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If you want to do flight/CCT, go to nursing school first, and then get your medic afterwards (either by a bridge program, or by going to paramedic school). You'll see more critically ill patients in a week as a CC nurse than you will in a month as a CC medic. No point in delaying it, just get...

I got Step 1 of the Pfizer vaccine. The only thing I noticed is better cell phone coverage from the 5G chip they implanted. In all seriousness, the only side effects I had was a little arm tingling that went away, a little dizziness that went away, and feeling like a took a pretty good punch...

This should get the job done for you.

Start a line and give TXA.

We use the channeled KV at my part-time job. It's great for easy airways. At my full-time job, we use the GlideScope GO both Mac blades and LoPro (hyperangulated) blades. I like the LoPro blades, they work fairly well.

I'll be there! I'm hoping to speak too.

It's truly a great place to work, and from what I've seen definitely one of the best systems in New England, possibly the country. They treat their employees right, and in return the employees give a lot back to the organization. If we didn't have the support of the city, and good leadership...

They're about as close to a third service as possible without being a third service, but they’re private and have a board of directors. Our trucks are bought for us by the city, and our base is owned by the city as well (we pay like $10 a year for rent or some small amount). If I’m not...

New Britain EMS in CT hits 5 out of those 7 criteria, which I would say is pretty damn good.

Why are you managing propofol drips if you are not critical care? Your attitude is, quite honestly, scary. You present yourself as someone who knows way more than they actually do, and that is going to end up hurting a patient.

Dunning-Kruger in action.

I’m not offended, but I’ve been on both sides (EMS and nursing). There is a divide between the two at times, and attitudes like yours do nothing to improve that. How long have you been a medic for? Edited for spelling

I’m sure that attitudes like your really help that dynamic. Referring to nurses as “doctor helpers” and basically saying that they are incompetent doesn’t really do a lot to help improve relations between specialties. You also said in one of your earlier posts that you don’t have faith in the...

At my ground job, I keep it in my right thigh pocket. If I left it on the stretcher or on the net in the ambulance, I would forget it. At my flight job, it goes in my right ankle pocket. @DesertMedic66 is right, those pockets are massive and can carry anything.

Sure, I’ll contribute. All broken bones are ALS for me, unless they refuse pain meds. If they refuse meds, I may still ride it in because they might change their mind. If I got requested by a BLS crew for a broken bone, or pain meds/comfort meds in general, I would have absolutely zero issue...

Congrats AK!

Small world! It's now a Level III trauma center, and LIFE STAR 2 is based there. They're a pretty robust hospital now.

It is indeed!