Recent content by wackermedic

I keep forgetting to bring my card home from work that has the do's and dont's for Poly Heme. I don't want to give anything inaccurate or misleading. There is a list that you follow for a canidate to be enrolled in the study. You must meet all, and there is a list that pulls you out of the...

Hello all, I became an AFA (remember that) in 1979, an EMT-M (another oldie) in 1981 and a NREMTP in 2003. My feeling on going to medic class right out of EMT-B class is that you need to be a STRONG EMT before you become a medic. You need to know how to make decisions and you need to have...

I agree with you Rescue. I would rather have somone tell me that I over treat than not treat. Be safe and keep up the good work. JC

I am a Medic and have no problem doing a BLS call. I do not start and IV in every pt just to get the "big bucks". If the pt is BLS I will let my partner get in the back and I will drive. The thing the gets me worked up is the Medics out there that BLS calls that should be ALS because they are...

Ou rprotocols here in SE Pennsylvania one region I work in is NTG with a systolic B/P 110, IV recomended. Another is 90, IV recomended. So I guess in the area of 100. I like to have an IV. Ever see somone bottom out on NTG? If I have a good access site I will give the NTG while startign the IV...

hello, I am new here. I am part o fthe PolyHeme study. I have been part of it for abut 6 months. Several people I know have used it with good results. I had 2 enrollments last week. 1 the control card was for Saline and the other the pt was pregnant. Both were great canidates with b/p below 90...