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  1. 8jimi8

    I hesitated. And this guy might've lost his life..

    Open thoracotomy and cardiac massage is the indicated treatment for A blunt trauma arrest. In Texas, off duty responders are limited to BLS.
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    Nursing home nurses/moving pt's

    If someone is being rough with patients it needs to be reported to the appropriate abuse hotlines. This is the standard of care, no?
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    As of dec 20 2012 all medic programs go to 2 years

    ok you lost me there Rambo
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    As of dec 20 2012 all medic programs go to 2 years

    Should make it a 4 year standard with an option for 6. then they should pay a living wage commensurate with your level of education.
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    What up Brotha! Good to hear from you on the forums again

    What up Brotha! Good to hear from you on the forums again
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    EMT-B Certification

    Interesting.
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    Your profile is eerily familiar. and mostly the reason anyone would care is that we lost a...

    Your profile is eerily familiar. and mostly the reason anyone would care is that we lost a friend out of it.
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    doesn't matter, carry on

    doesn't matter, carry on
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    hmm i'm suspicious

    hmm i'm suspicious
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    EMT-I or Virgina EMT-E Boot Camp

    Well that should answer the EMT E. Percom builds the EMTi/ Paramedic 1 into the course. Cost and clinical hours can all be built in and a payment plan of 200/ month. Please don't take this with a mean connotation, but if you feel paramedic is too up there, you have no business advancing...
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    EMT-I or Virgina EMT-E Boot Camp

    Percomonline.com. Go for your paramedic. They are currently in the process of review for accreditation. Is emt-I going away in your state after 2013?
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    Anxiety/Depression

    You are NOT defined by your diagnosis. People are wrong all the time. Do what you have to do to make sure you are the best patient advocate you can be.
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    Dimensional analysis???

    Clock method for mg/hr on standard solutions. A preceptor also once showed me the K (constant) method for dopamine, or other weight based drugs. ( this of course requires that you have your Drug cards handy, but it eliminates the division involved in other aforementioned formulas).
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    Extended Resuce: Your Agency's Training?

    Being an avid rockclimber and having actually rescued my self and my partner from a 400+ meter height, I can see this EASILY taking 6 hours, especially in the heat. Now then. I would have opted for each FF carrying a 100m rope, that would have been 25% of the weight these guys must have been...
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    Umbilical cannulation

    Ezio is approved for neonates?
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    My FTO is discouraging...

    Example?
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    Umbilical cannulation

    Try the search function this has been covered. But these two guys said all ghat needs to be said.
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    St Elevation

    Things to consider: Monitors are NOT DIAGNOSTIC. a 5 lead system can give you an IDEA, but they are really only good for rate and rhythm. Lead placement can affect ST segments. The first strip you posted looks like jpoint elevation to me. Some people say you must look 0.04...
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    Filtered Needle Question

    uhh.. TWSS?
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    Filtered Needle Question

    The standard of care, is to use a filtered needle with glass ampules
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