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Check your protocol then...it won't stop pulsating until AFTER it is clamped!!!!

Too old??? I will be 53 in May and qualified as an EMT only 6 years ago...

Really? Swallow aspirin? What are the quickest ways to get a drug in the body? SUBLINGUAL!!! (One of them anyways). They don't SWALLOW the asa, it's chewed and kept under the tongue.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/medical-helicopter-missing-near-kern-county

PTSD....workers comp. Then you can get some help.

To all my first responder/drivers that say to me 'Who would want to steal an ambulance?' when I ask them to turn truck off when we are in a facility or house here is the proof... http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2015/11/28/police-york-city-man-stole-ambulance-few-minutes/76495058/

AOx3 (or 4) Alert/Oriented to time, place and person. Goes along with GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale).

I already have the sticker and patch...next?

When you take a BP in the rig while it's moving put your feet on the stretcher...it deadens some of the noise you hear from the truck

Got called for a 4 week old baby that hadn't pooped for 3 days...I think we ought to start a Code Brown thread...

https://eccguidelines.heart.org/index.php/american-heart-association/ More info can be found here

"Epinephrine produces beneficial effects in patients during cardiac arrest, primarily because of its α-adrenergic (ie, vasoconstrictor) effects. These α-adrenergic effects of epinephrine can increase coronary perfusion pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure during CPR. The value and safety of...

It's only essential if you are dying...

I need some CPR mannekins, adult, child and infant...anyone got some? Doesn't matter what make but would prefer them with CPR monitors built in.

Trolling? I asked a genuine question for clarification...

And no one else noticed the left ear drainage? Thats a BIG clue...

...and I grew up in the UK (London) where we had the IRA bombing us since the early 1970's.

Don't mean to be rude Ak, what did you mean by "Work on ourselves"?

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/lakeland/polk-paramedic-brings-new-prospective-to-fast-food-workers-15-per-hour-fight As an aside Graham's father is also our local sheriff.

Is that all? For how long? And only TWO rides????? And its a 'well known college'???????? Sorry but to me it sounds more like an Emergency First Responder course than an Emergency Medical Technician course. (FYI, my EMT course was nearly 5 months long, 480 contact hours plus 100 hours...