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The hitch in the Good Sam law is that you cannot act beyond your level of training. If you are beyond your scope of practice you are liable. What I heard about this case was that the woman had enough training that she should have been aware of the dangers and should not have moved the pt. EMS...

Drill time is extremely important. We consider the CME to be only part of the benefit of drill. Drill is where we get to know each other, work as a team, familiarize ourselves with the rigs, the equipment and each other.

I heard they found her guilty. She supposedly had enough training to know she shouldn't have moved the pt.

I have a difficult time excusing this behavior as related to job burnout. Two medics that I find most guilty of this were like this from day one. I think it's more a factor of your personality and maturity. A mature individual will be able to do their job and deal with the stresses...

I would also take an intro to biology. It will help you understand much of A&P. Chemistry and English 111 are also good basics.

EMS is not a spectator sport. I do not want anyone in the back of the ambulance with me and the patient that is not able to help with patient care. At the very minimum, as a new EMT I want them familiar with the shelves and inventory so they can fetch and carry stuff for me. I don't want to have...

I know one medic who plans his patient care based on the social strata of the pt. The clean little old lady in the nice home in the expensive neighborhood is joked with, smiled at, catered to and fawned over. The same injury or illness in a less affluent neighborhood gets an entirely different...

You must attend a minimum of 50% of drills and respond on 10% of calls. If you do not meet this during a 6 month period of time, you will be asked to do remedial training and to make up the time. If at the end of a year, you have not increased participation, you will most likely be asked to turn...

It depends completely on where the accident took place. If it's a busy thoroughfare with lots of traffic, I'm not going to stop. I'll probably call it in to dispatch, but through the office line and ask them how many calls they've gotten on it already. Often in my area, I may be the only one...

"Volunteer" has become a relative term. Many so called vollie agencies actually pay a wage to their personnel when they respond to calls. The amount of equipment furnished generally depends on the financial health of the agency. In some areas, extremely remote, impoverished areas, the...

I'm so glad that I work where I do. My ID is my face! Seriously, we do have IDs and entrance to the ER is only by barcode on the ID. I have only had one security issue with a pt. It was a pt who had assaulted ER staff in the past, and was held up outside until LEO could verify to the ER staff...

As a woman raised with 4 brothers and the mother of two boys in their 20's, I can honestly say, nothing young men do will ever surprise me.

And doing what I call Baywatch CPR with the elbows bending with every compression.

I think the powers that be really need to open a dialog on the subject. It sounds like this is more of a symptom of a problem than the problem itself. I have to ask Why? Why would the fire guys remove EMS from a scene with a hurt patient? It's easy to say it's due to ego or jerkdom, but there's...

It's already started. Skiing without a helmet is already starting to be painted as tantamount to playing russion roulette. Awareness is a good thing. When a celebrity dies like Reeves or Richardson, or becomes ill like Michael J Fox, it does draw attention to the disorder or condition...

MOI pictures need to be taken on agency equipment. NO PICTURES OF ANY KIND.. should ever be taken of actual incidents with personal cameras or cell phones. Worse case scenario... your phone/camera is lost or stolen. What control do you then have over the distribution of that image? None...

Absolutely. You cannot treat and assume command.

I don't think anyone is equating tolerance with unprofessionalism. But, putting your desire to make a personal statement with your appearance first does imply a certain amount of egoism when it takes on more importance than the comfort of those you work with or for. Different workplaces vary...

My classic example of this was someone who waited until the nurse was there to confess to not having pooped in 3 days... hmm and when I asked about it and you told me everything had been normal???????

Anxiety is very real to the one experiencing it. If you do not convince the patient that you are taking them seriously, they will get much worse. Anxiety pts believe they are dying.