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So... a question for the services with different manufacturers of BLS AEDs and ALS monitors: Do you carry adapters to attach the BLS pads to the monitor, or go straight to ripping the pads off and replacing? Do your services want you to, or do you have the ability to pull data from the AED...

ooh, very nice, thanks!!!

I've read a lot, and talked to several people who's services carry these, but have yet to find someone who has actually used it... Has anyone here used it? Beyond the marketing and playing on mannequins, is the insertion really as easy as an OPA? Does it work as a simple airway adjunct? Is it...

There are a lot of urgent care-type places that hire EMTs and Medics, and even some doctor's offices (including mine, interestingly...), but you should recognize that it's not emergency-type work. Be prepared to do vitals, phlebotomy, maybe IM injections, splint fitting and crutch-walking, etc.

This article from IEEE just popped up on my reader... about a machine that identifies veins using infrared light, maps the best one using software, then confirms using ultrasound. It then performs the veinapuncture, and collects samples. Right now, it has an accuracy of ~83%, but they are...

I'd become reliant on the "New Posts" link at the top, until I found Tapatalk's "Recent topics timeline"-- showing all updated topics, chronologically, no matter if i've read them before, or how old. Now, i'm looking for a similar feature online. On 'New Posts', I can't re-read anything that...

Damage from backing up is 100% preventable, with a good spotter. Obviously there are situations where having a spotter is not possible, but in every other, it's foolish not to use one. I'm curious-- does anyone here think that a backup camera immediately replaces a spotter? I think someone...

OP, do you understand the (very reasonable) challenges being raised to your patient management, and questions about your training and certification? "Just because fire already started", and "I got confused with old protocols", and "it can't hurt the patient" are NOT valid ways of thinking about...

^^ Agreed. The services I work for want a service contractor who can do a whole bunch of things, including: -- Not only maintaining the warranties of the equipment, but also having liability insurance if things go wrong (remember, it's all about passing the buck, because while the operations...

Agreed!! A great introduction, and way to develop DDx skills...

http://www.actiq.com/ This is where I was getting that information, but again, I've now read more.

If only they had a magic pen and could write for whatever the heck they wanted... I looked a little further, but at the time, it seemed it was only being distributed to hospitals and physicians actively involved in cancer analgesia, and like other study medications under review, could not be...

It looks like Actiq is only used for cancer patients in the US in a specific research study- are you using it outside the US, or under a special projects waiver?

I am also interested... if anyone here has taken it, please let me know, i'd like to learn of your experiences.

Will you or the study sponsors be willing to share the report, publicly, when completed?

If you let us know where you live, we may be able to help...

Has anyone been able to find official statute or law discussing security requirements that can be cited?

MA is overhauling its certification management as of 7/1/13, but you're caught up in the middle of this processing under the old system. By best recommendation for you is to try to register for your exam on the PSI website with your candidate id (890xxx, or whatever).

Although I disagree, I could imagine an employer being worried that employees wearing personal vests would take unnecessary risks, placing themselves, their partners or their patients in unnecessary harm, without additional training or backup...

I'm curious if these trends of relatively short stays with employers is a function of EMS specifically (because of low pay, transient private companies holding contracts, short career span due to injury, use of EMS as a stepping stone), a function of salaried vs hourly jobs of this pay range, or...