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I sure love getting orders denied to terminate resuscitative efforts only to walk in to the ED 20 minutes later to have the doc walk in, do an ultrasound, and pronounce the patient 15 seconds later. It's truly magical to witness modern medicine in action. Imagine my surprise to find that the...

Actually, the majority of patients that suffer from true sudden cardiac arrest do enter a shockable rhythm for a period of time. Unfortunately, we miss that window a lot (most) of the time in our unwitnessed cardiac arrests with unknown down time and find asystolic corpses by the time we arrive...

Well, he did give the medical history (presumably including allergies and meds) and vitals. I think that report is short, sweet, and to the point. There's nothing more I would need as the ALS provider.

My partner is the FTO. I'm just the lowly driver. We get one student or new hire "candidate" at a time for several weeks or a couple months before moving on to a new student while that student goes to a different crew. It builds some consistency and rapport.

Our student for the past few weeks seems interested in backboarding anyone that holds still long enough. I swear on my stethoscope that I will break her of this habit before she leaves us...

Is that a promotion back to suppression or some kind of field supervisor?

I feel like you're describing what I call a "power unit." We keep a reserve truck at each of our stations in case something happens to our primary unit or we need to split each medic into their own truck. We also run an extra power unit that roams around and provides additional coverage during...

What do you mean by "EMS skillset" or "EMS professional"? If you mean driving an ambulance and moving a stretcher around, those are skills that have nothing to do with providing any kind of medical service. Transportation is transportation. No need to try to dress it up like more than it is...

This question has been repeated several times on this forum and others. For lack of anything better to say, here's a quote from @Remi that we should have made a sticky months ago.

I wouldn't buy that car for anything. Check out all the reports of automatic transmission issues in that vehicle. As far as I know, Ford has yet to acknowledge how widespread the issue is or solve the problem. My parents own one and have had nothing but problems with shuddering and hesitation in...

As has been mentioned before, that is an EC130. It's likely configured for one patient, two providers, and a pilot. The patient's legs probably end up near the front of the cabin next to the pilot. It's a light duty helicopter and going to be pretty cramped, but people do it all the time. I...

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We don't delete threads without cause. Tread lightly in this thread though. Mods are watching closely.

Are you looking for the right title? The closest thing I can find from JB learning (Jones and Bartlett) is this "Navigate to TestPrep" program. I'd email your course coordinator to confirm what you should buy. http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9781284075243/

What a night. We had to go on a call in the back of an old army M35 "Deuce and a Half" truck as the address was completely inaccessible with about 3 feet of flooding, freezing water. Crazy uncomfortable, but those old trucks are impressive for what they do. That was an adventure.

Talk about a zebra. I had a patient the other day who ended up with a diagnosis of herpes encephalitis. That's a first for me!

Huh? What are you trying to say here?

There are a ton of private companies that provide backup 911 services to Denver Health. Moreover, they're contacted quite frequently. In 2012, Northglenn had two dedicated 48 hour Denver units that primarily did backup 911 for Denver. They were very rarely pulled into Commerce City or did IFTs...

I believe, since your NR number begins with an E, that you are in the clear and already "transitioned." I think my NR number began with a "B" when I was an EMT-Basic. The easiest, and only foolproof way to find out is by calling the NREMT.