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So what you're saying is that the police officer was trying to do his job, so that those children may grow up in a healthy environment, and instead moved the mother(or entire family) to a shelter, in hopes that the situation will magically resolve itself? If you have a problem with a policy...

Make the call for ALS to begin with. Secondly, consider your ABCs and contact medical control. Between your basic assessment skills and talking to the doc, hopefully you can come up with a successful plan for either fixing the problem, or a solution for transport.

Book learning wise? Take a good college level A + P class. If you've been out of school for awhile, just take classes in general, remember how to study. If this is going to be your first college level class, a study skills/freshman composition/core class isn't going to hurt. Make sure...

Remember... you're still an ambulance, even if you're "just doing transports." Don't start transport with a patient who doesn't have a DNR who is supposed to have one. Explain that if the patient does not have a copy of the DNR for you, and they have a medical condition that needs to be...

It depends. If it's something that's going to require isolation, then it gets called in via radio or cell, depending on the facility and condition. If it's something like AIDS, it can wait until we arrive and are transferring care. After all, what further protection do you use for a patient...

Heya joy, don't see you anymore without chat! I'm doing OK, how about you?

Ok, I'll be the first to admit that I'm not perfect when it comes to grammar, spelling, and punctuation. For some reason I always see people confusing loose and lose, on the internet and in professional writings. Am I the only person that goes insane from reading it all the time? LOOSE...

Around here most of the paid services are Type 2's, and most of the vollies either have Type 3, a few have Type 1s, and some have the medium duty rigs. Our medic trucks are -B/-P, so we don't need a ton of room, and we do a fair amount of ALS intercepts with the vollie corps.

If you say so. Just whenever you get a PCR pulled by a supervisor I hope that they can read it. Personally, when I write my narratives, it only takes a seconds to add a continuation form, which gives me a whole PAGE of extra space to write. Or how about if you have to leave a copy of your PCR...

Ok, first... I'd recommend that while learning the abbreviations is helpful, I'd advise against using them. It doesn't take too much longer to write: Alert and Orientated to the Present and Current Situation, rather than A+Ox4. Or: Patient was complaining of crushing chest pain throughout...

Let's see... Right Cargo Pocket: Personal cell phone Left Cargo Pocket: Alcohol swabs and tourniquets, company nextel or radio depending on if I need it or if I can get my partner to carry it =P Right Rear Pocket: Wallet Belt: Keys and Narcotics Left shirt pocket: Pen + misc paper

heya =) soon, i promise, just busy with some stuff right now how you hangin in there?

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He's not treating emt's badly, he's insulting you because you came on here with an arrogant attitude and proved that you don't have any clue what you're talking about. You just spewed the same argument as other emt's in triplicate. You're still not answering my question: WHY, other than...

Ok, well, a lot of us have read through the BLS care thread, and it got me to thinking... in this setting, what positions do you think EMT-Bs, EMT-Is, and EMT-Ps are capable of performing in?

That's why you're a 3rd rider, as opposed to the sole provider. You are there to learn... most of your opportunities for clinicals do not bar you to only do the bare minimum. If you're having trouble with skills, basic or advance, you can normally keep working at it until your preceptor says...

OK, there are way too many people here, who are basics, talking about being very advanced basics, and therefore good providers. That is an awful attitude to have, I don't care how much you've studied in addition to the curriculum, there is absolutely no excuse to not pursue advanced training...

MDK, the thing I think you're missing is this: RNs don't need to be LPNs before they get their certification. MD's don't need to be PAs before they get their license. You're right, EMT-B does bring a level of care to a community that may otherwise not have EMS, but in some many cases...

You shouldn't have too much trouble getting a job as a basic tech in the Westchester area. They are fairly in demand, but don't expect much more than $10/hour. I'd like to say one thing about using EMS as a stepping stone to another profession. Don't think that I'm looking down on the...

Well, then when you arrive on-scene you need to establish command yourself. The first due unit should establish incident command in that case, and begin triage. Does your agency do anything with NIMS?