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Same here, 10 min also applied to CVA and STEMI pts. If greater than 10min on a trauma/CVA/STEMI, delay reason (multi-story extrication, entrapped, fire, etc...) must be coded on the PCR.

I don't remember the last time I saw a medic do CPR, is'nt that what EMTs and Fire are for???:ph34r:

We don't quite run a call every 3 seconds, but when you're running 104,763 calls per year as an inner-city 911 service, yes you will run. I have learned more here at Grady than ever imagined I could anywhere. Working at Grady you will run anything and everytthing you could ever imagine and...

Having been raised in the south, I'm the gentleman and generally stick with either the Pt name, or Ma'am/Sir as appropriate. We do have a few of our regulars that we are on a first name basis with.

I've also used a KED before as a pelvic stabilizer

We have one truck that only opens from the outside. You have to open the vent window, slide the screen up and slip your hand out to open it. Or just be like me and ambulate throught he curbside door.

Youre right about the levels. First Responder-Basic-Intermediate-Medic. I know DeKalb and Gwinnett put you through Intermediate school in the fire academy if you have no EMS experience. A buddy of mine went though Gwinnett's as a basic and was upgraded to I.

Grady no longer hires basics, and hasnt for a few years. All I's are put through ACLS during new-hire orientation, refresher is up to the person to maintain. Reasoning being that many times we have very sick patients and you need to be able to anticipate your partner's needs when it's just the...

Just below the cycling pictures on the NREMT homepage are 8 red links, the one for a copy of your card is right there. Or just click here: http://www.nremt.org/nremt/EMTServices/shop.asp?shopFunction=verifyReg&regSuccess=2&dups=yes

Chevrons are only helpful when people pay attention. Reaching on the floor to pick up your cell phone while tailgating an Ambulance driving code doesn't count as paying attention.

Well we lost another truck on Saturday, this one with less than 10k miles on the re-mount. It was rear-ended on 12/27/08 on I-20@Langhorn while arriving onscene of an MVC. Crew was ok, the expected body aches and soreness. One passenger in the vehicle was trown from the rear seat to the front...

When she gets coffee in bed, it's Starbucks beans, I don't drink much coffee at home.. When we're out, it's Starbucks too. I'm not a regular unless it's really cold out at work, but I like my Triple Venti, Extra Hot, Peppermint White Mocha with whip.

It's called a good man, there are a few of us left out there.

Is it a Red Ryder 200 shot BB gun?

Alrighty, the first of our 08-09' Sprinters are in. To fill you in, recently our hospital went from being managed by a Government entity (Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority) to a private/non-profit corp. During this process, Kaiser Permenente donated $1.5 million to the EMS dept for 10 new...

We have a "CBPE" or Criteria Based Preformance Exam. It's a hospital wide system, however each dept has their own section. Your Sup fills it out, talleys up the total, does some formula work and TA-DAAAAA you have your potential for annual raise. Generally everyone gets a flat raise...

http://www.thefirestore.com/store/category.cfm/cid_796_custom_identification_decals/ I've used the middle ones before.

We charge for refusals if we do anything beyond a good ALS assessment. PuseOx and 12 lead are not charged as they are considered to be required to make a good assessment. Say you go hypo-glyc and once we get your sugar up, the event is explainable, and you eat you dont want to go, then it's a...

I just cut my thumb

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