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As has been said several times, it is the patients right to go to whatever facility they choose, within reason. If you truly felt that it was critically detrimental to your pt's condition to go 15 miles out of the way, have the pt or his wife sign a refusal form specifying they are refusing...

You'll handle it the same way everyone else does. It'll happen and you'll fall back on your training. If at the end of the day you don't want to quit, then I guess you can handle it.

This.

As has been mentioned, its all about liability for the hiring company. Until we have a better definition of a person at high risk for committing a crime, "felon" is as good as we are going to get and that is the definition that will be used. Regardless of personal opinion on right and wrong.

Just started using it. We had IAMRESPONDING and it didn't take. Active911 seems to be better thought out and the iPhone app is great. I like that I get alerts from it rather then texts so I can assign an individual alarm for when calls come in. The only issue we've had is that the addresses...

I write lots of refusals but as was stated, only when they are within my scope of practice. If they receive any type of ALS treatment, its the medic's job to write the refusal

As a follow up, I just received my copy of Walraven's Basic Arrhythmias($6 well spent!) and I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for going through the text since they claim it to be a "self-teach" program. Thanks!

+1 for the Reeves. I've never used a scoop(my company doesn't have them) but I use the Reeves weekly and its about as good a device as I can imagine for the task. The ends bend in a bit too so if you need lift a pt vertically, they don't really slide out.

My fault. Carry on.

What are you talking about? Did you even read the original question?

Just snagged a used copy of Walraven's BAsic Arrhythmias from Barnes and Nobles online for $6. Lets hope its readable, lol

I agree with your sentiment, however the reality is 68W is the second largest MOS in the Army and is a jack of all trades in the medical field. The amount f combat your typical 68W sees is very, very small compared to the amount of routine illness and injury he sees as a line medic. Hospital and...

Not sure how "new" or "improved" it is, but LPC, Limited Primary Care, is a 1-2 week phase of training between EMT and Whiskey phase where they teach the "hospital skills" I.e. blood draws, vaccinations, med math, etc. Again, my argument is that too many students aren't learning much from this...

Sorry for any confusion. 68W is a Healthcare Specialist, aka Combat Medic. 31B is MP. The equipment I'm referring to is for the ALS 911 service I work for.

I agree with you. My argument was, since we aren't training the medical side, don't award the AEMT.

While I certainly agree with you, I'm specifically talking about retention while they're still in training. They cram in to 6 weeks what normally takes 3-4 months to learn and then if you fail your national registry, you still move on to LPC and whiskey side while trying to study for the EMT...

All I can say is that you are highly out of touch with the rather exclusive world you are trying to enter. There is a reason that you are receiving such harsh criticism. It is nothing personal against you, it is just that this sort of talk is heard time and time again from those who haven't...

With the way the training is now, I think Basic adequately describes what most new 68W10s are actually retaining. Yea you add in the IVs and meds and crics, etc. but a lot of it goes out the window after validations are complete. I was fortunate enough to be an EMT when I enlisted and that...

After replying to a few of this guys questions I just don't think I can take it seriously anymore. This has to be a troll. Seriously, these are entirely unsubstantiated claims. I shot a gun once in my life before joining the Army at 20 and I'm sure my level of proficiency is perfectly...

Not to be a downer but your "experience" doesn't mean a whole lot. To say you have more training with firearms than cops/soldiers is asinine because what you consider good training may very well be considered inadequate to a company. You're 33 with no military, law enforcement, or EMS...