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Wow.. I cant believe California doesn't allow Paramedic admin of an antiemetic. Do they allow oxygen?

Well here is more supporting data that oxygen causes vasoconstriction... and hypoxia causes vasodilation. From Wikipedia - Hypoxia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_%28medical%29) From Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts (http://www.cvphysiology.com/Blood%20Flow/BF008.htm) I have...

From a research article.... http://ajpheart.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/292/2/H776 I have been taught over the years that oxygen has vasoconstriction properties and that it is the hypoxia that results in vasodilation and increased vascular permeability due to rises in acid production...

The same can also be said about oxygen use. I have had preceptors tell me with almost conviction like tone that all MI or ACS patients get 15lpm of O2 no questions. Unless a patient has hypoxemia, why are we wasting oxygen? Oxygen has no clot busting capability. I got my ACLS manual in the mail...

Definitely agree there... but I still think its really cool to use Echolink. Maybe we could start a weekly "EMTLife Net" via Echolink.. ha.

D... I was just messing with ya... its all good.. I do like to push buttons now and then ;)

This would be considered a typo not a grammatical error. "just Paramedics" was not intended in anyway to minimize their role... I intentionally antagonize sometimes because a few seem to micro-advocate and think "out here" is the same as being in a hospital... and its not. As I have...

It is certified to the mil standard and feels like a brick so I think it will endure the rigors of mobile use well. I just happened to come across a frequency during programming... a station was conversing with another amateur operator in England via Echolink. I was pretty impressed by that...

I'm still undecided if this is to be considered a step backwards. Advanced EMT is a cert level included in the National EMS Scope of Practice. Can't be worse than the majority of ambulances rolling out BLS only in South Central, PA. Least with Advanced EMT, some increased level of care will be...

Disagree. It does not take two semesters to learn which patients need fluid and how much and why. You can easily learn the positives and negatives of fluid administration in less than two semesters... especially when you also are required to take A&P. Were not studying to be surgeons... just...

So I finally got the new ICOM IC-2200H and got it installed in the car... and have to say its an impressive little radio. Programming at first was a little confusing but after a bit of manual reading (always helps..ha) it wasn't too bad. I've gotten good signal reports with mid power at 25...

I am not making excuses.. perhaps I am not articulating my position as well as I should. I do believe in offering the highest level of care to patients pre-hospital..... obviously, because I want my kids and family to receive this if heaven forbid they ever fall into the EMS system as a patient...

That's a very good point....

So you guys carry ottoscopes on the Paramedic units were your at? What circumstances do you use them? What are you looking for? If you find something, what do your protocols state to do about it? Would your patient care be any different if you did not have the ability to examine the insides of...

I hate stuff in my pockets so the less the better... usually just car keys, cell clipped to inside of my pocket, and extra set of gloves.

Always in my side cargo pocket... it bugs the heck out of me to have it around my neck... especially when its hot out.

I don't see the need for a "special" EMS A&P and doesn't make much sense to me either..... but I think they try to tailor the A&P that is most relevant to the conditions most often encountered.

I don't think so... the instructors are decent and bring many decades of experience to the classroom and I feel I am excelling in both didactic and clinicals. And the A&P I and II is nice. A majority of programs require no A&P or only A&P I. Yes.. we are taught how to do "traditional...

Drivers are software that allows hardware to interface with the computer operating system. There are several different ways to go about updating system drivers depending on the operating system installed. Some drivers are downloadable as executable (.exe) files that you just double-click...

Psychomotor refers to the skills portion or "hands-on".