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As far as I know, any ER tech here can start IVs...That being said, there are only two levels of EMT in this state, EMT-IV (read that 85 standard intermediate with a few things thrown in) and EMT-P (We also have CCEMT-P, but I am lumping that with regular EMT-P). So, starting IVs is a basic part...

We can do it here, and I see no problem with it. That being said, most every patient gets a line or INT here, so it really isn't nothing to draw a little blood when starting the line.

I could use some of that about now..........

An 8-track is the BIG cassette tape, Mr. Brown......I actually have an 8 track player in my wonderful '78 Dodge Magnum.....and I still listen to it.....

I'm probably going to get laughed at here, but my favorite boot is the SWAT boot made by Brahma and sold at Wal-mart.....Got a pair of zippers and laced them in and they work great!....I also have my trust Altamas...

You really think that he might have had more sense than to use such a user name lol......

Our prayers are with the families.

Couldn't agree more

Having started out in an IFT service, I spent my first few years in EMS transporting much the same patients. One of them was a gentleman who was from Costa Rica. He had a stroke and we started taking him back and forth to dialysis. This went on for three years until he finally expired. It struck...

Yeash, everything may be a lawsuit waiting to happen, but personally I would want to lessen the risk of said lawsuits. The only way I would want to carry while on duty is if I was a sworn officer of a law enforcement agency and that law enforcement agency happened to run EMS where I was as part...

I think that a little of our soul goes to each and every one of those patients. Having that dialysis patient that you transport every other day for two years, only to show up to get them one morning and be told by the family that they passed during the night, yeah, that hurts. To say that it is...

Just heard about this....may we all keep this department in our thoughts and prayers as they go through another loss this month.

Here is another interesting drunk driving story http://www.wbir.com/news/article/139881/2/Update-Knox-school-bus-driver-charged-with-DUI-was-on-her-way-to-pick-up-kids

Absolutely not....after all, what better way to show them exactly how much we care for them and all our patients by making sure that we start multiple 14 guage IV's? The fact that we might miss once or twice while trying to start that IV in each hand is irrevelant...

You have anything that can function both as a Amateur Radio and a Fire Radio? Need it to be able to ID on MDC system, VHF........

And just to comment on an earlier post (i'm too lazy to go back through the pages to quote it) I live in an area where police response time running code 3 can be a half hour or more.....so yes, I have guns, and yes, if you come to my property and I feel that you pose a threat to my life, you...

Well, just think about this. If you lived in Kennessaw, Georgia, the law REQUIRES you to be armed. And they have a really REALLY low violent crime rate.....I wonder why......