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Nope.. she was pretty darn sick... but she hadn't left her bed in months, so who knows when she did the pissing? *** insert rant about enabler family members here **********

OK .. so I'm still stuck on superglue (no pun intended) in the locks and a fake call.... who's locks? what if it had been a real call? were they fixed? who paid for them? Are you f----n kidding me? what are you guys? highschoolers?

On scene with 52 yof, stated weight of 400 lbs, chief complaint difficulty breathing. Home is a hovel, with actual holes in the floor. Patient has not left her bed in 4 months. Her bed is soaked in urine. Patient BP is 48/30 and she is in afib on the monitor. No prior cardiac history, no...

My instructor used the touch test... snot strings... CSF does not....

Have you tried applying on line? If you apply for one of the actual openings they have, you will get a call quick. I did that and was hired 2 weeks later.

Here's the thing with tests - you either know your stuff or you don't. If you have to spend the night before a final cramming, then you don't belong in an ambulance. That's short term retention and sure as heck won't help a damn when the patient is in front of you. As far as the grading on...

If you look down the outhouse hole, you will get a sty in your eye A bruise is worse than a cut because the bad blood can't get out.. (My mother is Finnish and doesn't speak english - so these are probably different from yours.. :glare:)

Mag is in our protocols for eclampsic seizures, torsades and status asthmaticus refractory to epi only. It is not used to control contractions. I can't imagine anywhere in pre-hospital protocols that that would be an accepted use.

Are you working for a private? and where do you work? because here, a paramedic fresh out of school starts at 10.50 per hour, runs 48 hour shifts with 96 off, and runs an AVERAGE of 20 calls in that 48. It is grueling, back breaking work and comes out to under 40K per year. Just about...

How about pride in someone else's number? My instructor in medic school is NREMT-P #5. I KNOW!!!!!

As a medic working for a private, at the very least she would have received a proper assessment and the patient advocacy she obviously needed to get her condition treated. I always ask my female patients if there is a possibility of pregnancy and when they deny it, I inquire in detail about...

Absolutely on the money. In the last month, we have transported a lady that said she weighed 400lbs, however, she was weighed at the hospital at 523lbs, and a gentleman that tipped the scale at just over 700lbs. When these extremely obese patients have to be transported, it involves 2 crews...

you do do you? sounds to me like it was a man that ignored the signs and symptoms in this particular case. And as far as pregnant women in general, usually a man is involved in that particular situation as well.

I'm sorry - am I understanding this correctly? Basics are going into medic drug boxes and handing out drugs? Does this really happen? Is it allowed? I have run in both Wisconsin and Arizona and NO ONE but a medic touches the medic drug box. I thought this was a national standard. Educate...

I think the responder who advised you to listen to the chest is right on the money. During a rapid trauma exam, just listen for equal breath sounds on both sides at the apex. In your secondary assessment, listen at the apex, under the arms and, with the patient sitting up, at the lung bases in...

Nothing kills a fetus as fast as it's mother bleeding out.....

I wouldn't say regularly but it is done. Usually, fluid and rapid diesel bolus preclude the need for dopamine - the only drug I carry that could possibly be of use. I mention for this case primarily to stress the extreme bleeding a compromised uterus causes. Not that replacing a patient's...

Make sure you get a couple of large bore IVs. Your big problem is going to be hypovolemic shock. Might be a good idea to review your drip rates for dopamine.

None that will fess up to it :P Seriously, welcome aboard. I look forward to getting your input on things. It is always terrific to broaden the viewpoint. Please do not get turned off by our ignorance of your job.

As usual, good work Vent. The first link is not working but the second was very good. I do remember getting a patient in distress, with O2 sats around 78%. I applied 15lpm via non-rebreather. ED RN was very concerned. "How long are you going to give that much O2?" she asked me. I said...