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Also, not sure why this ended up in the forum suggestion area...I think I meant to post this in the BLS section

My fault...Didn't realize any attempt at humor on this board had to be pretty approved by the board of directors here. Tough crowd. Was planning on asking a few legitimate questions here, but seeing as how it appears that the attitude here is the same as in the services, where the old crowd...

Part humor. Part reminder of using what you have available to work for you. I do forget that Im not automatically identified on this forum as an EMT-B, so the humor gets lost a bit

I went back through my post thinking maybe I had typed it wrong...But no, I typed it in right....This was exactly what I did...

So I gave a patient an entire bag of fluid the other day. Pts distal circulation was crap, hands and fingers were cold, screwing with our pulse ox readings. Figured giving her a bag of saline out of our warming drawer to hold would warm her fingers up to potentially allow pulse ox to read...

So bored, sitting at home, and figured I'd ask and see what kind of responses those of you with far more experience than I have with motorcycle accidents. I know what they taught us in EMT school, but I also realize that what they teach there and what happens in real life is often far...

Short answer; NO. This is what's wrong with our society today. Everyone feels entitled to something. You're entitled to your constitutional rights (barely, at that anymore) and your opinion. Why should we get discounts for being EMS? I'm not going to say I turn down discounts if they're...

I don't understand the desire to wear a badge...We got ours issued through the city, for our dress uniforms, which I've only had to wear once...Otherwise we wear polos, which tbh, in the summer time are absolutely miserable...I'd rather be able to wear just a t-shirt in the summer. Having a...

HIPAA does apply to the VA, just as much as any other hospital/healthcare facility. I know they suck at it, but they do technically have to abide by it. As a VA patient, I've had to fill out HIPAA statements plenty of times in the past going there. As far as identification, we are only...

I watch it; like every other reality TV show it has to be taken with a grain of salt (OK, the whole darn shaker). That being said, I realize there's a lot they don't show which can also make the individuals on it look bad: ie when someone is lying on the ground in one shot, then the next they...

If you google Israeli bandage, you'll find the design of that particular style dressing addresses many of the issues you mention. We used them in the military, as well as the civilian ems service also has them here.

Ok, I completely forgot about the respiratory affect, which makes more sense now...and yeah, I was mixing up copd with Chf. As far as chest wall rigidity, I can honestly say I've never heard of that, so I know I wasn't referring to that part, lol

Ok, so I'm an EMT-B, and I understand this is completely out of my wheelhouse, however I'm also curious, and I came across a small tidbit of information tonight, and just want to understand it a bit better. I read that Fentanyl can be contraindicated in pts with advanced stages of COPD...not...

shoot...some cls classes even allow students to start iv's too...

I'll be honest...I didn't plan on buying my own stethescope, but I was given a littman classic II SE by a medic in our academy class...having used both the littman and the cheapos on the trucks, I gotta admit I definitely prefer the littman. Insulated travel mug is a great idea...You don't...

if you don't know, ask...ask when you have time...my first time on a truck out of EMT school in my FTO, I told my FTO (a medic) that while I had just learned what a saline lock was the day prior, I had no idea what to do with it...he proceeded to set one up and show me...then he showed me how to...

definitely second the snacks and a drink...preferably water/sports drink, if its hot...you're gonna want it at some point. Biggest thing is bring an open mind and be willing to learn...that attitude alone will get you a long ways, from my experience...

My primary job was as a 2841/2862...ground repair. My second deployment to Iraq I went as the satellite comms section chief, where we would set up out terminals at remote OPs to allow them data signals. 4 of us on a team, 6 hour shift, we got bored quick, so we would end up attaching to what...

Theres a big difference between our corpsmen that served with us in the Marines and the EMT/Paramedics I work with now. The first difference was that our corpsmen were armed. The second was they trained with us day in and day out. They new our tactics, they new our drills, but even then...

Because I'm home alone and bored, wife and kids are all on vacation, here's my random stuff to clutter up this thread:and maybe be the exception to the norm of the newbie Batman belt.... Penlight: I work nights-nuff said. Pen and small notepad-for when the computer inevitably dies Wallet-self...