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For ease of access and simplicity, you're right. You can't beat a preloaded syringe. For favorable patient outcomes, though, epi (in the way we have been giving it) has been shown time and time again to be harmful to patient's neuro outcomes. epi 1mg q3-5 min has been great at getting pulses...

Epi in cardiac arrest is definitely something that needs to be reinvented in a different way.

I mean to be fair, 100mg would be effective for pain control 🤷‍♂️

While I like the idea of modifying devices that are already in service to help with oxygenation, this doesn't seem like a realistic solution or even a good idea. Some of the concerns I have: -I don't think that it is as easy as they make it sound. Dialysis machines clot and malfunction all of...

For my ground job, I generally only do IVs in two circumstances: 1) I'm going to use it for something (mostly meds, primarily fentanyl and zofran. I very rarely give fluids working 911) 2) There is the potential for the patient to need an urgent or emergency treatment but does not currently...

Done.

I can indeed chime in on them. Hands down the best EMS service I've ever worked for. In fact, I'm so happy there that I'm still there part-time even after picking up my full time flight job. A quick run down of the service: -Not-for profit, VERY heavily supported by the city (basically, we're...

Just out of curiosity, did you leave nursing school before taking a basic English class? You are correct that nursing school is not difficult. However, paramedic school is not difficult either. Speaking from experience, I can say that both EMS and nursing shapes patient care. You seem to...

Flight nurse here (rotor wing, hospital based), so take my advice for what it is worth. I have my paramedic as well, but I was hired as a flight RN so my path was a little different than yours will be. The minimum time to be hired as a flight medic is going to be 3-5 years of busy experience...

Definitely brush up on your pressors. We interviewed a medic recently, and he didn't know about any pressors besides dopamine.

You're welcome.

My apologies, I should have been more clear. I'm wondering what the "..." is standing in for.

Does anybody have access to the full "We're the experts... not the doctors" quote? I'm curious about what all was said.

I just read this sentence as "we just don't care about risks, we'll take the flight." This company needs to be shut down, and management charged.

I believed your story until you stated "o2 sats." The vital sign, as any hero knows, is clearly "o2 sTats." Therefore I have a hard time believing that this actually happened.

I loved it. It was a long process, but absolutely worth it. For you, what was your process like?

I was looking through some of the recent discussions on this forum, and I noticed that like all of EMS and medicine, the flight orientation process seems to be pretty different at different places. I'm curious for those flight providers on this forum, what was your orientation process at your...

Those are certainly all words. I would absolutely stick my finger in a hole if that's what is required to stop a bleed.