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With some states offering an IV supplement, its perfectly reasonable that an area could be hiring EMT-Bs with the IV supplement. Not saying its right or wrong, but without personal knowledge of the area, the OP's issue makes sense. Especially if he was nationally registered and took his...

Yeah, but someone has to drive the medic....

MaCintosh blades are C shaped

I'll add my perspective to this. I'm a basic-advanced, which in Indiana is considered the lowest level of ALS care. I can intitate peripheral IV access with NS, LR, and D5W, I can check BGLs, and use a 4 lead monitor, manually defibrillating VT and VF. I cannot give any further medications, and...

Really? I've certainly never done it, but I thought it was a blind attempt through the nose...

Agreed, and you're preaching to the choir

Opinion or not, you treat every patient to the same standard. Guess what, telling them its not an illness and telling them its their fault is the exact opposite of what should be done.

Yeah, seizures too...forgot about that.

Absolutely, there's no way I couldn't click on it

Sometimes, but its also a common sign of hypoxia. Haven't seen one of those on a truck...just in the back of the supply room. NP is the way to go, or a nasal intubation if you have a medic handy.

It just points the lack of national organization for EMS. Fire has adopted EMS because apparently we can't fend for ourselves.

Can I ask why you don't? Because I'm really dying to know how someone could convince themselves of this.

Wait...what? By far the most ignorant thing I've read here recently.

Maybe I'm just unlucky. Either way, I'm trying out some of the 5.11 EMS pants right now. I like them, except they have a snap front rather than a button or clasp, which tends to unsnap every time I lift. Other than that, they're great.

Stay away from the Elbeco pants. They fade out very badly, and the velcro is garbage.

That's pretty cool. I'll be sure to follow that.

Had to have it before I started college, but probably would have gotten it anyway.

I work part time for both a public and a private. Definitely favor the public though.

Agreed, I was starting to get worried