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Many hospitals now ban bringing in latex balloons to patients who are hospitalized. The reason is that people who are highly sensitive to latex can have a reaction after inhaling particles being shed by the latex balloons. That would presumably be why the dad had the reaction with the kid's...

Then Northglenn Ambulance is your best bet. See link above. Welcome to Denver! Wendy CO EMT-B

My name: Wendy A. W E N D Y A = E Y D A W N and seems uber cool when you're 13, and it rather stuck. People pronounce it all sorts of ways... "ey dawn" as in "hey, dawn".... "Eye dawn".... "yeeda?" It's been my username for darn near everything for years now. It's never had to have a number...

Are you looking specifically for a volunteer EMS position? Or are you a firefighter? Both? How far are you willing to drive to play the jolly volley? Why don't you look into part time paid instead, if you're moving to Denver proper? If you are an EMT-B looking to work as a volunteer only...

Let's be nice and give her something small like a 20 gauge... and I'd be doing normal saline. As for flow rate, I kind of haven't gotten to that place in my IV course yet... let's not go wide open, but nice and slow... When's the last time she hurled? Has she ever had a history of syncopal...

Rural/Metro is a large corporation similar to AMR. They operate in many different states. As I live in Colorado, and am only familiar with Rural/Metro here, I can't offer much advice on how they run down in Cali. I would say that going in person to check things out is a good idea. See if you...

There are many autistic individuals who will *never* make eye contact with someone they've known for less than a week. I've found in my work with autistic individuals that it's much more profitable to use firm touch when necessary, and to NOT try to force eye contact because it unsettles some...

If her parents are out of the country and she's living in her own apartment, have they set up for her to be emancipated? Or does she have an appointed guardian stateside? If not, can we reach the parents, wherever they are? What did she eat prior to becoming ill? I know she had crackers last...

Yay Philmont! First of all, every boy in your troop should be carrying some small first aid kit of their own. It's not fair to make one person pack in everything, especially when y'all have to carry so much water and food and spare clothing, etc. Also, your Philmont group guide is probably...

Without hijacking this thread too much... CISD was made by psychologists to be *run* by psychologists in order to respond to stressful events that public safety workers go through. Unfortunately, many companies decided "Hey, that was easy, my senior chief could run that.." and "Ok, this is...

In the same boat... I've been throwing apps at ED tech jobs to no avail... so I bit the bullet and coughed up the money for my IV class (finally!) I too have seen the "CNA, MA or EMT-B preferred" listing in job postings. Basically they want someone with some sort of patient care experience...

Ain't it the truth! JP, the one thing I do have to say regarding challenging those students with deeper educational backgrounds is that you can always bring more depth to your material. Sure, you might not be able to add much to the C-spine or splinting lectures... but for the person who gets...

Remember the rule of threes... This guy better knock on some real wood! Twice in 9 hours means he's got something else coming, lol. If there's one thing I've learned as an EMT (especially in the Boy Scouts...) it's that things nearly always come in threes, especially when their conjunction...

Definitely depends on the kid... some prefer to hear voices and have lots of verbal communication, others need a quieter way with fewer words, lol. Like I said... no absolutes where autism is concerned! :) Wendy CO EMT-B

Howdy, all. My name's Wendy, I've been a long-time forum poster on a couple of other EMS related sites. I'm currently a direct care provider for adults with developmental disabilities... so this particular thread jumped out at me. The question of how to most effectively work with autistic...