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  1. mikeylikesit

    The Chat Room

    i have yet to go to the chat rooms but whether or not the people chat here on the site or another chat room of their choice the same things will always be an issue. you could mark the posts up, but then, like others have stated it is only a minor obstacle for those who will abuse it, at the same...
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    Kid/Pediatric Nebulizers

    Sure do, i make my own. i used this Dragon puppet for a while, i worked very well because i told the kids that it could breath fire but not on them...i also have two different size ones, an Elmo and a cookie monster. the Elmo is small so that i don't hand it to a baby and they end up being...
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    Relaxation methods

    i would tell you...but i don't want to purger myself. i read Stuart Woods novels...Stone Barrington series in particular.
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    just about done

    Good luck and regardless of what others may say to you...you are ready if you think you are and will pass with no problem.
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    Overdose Scenario

    LOL, i did it with chocolate milk once...didn't work and i had a mess all over the back of the bus to clean up...it would have worked if she kept shaking it before she drank it like i told her to so that she didn't get to the bottom and get pure solution.
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    Got Truama Scenario

    assess your airway, with that type of shrapnel i would be worry that what ever cut your carotid also punctured your trach. i would apply distal pressure to the artery and wrap what i can on the leg and arm but unless they are gushing they are not my concern at the time. i would start you on an...
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    EMT-P CBT question feedback

    First one would be relieve the tension in the thoracic cavity. second question i would ask myself... If the patient is still breathing with a patent airway (if not stated it is assumed) then all i would give him is O2.
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    EMT-Basic Textbook for school

    Book wouldn't pass through like that, it has higher standards. I'm more than positive it was just the site and not the book.
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    If there were no EMT-B certification .....

    Agreed, but, where is the A&P knowledge going to applied by the Basic? They may be able to more clearly recognize a problem, but quite often the problem recognized is something that is treated by means outside of their scope. Would be good to know for splinting though.
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    Oxygen: Does it help with pain?????

    I think that O2 is best used to cure a conversion disorder...along with a hand full of Tic Tac's.
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    What should I start studying before my Paramedic program starts?

    There are a ton, just Google it. There are no sites in particular that i have found to be better than the other. So it is basically as far as i know, just a take your pick type thing.
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    EMT-Bs and IV therapy

    It is OK. i am from Colorado as well, i think Colorado standard is 20 hours for an IV certification. No, you can't start centrals, or push meds, or go IO routes...but hey, most IV's in the field are just to pump NaCl anyways, might as well have someone who can do it with you. Don't worry about...
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    Bledsoe article: The Vanity of EMS

    i think that if you have to go to school as long as an LPN, then you should be licensed the same. Then again an English major isn't licensed.
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    Volunteer EMS

    i have never heard of a volunteer EMS company around here doing anything like paying for your class and doing a live in program...but there are a ton of Volley fire departments that do it even in the boonies.
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    Emt class question

    i took 4 classes online and went to take my EMT...it is not hard but you better have a sugar momma to support you because you will have zero time for anything else.
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    Police don't know what prompted vicious bus attack

    i was reading about this earlier today....crazy world indeed.
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    Putting a virtual doctor in the ambulance

    aw man...im gonna lose my job to a computer.
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    Fake-out paramedic to get a hearing

    i have heard my fair share of excuses...but this one takes the cake.
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    Who stole the ambulance? Authorities want to know

    probably still parked in his garage with the lights and siren still blaring.
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