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I did not read every response given for this topic, so I may and probably repeat a few people. You are asking us all to play armchair medic without being there and limited info. with that said. I agree with oral glucose and food 1st. many of have seen CAO patient with blood sugar levels...

I am not able to answer either part of your question. I would suggest talking to your squad about permission to carry an O2 bottle in your car and keeping O2 at work. I know some people have said it is not a good idea to carry O2 in their POV. But in a lot of areas Police cars are now...

In my area, during the day, the FD is dispatched for more calls. At night it seems they are dispatched to less, even ALS level dispatches. If we take a trip back in time to the 70's, the FD did a lot of fire prevention. and they were very effective with it, coz they almost put themselves out...

OK, 1 more thing about this... it said they suspended both crew members... I know as a paramedic I am responsible for everything that goes on with the ambulance, even if I'm in the back. But in the back with a Pt, I can't control what my driver does. The best I can do is yell at them do...

I hope this was to be sarcastic... because if this was not sarcasm, then this was one of the dumbest things I have ever heard uttered in EMS... we don't work 9-5 and we sure as hell don't always get out on time... we get late calls...it will always happen...and usually happens more when you...

4 minutes makes a HUGE difference. I know the article was titled Stroke Patient, but the article said possible heart attack. either way stroke or heart...time is muscle/brain cells... If they did not divert would the Pt not have coded until they got to the hospital? Early treatment in...

Welcome to the boards....I'm a medic from Rockingham

Lighten Up...We are Ambulance Drivers...or do prefer the term cab driver. or cabulance driver? Do you get upset when people ask if have oxygen on your truck, too? I know personally my rigs have a lot of oxygen on board...all the air inside the truck is full of O2...and that is usually good...

DOH!...[slaps himself in the head]...duh...I know that...

what does SSM stand for?

I can only tell you about NY, PA, and NH...neither of these require anything more than a standard driver's license to drive an ambulance. Most companies require you to do a CEVO type course, which they either do themselves or repay you to take. I have no clue how Cali works it

Where are used to work we were busy and posted on street corners. I used to read a book. Partners had laptops with wireless and would go on line. 1 partner I had, had a portable dvd player so we watched movies, and he even brought his playstation and it hooked to the portable DVD player...it was...

I have no clue...I found this pic on the net somewhere...but if you look real close, you can tell it is an AMR bus

Where I used to work we belted it in...but now I have mounts...they are a good idea...or just strap to the patient in a code...lol we even have those monitor trays for transfers...work great for cath lab runs when the patient is not supposed to move that leg...

Apparently in NH no one is malnourished or gets Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome anymore here. I can understand issues with malnourished and I have heard talks of thiamine overdosing...but Wernicke, it is quite needed for that

I'm not sure if this helps, but we have the lifepack 12 and our ePCR software is written by Zoll...we can transmit our 12 leads via cell phone or change cables and upload the 12 lead to our PCR's. The software needs work in reference to everyday usage but uploading works great...

NH Protocols Here in NH we are allowed to treat our patients. the only we need to call med control for is RSI. http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/fstems/ems/advlifesup/patientcare.html we have 12-lead, CPAP, surgical cric, IO drills. open protocols for morphine, fentanyl, valium, ativan...

LMAO...for some reason I am having a hard time believing that...LOL

I have no clue...my personal ems kit consists of nothing more than jumper cables and bandaids for my kids...

I work with a super wacker new basic...he has King LT's in his personal vehicle...we are waiting for him to start carrying an AED and backboard...lol The funny part was I was with him for his 1st 911 call ever. I expected him to be so excited he would be vibrating...he was shaking in his...