Recent content by Skittles

I just keep a small boo-boo kit in my car for my daughter's sake. So, if someone just needs a bandaid, I'm the girl to see. I don't have any identifying information on my car. Mostly because my car is dirty and I don't want people to think that's how all EMTs are. I'm protected up to my...

No changes yet in my area. It may be coming though.

ResueRider, when did you hear that PA EMTs have to be NREMT by March 16? I haven't heard anything yet from my local federation/council. ETA: Never mind, I just saw that it was your med command requiring it, not the state.

I just walked into where I had done my ride alongs and asked. I didn't do a formal interview. Maybe I had just impressed them.

Just keep trying! It took me 7 months to get my first interview. I'm currently waiting for a call back to confirm employment. In that 7 months I volunteered at a company that I had done my ride alongs with.

Salad with grilled chicken. Yoghurt, pudding, carrots, orange, crackers. Most recent lunch I packed. Unfortunately, sandwiches are most convenient. Try switching it up, grilled chicken with veggies, chicken salad with almonds and dried cranberries, switch up the bread. Left over dinner...

This was also mentioned. It's possible I misunderstood, but the nothing but compressions for ten minutes, not even AED was quite clear and adamant.

Stupid point, but I'm a girl. :) Hershey medical center is where it was being done. When I go back to class Tuesday, I will ask of he knows of any resources provided by Hershey to the public about this. And he wasn't trying to confuse us, or tell us to not follow protocol or current CPR...

Absolutely, I will do everything I was trained to, including shocking as soon as possible, suctioning if there is vomit, O2 on the BVM, etc. I actually brought that point up in class, that a doctor at the ED could do more than I can, with their anti-clotting drugs and the like. I was terribly...

It was just weird. The class before we were getting it drilled into our heads that while one person was doing compressions, the other was hooking up the AED and attaching pads to analyze, getting the O2 and BVM ready and prepping the suction unit. He came back next class and said nope. Forget...

I'm still in EMT class... However, right before Christmas break, my instructor went to a class, research discussion thingy, where he came back to us with some interesting info. This was done at a local, well respected teaching hospital. Apparently, they have discovered that CPR only for ten...

I've been reading Barron's E-Z Anatomy and Physiology. Then again, I took A&P about 3 years ago, so it's more of a review.

Thanks! Sounds like the school where I got my medical assistant. :mellow:

Forgive me if this has been asked before, I couldn't find it in prior threads. But, what is a mill and how do you know if the school you're looking at is a mill?

The sweet sounds of silence after a whiny 18-month old all day. :D Best sound ever!