to others that have taken their test recently. Don't beat yourself up about what you think you did. Once you are done the test, step back and don't analyze every "wrong" feeling you had. The test is over...

My experience is the same. I worked in a small rural ER where there were only 2 nurses and and a Doc on overnight on the weekends. They hired me to pick up the slack. Any chest pain or respiratory distress was treated seriously. The issue we had was getting that information back to the...

answer The article specifically talks about flu vaccine applications but alludes to broader uses. I think that as a simple to use delivery device for something like a pre-measured med for respiratory issues i.e. racemic epi, albuterol, etc. Another application I could see would be a Narcan...

Imagine delivering your meds rapidly and in metered doses without worrying about using a needle or other high training delivery device. Imagine a simple device you can hand out at a disaster scene that costs pennies each but can deliver life saving meds directly into the lungs and each person...

I second that one. I'm always telling my EMT-B's a quote I heard in PM school. "Paramedics save lives, EMT's save paramedics" That said -- Use flashcards to study while you're working. Easy to keep in your pocket and pull out while your stopped at a light or pass to your partner (as in...

Must Be Ethics in the Water It's funny, I've been away from the forum for a couple of months and when I check back, I see this ethics thread. We just had a similar question come up from one of our EMT-B's. He was at the beach and was directed to a unresponsive man being helped from the...

:wacko: A few hundred miles distance may not be enough. Here's a link from a UK paramedic's blog about some potent opiates they've run into recently. Random Acts of Reality blog Check it out, he writes about some pretty cool stuff.

I took some time this week to check out the American Heart Association page about the new CPR guidelines and found a series of webcasts and podcasts about the changes and explaining the reasons behind them. I reviewed and linked to each of them on my blog here. Overall some very good...

:rolleyes:Today, May 17, 2006 is National EMS for Children Day. This is a day set aside during EMS Week when we and the community around us take time to focus on the specific needs and important differences when dealing with Children and emergencies. What do you do for National EMS-C day...

I started with (and am still active with) a volunteer company. Maryland offers free training to volunteers for EMT-B. Once done with that my county offered free paramedic training, so I just kept going. For younger members of our companies, many of the area school districts started offering a...

Excellent!!!! Awesome!! Take a lesson from your testing experience. Follow your skills, use your knowledge, and don't waste time second guessing yourself along the way. If you have a specific question, bring it to your supervisor or medical director. You can even take some time to talk to...

My nursing program just added it this year. I thought it was ridiculous and quite frankly, a waste of time. I think the testing company has sold a lot of schools on the validity of their test and I think the schools got sold a bill of goods.

Congrats on your certification Welcome to a great forum for EMS.

Thoughts and Prayers I'll keep all of you and the families of those lost in my thoughts and prayers.