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  1. DrankTheKoolaid

    Back Pain in a Clear for Confinement Call

    You transport to the ED and tell PD they can follow you in while You transport or they can send a rider and then treat your patient.
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    American Medical Response

    Excellent company to work with
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    Why does Hennepin only run Paramedics (MN)

    Likely due to county contract
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    Illegal immigrant to sue First Responders who rescued him for taking too long.

    Not only laughed at but the attorney who filed this should be crucified by the BAR for even filing it
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    100% Directionless Thread

    Someone much more educated then myself, if this is inaccurate please jump in but i'll give it a shot. Dopamine is dose dependent 1 - 2 mcg/kg/min renal ( no longer taught as not truly accurate ) 5 - 10 inotropic B1 ( increased cardiac strength of contraction ) and 10+ Alpha effects to...
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    100% Directionless Thread

    re At that point it is called Cardiogenic Shock. Though it seems counter intuitive I would still be giving fluids despite the pulmonary edema (pulmonary edema in cardiogenic shock is not fluid overload so Lasix is useless) along with dopamine since we do not have dobutamine in California...
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    Which is better: working for a private ambulance company or a fire department?

    There are also non suppression Paramedic jobs within the Fire Service such as San Francisco FD
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    Rural Metro Milpitas job offer?

    Yeah they just canned a bunch of people in RM Bay Area due to the CPR card fraud that has hit RM and even into the Santa Clara EMS agency itself.
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    paramedic jacket conventions

    FFS 430lbs! Hate to sit in the seat after him!
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    Need some advice on 68W/Corpsman

    I would ask a recruiter but even if they did allow EMT basic to knock time off, Im sure they mean NREMT registration which you didn't specify
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    Transporting a patient against their will to Trauma Center

    If your patient is a&ox4 and makes his/her own medical decisions you can never ignore their request. If your protocol says one things and your patient say another have them sign AMA after explaining the risk vs benefits and then call the patients choice of hospitals to give report so they are...
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    Medic Schools - Bay Area

    You can also travel a little further up north to AST Paramedic Program which is Friday afternoon / evening and Saturday morning and afternoon in Willows. Most students group together and secure and split a motel room for the duration of the course and just stay the night. If your a firefighter...
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    TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care)

    Yeah I did module A &B last February. In Palm Springs. Was a great experience and the instructors medicine/firearms/tactics were phenomenal! All ED MD/anesthesia/SWAT members for instructors and they know their stuff.
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    TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care)

    If your really interested in learning both the tactical portion and the medicine under fire portion skip TCCC and go straight for the real course and go through module A & B of International School Of Tactical Medicine in Palm Springs. Module C also if you can afford it and want to go for your...
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    AHSI the new player in Healthcare training

    A big no in San Mateo County
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    Additional classes

    Interpersonal communications
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    Scariest Moment in EMS

    Working a GSW victim DEEP in the woods/dope growing country at night with 6 officers around us with m16s guarding us since the shooter was hiding or bailed into the woods. Was the best experience for my intern at the time she could possibly have.
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