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Does anyone know about the laws and/or Health Code violations concerning animals (piglets) being in the back of an ambulance?

Anti-freeze poisoning As I said, we are attempting to get further information. Let you all know the outcome. Thanks for letting me share...

Physical exam nothing noted, no trauma, no recent illness. Her neuro exam was negative. She babysit 5 days a week. Her son, 14yo, stated she was fine when he left for school in the AM. Her son came home from school (around 1530), she was sleeping on the couch, he went to his room. Nothing out...

Not sepsis, not a migraine, not a tumor, or cerebral aneurysm. I used the Cincinnati Stroke scale as a basis, since that was negative, I felt the need to go in a different direction. Good thoughts though. My partner and I were truely stumped.

called for a 44 yo f acting strange. UAF 44 yo f, sitting, at home, early evening. Warm outside. Pt. stated she didn't feel right. Police has had no dealing with her prior. Prior to arrival, pt. had vomited x1, complains of headache right between the eyes. Photophobia. Teenage son comes home...

Years ago I found my weight had creeped up on me (204lb). (so did my age). I had trouble bending over to tie my shoes. That did it. I found it in my heart and mind I needed to make adjustments to my daily food intake and living. So, what I did was: Stopped all carbonated drinks, changed to...

Sorry to hear of such a loss. God Bless her for all her time and duty as an EMT.

Working in a hosptial ED, I go with what the doctor orders. Yes, they still order a paperbag. And yes, they sometimes do order a NRB without oxygen. Nothing wrong with trying to calm your pt. But, calming and doing something the patient thinks is benefical (NRB mask without O2) is also calming...

Welcome to the site. Good luck on your adventures. Keep us posted.

All pulses should be palpated and compared to the rhythm, and pulse ox HR. My son had a rapid heart rate that I could only count to 130's a minute, but yet when the HM was placed, his heart rate was in the 200's. The rest is history and 10s of thousands of dollars later, he is well and it...

I am going to side with the panic attack and hyperventilating. Give them 1 - 2mg of Atvian. Either a paperbag or a NRB (with no O2 flowing)Continue to monitor and deliver to the ED.

you are driving down the road and you look into the vehicle next to you, and you say to yourself: Please don't crash, I don't want to have to extricate that 500lb dude. Or telling a diabetic (low blood sugar) pt. that if I get called to this address again, during my shift, you will be going...

Glad to hear that the outcome was positive. I worked with a medic that would pop NTG while on calls. That scared a lot of us.

I am a volunteer medic. I started out with a volunteer EMT-B service (back in the early 80's), worked for 2 services, and got the chance to go to medic school. I worked fulltime management, and Paramedic, CC-P, transfered to another city worked for another 5+ years as a 911 Paramedic and CC-P...

I learned it as: (w)omens (b)ath-(r)oom. Start on the right shoulder, go to the left shoulder, then to the lower left. I unfortunately can't remember the other one. The Medic class I was in our Cardiac section was the toughest and the longest. And we had scenarios daily. So,the more you...