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Just submitted the necessary CEs to try to get NREMT again and got like an acceptance e-mail or approval to test. Take the test and practical again so I can work shifts outside of California. Hopefully soon. No plan to move, just pick up shifts or do a travel position.

Shouldn't you make a CCP-C thread instead of posting it here? At the same time, I think the mods should maybe change the "HEMS and Air Medical Transport" forum to something like "HEMS/Critical Care" or something because the two go hand in hand. Where I work, the flight crew are the only CCT...

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On the ambulance, I used to do that. I would go DL for fluids in airway or any potential for glare outside. All other patients got VL. So I liked that I did kinda like a mini HEAVEN before I went air.

I know of guidelines that don't just see HEAVEN as difficult airways, but makes recommendations based on them. DL for hypoxia, small patients (one of the extreme of sizes), vomiting, and exsanguination. They recommend VL for large patients (the other extreme of size), anatomical abnormalities...

I was trying to joke that I put the 12-lead on the patient's head.

I think the whole "hide" or "create" a STEMI thing is maybe changing QRS complex size. ST change is usually proportional to QRS. Bigger QRS means more ST change. If you're using arbitrary number like 1 or 2 mm ST elevation, it could make ST change pass that threshold. Causing a rightward shift...

Limb position leads is most correct. The main thing torso position placement does is it causes a small amount of right axis deviation. I personally don't consider that significant and don't care where people put it.

I used IA Med, FlightBridgeED, ACE SAT, Back to Basics, and the online test from ASTNA Patient Transport: Principles and Practice. I felt ACE SAT was the closest to what FP-C was like.

I took both IA Med and FlightBridgeED online. If you get hired with one of the large air ambulance companies, you'll be required to complete FlightBridgeED whether you have an advance cert or not. I heard The ResQ Shop sounds good, but I haven't tried it. These are online video classes mostly...

Me: *quick glance at pleth wave* Perhaps equipment matters, but pulse ox has failed me once and anteroapical placement has failed me 100%.

I wonder if maybe brand of video laryngoscope matters? I cannot imagine doing it with King Vision channel blade. Can barely fit that in the mouth by itself. The only video laryngoscope I've tried it on is CMAC. I tried MacGrath on cadavers, liked it, felt lighter to me, but I guess CMAC is...

Has anyone done SALAD on a real patient? I'm not a fan. Do you guys like it? To me, it just seems to take up space, add clutter, and isn't very effective in my own experience. I also believe it leads to over confidence with using video laryngoscopy when direct probably would've been the safer...

I was a sucker and bought one already. That one I got in the mail awhile ago. At our base, in the paramedic room, there is an FP-C patch hanging on the wall. I wanted to put the CCP-C one next to it so that's what I did.

In my opinion, everyone knows what needs to be done. We've all been hearing the same crap for years now. It's always the same thing. I don't understand why it goes out the window when we actually do an arrest. Perhaps spending a class just doing multiple drills with immediate feedback would be...

Hi, I'm an EMT student from California. I am the best of my class. I always get A's and study hard. I was wonder how do I get an ambulance driver license? Also will I be hirable if I have a felony and prior DUI? If any of you guys tell me something I don't want to hear, I will dispute you. Oh...

Just keeping my eye out for a part time ambulance paramedic position. Seems like nobody is hiring part time at all. My options are very limited since I cannot work AMR; They made me quit since they consider my current job a conflict of interest. I've thought about reaching out and asking people...

Hopefully I wasn't too negative about this project. I think it is overall a good thing, I just had the concern. I was also excited to see Los Gatos, CA in the ad, haha. I worked in Santa Clara County for 5 years and Los Gatos was one of the cities we responded to. I was pretty much doing this...

If it is dispatch clicking a button to alert the good Samaritan, I think the dispatcher should assess if it is worth dispatching the good Samaritan of not. Implement the project still, but only utilized it if it's actually going to help, like if EMS/fire will be significantly slower than the...

I think it's a cool idea, but I am concerned that these good Samaritans being dispatched might get in the way and think they have equal say in patient care. I think if the fire department or ambulance will be quicker or equal response time as the good Samaritan, the good Samaritan should not be...