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Out in the rural setting, hauling it the the local ED usually isn't an option in most cases of RSI, many times the doctors at these facilities are less familiar with intubation than the medics.

The Centrelearn prep is a waste of money, very very limited question bank.

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Anterior MI, spreading to the septal leads.

By being super aggressive in improving her ventilation. Bronchodilators, steroids, etc.

Nope, not even close. Here's an example. We have a pt we run frequently that calls for sob. She has a hx of chf and copd among other things. Many times the crew will just roll out there, put her on the pulse ox, and get a reading of 100, leave her on nrb, and say she's fine. If you don't put her...

Not the same leads, and it does it on pretty much all of the Zoll's. They are not even a year old yet.

In the presence of low CO, you'll get false low values. IE your EtCO2 could be say 20 yet your PaC02 could be much higher. You're lacking the cardiac output to move the CO2 to the lungs for removal.

Is it just me or does the Zoll X series just take terrible 12 leads? More often than not it will take forever to pick up a signal in 12 lead mode. Always seems like I'm waiting on a lead or two. Most of the 12 leads seem to be substandard quality as compared with our last Zoll monitor or the...

Has anyone seen the new "pulse ox like" device that reads svo2?

Right atrial hypertrophy is typically diagnosed in II or V1 with an amplitude greater than 1.5mm.

I think you did fine playing it safe, no one will ever come after you for playing it safe. If it was me personally, I would of transmitted the ekg and discussed it with the physician as to if he wanted to activate or not.

Bi-atrial hypertrophy? Where do you see that?

The pulse ox does not measure tissue perfusion, it measures the saturation of one red blood cell. If you have a low spo2 and labored breathing, treat accordingly. If you have a high spo2 and labored breathing, treat the patient, not the number, if you have a high spo2 and no cyanosis/complaints...

Going to need a bit more info...... What exactly happened according to family? Med hx? SpO2? 12 lead? Meds?

Single role third service. A few agencies in the suburbs pay fire medics 80-100k.

Around here many pay around 60-70k, usually with free benefits and a pension. Not too bad considering the cost of living in the US.

Hey, whats going on?

We use the CF-31's and I like them. Sure they can be a little laggy sometimes, but what computer isn't?