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Not sure if people, especially EMTs would say their worst mistakes for a TV series. First Aid gone wrong can be very traumatic to first responders who stuff up accidental and even make patients who need help less keen to receive help unless its from professionals who may not be available...

Like a defibrillator for some one who is flat lining (asystole)? Or that huge jump when the shock occurs.

Level 1 (or “Basic First Aid”, or “Basic Life Support”): is a 1-day course covering primarily life-threatening emergencies: CPR, bleeding, choking and other life-threatening medical emergencies. Level 2 (“Senior First Aid”): is a 2 day course that covers all the aspects of training in Level 1...

Twitter sounds totally useless to me. It's a good Idea for what Chimpie uses it for but other than that facebook is good enough for me.

Agreed, loved 3rd watch, but to me anything EMS based is better than nothing. Prefer that to a hospital based setting than House Agreed, Already annoyed that its got some stupid helicopter explosion/crash. Looks really unrealistic to me. Then there is "the rebel". Would any EMS personnel...

Thanks mate Dunno prefer steak and snags on the barbies.

Been training with St John Ambulance as a cadet to provide first aid a local and major (including sporting) events and we were discussing and training for Anaphylactic shock. So someone told us a story. They was at a sporting event where the wife runs into the first aid room screaming help my...

I'm pretty sure where I come from (not a paramedic [yet]), unless you are in a life threatening emergency, even if you are transported via ambulance you are triaged and placed into a line with people who came to the ER via their own means.

I'm kind of hoping that when I go through it, the training I receive will become second nature and wont have to think as much as it will be like an instinct. Experienced personnel, Do you find it becomes second nature?

I haven't started yet but I want to pursue a career in EMS because I was interested in helping people and medicine. I originally wanted to be a cop but some of the cops are up themselves and then you have those :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored:s who mistreat...

Ok thanks and with the percent thing, I think I was wrong. It must be ~0.15 grams per 100 mL or something that was quite high. Why people drink that much I will never fully understand.

I was more talking about the fact that I go to parties and the amount some of my friends drink is horrible, in excess of 10 cans of beer in one night:sad:. I had one friend 17 y/o unconscious who was rushed to hospital, who when they did a quantitative analysis on his blood, his BAC was ~0.15%...

I'm in the process of joining St John Ambulance (provide first aid at events) to prepare for a quite probable career as a paramedic. I was wondering if anyone had some tips for how else I could or should prepare. At the moment all I have is a Level 2 first aid course but there are some topics...