Recent content by subliminal1284

Im not sure how it is in CA but here in WI if youre a paramedic you can work at any level below paramedic, basic, advanced EMT, intermediate etc.

In Wisconsin checking BGL is part of our normal assessment we can also administer glucagon via IM injection as an EMT B

I think you are probably ok. Think about it...Realistically what kind of treatments would you be doing should the need arise? More than likely it would be First aid, CPR, AED, and splinting all of which a normal lay person can do on their own with no medical director. Its not like you will be...

Not so amazing but hilarious We get called at 3 am for a sexual assault. We arrive at the apt complex and as we approach the main door of the apt building the lady who called 911 answers the door, the lady answers the door completely naked and a strong smell of ETOH was noted we quickly have...

My record so far is 12 calls in a 10 hour shift....thats Milwaukee for you

Where are you from? If your looking to be working in the USA I would highly suggest you work on your english skills as it is a bit difficult to understand what you are saying, and you have to be able to understand and write english fairly well to write you run reports.

When I was able to have a full conversation with a real life Nazi, and no not a neo nazi.

Okay you got me there, we do diagnose to an extent, but its not to the same extent an MD can which is what it seems to me that is what some people would like to see. How would the increased costs from having to pay the employees up to 3x as much be dealt with? Most of our calls are paid by...

Unforunantly that will never happen unless we get rid of Paramedics and EMT's all together and just have MD's and Nurses run ambulances. Which hell if youre going for a master degree program to be a medic might as well forget medic and go straight to MD.

As I said I have no problem with A&P or any other RELATED courses. Unforunantly if you have a 2 year or 4 year degree for a basic level its going to require alot more than those courses to drag it out for 2 years. Like it or not it is not our job to diagnose in the field that is why the MD's get...

And I agree about eliminating the EMT Basic level as it sits now. I am all for getting rid of the EMT basic title, changing it to simply EMT and adding more in depth A&P, Biology, and IV starts. In fact last I heard Wisconsin is trying to push for that.

Well he stated he would like to see a 4 year degree but atleast a 2 for BLS, I would like to know how that would improve anything at all? They would still be at the same level, doing the same care, the only real difference would be the 4 or 2 year program would have an mother load of general...

Im all for improving education but ask yourself this fortsmith, In reality how much would patient care improve if you had a 4 year course for BLS? In my opinion not much if at all since the majority of those years are going to be filled with 'Filler' general study courses that have no relation...

Are you Fing kidding me?! They only run a single person on a call? How the F are you supposed to lift and load a patient by yourself? How the F do you do patient care en route? Not to mention the danger they are putting their employees in. If they cant afford 2 people they should just scrap...

Id like my 3 minutes and 33 seconds back.