Recent content by swindlman

Truly what is confusing about the Combi? If you connect the BVM on Port 1 and you see no chest rise and negative lung sounds switch to the other port. If the problem continues, pull it and use an OPA and BVM.

First, after you put the BP cuff on the Pt's arm palpate the brachial pulse just below the lower edge of the cuff at the elbow joint. That is where you put your stethoscope, you are almost guaranteed to hear it. Rather than just guessing and not finding it with your older and obese Pt's...

From my understanding is that if you have time for the med control then use it, just as with all meds. But if you are using your MONA and they Pt is refractory to you dropping 3 rounds of NTG to control the pain then start with your morph if the guy is going down the drain. And advise the Dr...

We walk on calls/scenes so you dont trip and do something stupid to end up as a Pt your self, but mainly how are you going to do your thorough observation of a scene size up to identify potential threats/important scene details

You must not be a sh*t magnet.

Awesome, Thanks! Has anyone tried any other books or is this the Best to get your strip reading to be second nature

And as for sparrow, Sparrows EMS transport is mainly a Critical Care Transport Unit with no 911 service. Dont think they hire basics...

Mercy is not the only private around Lansing..... There is also Lansing Mason Ambulance. But Lansing area includes East Lansing Fire, Williamson Fire, Meridian Fire, Delta Fire, N.E.I.S.A, and it goes on.... Honestly just google company's.

How much did you pay for the book?

So, what study techniques has everyone been using and finding to be working better or worse? Anyone find anything special for drugs or the vast amount of material thrown in our laps and expected to remember for ever, or at least till the class is passed and licensing testing is over haha.

Hows Medic School going?

You probably should have finished out your shift and not let your emotions get the better of you at that moment... yeah its completely nonprofessional on the other guys part. How ever you leaving your partner hanging by quitting at that moment was also nonprofessional. It is also usually...

Got my first "authorized" live IV stick the other day, 20-GA in the Rt hand. First try. It was my second live stick other than the one i did in basic school on one of the medic students when we were bored and hit that too (but shhh i didnt say that) ;)

Yeah I'm not so much worried about Diseases such as hep, HIV and AIDS because i know the odds are slim as long as neither party has any open mucus membranes, But the chance of vomiting or getting sick with pneumonia or something as radical as H1N1, ha didnt want to say that one but its the truth...

What to do when you are without your Pocket-mask and need to ventilate someone that you dont quite think would be health to lip-lock with out it? I have wondered this now and again, what would my options be. Grab a plastic back and poke a hole in it over the mouth to try and create a barrier...