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Yes, the minitor V's are narrowband by default but there is a software setting to set them to "wide band." I've attached a screenshot of that particular tab in the software. The way I have it set up for now is narrowband, you would just have to tick the box for wideband. It may be worth...

Hi guys, I got a few extra pagers I don't need and figured someone on here might be looking for a deal. I have the following in surplus right now: 2 - Minitor V (Minitor 5) - 2 Channel, Stored Voice 1 - Minitor IV (Minitor 4) - 2 channel* Stored Voice 3 - Minitor IV - 2 Channel*...

I think it's a non-issue. There are always the people on here that whine when someone posts a question that has been asked and answered elsewhere, even if the new poster has a slightly different question. But if the new poster added onto the thread he got in the search results, the same people...

Chest sounds = lung sounds and breath sounds anteriorly. It is a generally accepted term, at least at my college of medicine. Should you use it in a medical journal? Probably not, but it's perfect for day-to-day use in oral presentations or on an online forum. But to the point of the OP...

It shouldn't be a problem for employment since employers have to make reasonable accommodations per the ADA. I have a friend who is hearing impaired and they bought him an electronic one that amplifies and he can function just as well as the rest of us. You described your impairment as...

Sorry guys! Been studying for an exam! I'm a bit more hesitant to go with used radios, but for pagers, I feel like I have learned a lot over the course of the past year from various experts that I'm getting a pretty good grasp on how to program them and how to use the PPS interface!

I concur that the "abnormal labs" patients were often the sickest. Back when I did IFT, I showed up to an "abnormal labs" patient to find a guy not breathing. Yeah, I'd say his labs weren't normal! As 911, we don't care if it's an IFT company that calls us, an alarm company, or the patient...

Privacy vs HIPAA. The two are related, but not the same thing. My general rule of thumb to protect patient privacy is to not repeat any information that 1) isn't public record and 2) if the patient/family heard the story, couldn't recognize that it was them I was talking about. There are...

OP: As the posted above me stated, you'll have a tough time finding any sort of work, volunteer or paid. Your best bet for being an attendant only would be on a rural department where they have EMTs and EMRs so you would never have to drive. Problem is, these organizations are usually...

I love the irony in that sentence. We don't serve secure content which means your information is MORE secure than if we did!

Well I'll eventually need radios too, but right now I'm just looking for pagers. VHF, Hi band or low band doesn't matter (we have a license for both and both are currently unused, though I'd prefer high band). And yes, I've been onto all those sites with not much to find in the way of pagers...

Because if you required a cardiologist to read each EKG, then there is a lot of wasted time. While any old MD might not be as well versed in reading strips compared to your seasoned cardio guys, some specialties (ER docs, Family Med, Internal Med, Anesthesia) aren't far behind based on the...

Until there are RCTs showing that smoking it is better than just the active ingredient, I don't think it'll be accepted as mainstream medicine. I'm not in a state where medical marijuana is legal, so we don't touch on it in school, but I would guess a lot of docs in the states that do either...

I just took an EMS Medicolegal class, and at least in my current state (OH), EMS Providers are immune from legal suits provided that they are not willful or wanton in their disregard of the law. Let me see if I can find that citation... From: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4765.49 4765.49...

No, worse--Sheriff's Deputies! To be fair, the Sheriff's office has gotten a lot better since taking over dispatching about a year and a half ago, but they don't have any backup dispatchers. So any time one goes on vacation or is sick, their choices are to try and see if another dispatcher can...

I completely forgot about this aspect. But yes, anytime there is an incident, no matter how minor, my department makes me go do a tox screen. This is for liability purposes so later the other party can't claim "Well, the EMT on scene was acting erratically and could have possibly been...

Not always possible. With our run district as large at it is (about 200 sq miles) we're dispatched with either a village name or a township name. That way we know which way we're heading and the passenger can pull out the map book or the computer map and start looking for it. I've had a...

OP, the classes will indicate whether a tox screen is necessary. For my EMT-B class, it was not, but we also didn't do any hospital time (only ride time). For most medic programs that do hospital time, the hospital requires it. But your best bet is to look at the program requirements which...

Other than eBay, does anyone know a good place to find used (read: cheap) radios or pagers? We're mainly looking for pagers, but at the rate we're acquiring the ones we want on eBay, we'll be here for a few years before we get what we're looking for! I figure that as departments upgrade...

I suppose that's a possibility but no, we don't have anything like that right now. The only things that we can't get our medic into (so football games etc don't count) are things like street festivals (where there's just too many people) fairgrounds, and anything that is more remote such as the...