Search results

I’m sorry you experienced this. We’re here for you. But talking with people in your agency can help as well.

EMS: Tell us about your EMS career. Why EMS? Volly or paid? Worst Call? Best Call? First Call? What instructor or coworker taught you the most about EMS? What do you wish new EMS workers knew or were taught that isn’t in the text books? What is the biggest challenge for EMS in your area...

I’m wondering if anyone has any advice, outlines, or other ideas for giving a talk to grade schoolers about EMS. How useful would a demonstration of an EMS examination be? I recently took part in a First Responders recognition event and people were generally excited by police cars, firetrucks...

Scene Safety. First two step of any call.

The only thing I found really helpful were some study review guides, and a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff so I could practice taking BP. Good luck!

You mean something like http://nemsms.org, the National EMS Memorial?

My agency is all volunteer 911 response, working evenings, holidays and weekends. We generally have large teams, so most calls have four crew members, two EMTs minimum, but all combinations of Paramedic, EMTs, trainees, and observers. Apparently things go in cycles, a few years ago there was...

These are the protocols for Western Virginia region. My EMT-B instructor said that last year was the first year that Virginia was using NREMT as their standard for what we should be learning in EMT-B classes. I'm guessing that is what the "new" skills are that you originally mentioned.

It's my understanding that new protocols are still being rolled out, region by region. For Western Virginia, our new EMT-B protocols will include administering narcan and glucagon. There are a few other protocol changes, but the changes also include fixing typos and other minor corrections in...

Oh well, I go on shift tomorrow at noon. Will an archive be available?

It takes quite a few calls to gain that confidence. For me, it took a few that were totally out of my depth as well as a few that I should have been ready for. Then when I finally got the fairly straightforward call when I knew what the medic needed and she didn't have to ask me for it to really...

Make it into Jeopardy, print pages onto 8.5x11 sheets of paper that can be flipped over to reveal the answers. Categories (across the top of the board) could be: Vehicle Status, Responses, Administrative, Radio Problems. Then the answers could either be "10-4" and they'd have to say "What is Ok...

Calling you names? Insulting? Self abuse? Lack of empathy for others? Sounds like four strikes and you're out. Good luck. You deserve better.

Now that's a useful tip I never would have found. Thanks!

Ok, I found the "Mark Forums Read" link at the top of the page, in the light blue menu on the far left. It's a bit annoying that I have to chose "this specific forum" or "all." I guess I'll get used to it though.

How do you mark a forum as read? I really don't want to have to click on every thread in each forum to mark it as read.

Sigh. I hate change. But I do understand why you're needing to change to a new platform. I hope you're not using the same one that EMTCity just switched to. Best of luck getting everything migrated.

I took it as soon as I could. My practicals/skill test were two days after class ended. The earliest I could get into an exam site was about three weeks after class ended. I kept studying during those three weeks though.

Gee, that is repeatedly redundant.

Triple agree. KMG-365