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Wow talk about generalizations there.

And respiratory therapy puts everyone to shame based on that theory. Ya'll (nursing and EMS) should just gang up on them.

The same is for an off duty medic. ;) Why do you suppose that? Because your authority as a paramedic comes from a medical director (physician), regardless if you have ever met him/her.

Gray's Anatomy for Students. Its stimulating.:rolleyes:

Well I guess teaching doesn't always mean educating.

Acid/base balance? How do you teach that if you need to know no chemistry to be an EMT?

Still thats ridiculously fast. Our fastest door to balloon time when I worked in a lab was 9 mins. Which means is kinda unbelievable, but EMS contact to PCI would be no where close. In the 9 mins you gotta get the patient on the table hooked up, prepped, set up a sterile field, get a needle and...

how long were they in the cath lab prior to PCI? I could not even imagine that quick.

Why though?

When you go to a place where you have to wear scrubs (like a procedure room or OR), that's exactly why you'll hate it. So chilly in there, except if you are scrubbed in, in lead, or a combo of both.

Interesting that you use a combined A+P book and don't even have a biochem one. Though I don't know anything about PA curriculum.

I guess the follow up to this is what is PCWP? Why do we even care? Edit: And I guess, cardiac output. How do you measure it using a Swan? Explain mathematically as well.

You might like this article. Some advanced physiology in it. Shows that its much more complex than just vasopressin alone. As they see a direct effect on the kidneys from ethanol. http://www.applied-cardiopulmonary-pathophysiology.com/fileadmin/downloads/acp-2011-1_20110329/03_heringlake.pdf

I almost flew halfway across the country and stayed in a hotel for my MCAT as the closest one was 400 miles north in rural Maine for the date and time I wanted. Thankfully I found a seat opening 1.5 miles from my house later.

And the 12th edition can be a scroll, grrh. I hate e-books, but worth acquiring over a textbook when I only look up a topic here or there for clarity.

This sentence pretty much demonstrates the major thought process of individuals in this regard. We treat 'em like everyone else and I don't see an issue, but I'm just going to use a pejorative phrase to describe that individual...

In a world where college degrees, specifically bachelors, are becoming the norm for entry level jobs, its not like this is groundbreaking or even a challenge for people to obtain. We are at a time where more people are going to college and completing it. As such it would be expected that a BSN...

Let me get back to you in a few months...

Based on some of the naming, you are in Australia or similar country? Also you use methoxyflurane in a ambulance? Thats kinda cool. In the US, I would say single use vial for many of those are way more common (except like ipratropium, albuterol, now epi 1:1000 etc.).

Btw you shouldn't be drawing up medications. Additionally, you should be using a filter...May not hurt the patient tomorrow or ever (for you), but its just poor practice. SHFD, yeah thats the only drug I thought an ambulance might have, though they do make multi dose vials of epi 1:1000 edit...