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Wow! Apparently paramedics are not the only ones with bad attitudes. You might want to check yours at the door.

First off, most of the time the highest position on the stretcher is a loading position, which tilts the head up several degrees and makes the stretcher more unstable. Lower it a click to the traveling position, that will improve your safety. DO NOT ROLL THE STRETCHER SIDE-WAYS. It seems...

I used to work as a paramedic where I ran calls that were generally, at the most 20 miles from a level one trauma center, and that was if we were third or fourth due on the call. My primary call area was less then five miles in any direction to said trauma center. I ran a nasty motorcycle v...

Yep, sure did. My class had two cadaver labs and a live porcine profusion lab. Once everyone got over the whole "cute little piggies are alive now and will be dead when we're finished" cry-fest, it turned out to be one of the best parts of my class. Personally, I love a great spare rib, so I...

Could you specify exactly what is confusing you about the math? Honestly, med math is really simple because we use the metric system and simple arithmetic. Unfortunately most grammar schools barely teach the metric system which only serves to confuse the hell out of students later on in their...

We have a dedicated medical control phone number in PA. In MD we have to go through syscom/EMRC to get a consulting physician. I have just a couple more medications in PA then in MD. I do not waste time calling when my patient is unstable unless I can't make a decision on the best course of...

I can't answer that question, but I'll do you a solid... http://www.multileadmedics.com/seminarcalendar.htm It's only through the end of this month, but he updates it pretty regularly. He travels all over the country, so the TX EMS conference is not out of the realm of possibility. By...

In my opinion, it is completely worth having. Bob was my paramedic instructor so I may be biased. I will say that I am completely comfortable with most things cardiac thanks to him. Maybe that's because you can't pass his class without interpreting somewhere in the neighborhood of 600...

I wear them during the day and take them out at night and use my glasses. My vision is pretty poor in glasses, but I never have to drive, so I do fine.

Likely, nothing more could or should have been done then what the medic did. "Bagging" a person is not as easy as you think when they are still somewhat conscious and have their own respiratory drive. You could possibly do more harm than good in that instance. As for his report, did you...

I thought it was incredibly easy at the basic and paramedic level. I passed the first time with no problems and I had the highest score in my graduating class. I had tougher exams in high school. AP Physics, that was a hard final. NREMT-P, a cake walk.

I never said my investment was more important than yours, however it is much more time consuming and expensive. 120 hours compared to 3000 hours of paramedic didactic and clinical hours? $400 plus books (unless you got yours for free at the local FD) versus over $8000? I'm only counting my...

Christiana? It's 70 minutes from Chestertown. <_< I do not understand why people in Maryland think STC is the only place they can go for trauma. If I get a trauma north of my volunteer station, I sure as hell am not going to STC, I'm not calling for a medevac, I'm hauling them 20 minutes up...

Oh, I feel for you. I think you were led down a primrose path into a graveyard. EMT's are plentiful in the US, and there are a great number of them unemployed at present secondary to the saturation. I'm a paramedic and haven't worked as one for six months since being laid off. There are just...

I have a personal rule in addition to the treat me with respect and I'll return the same and be professional rules. If you do not know, ask. I love to teach and do not mind answering questions or showing you how to do something. That said, please know when to ask your questions. There are...

It's late for me, but I'll try to PM you some test goodies tomorrow. Hopefully you'll get some of the same questions and be able to use the notes.

I fiddled with itunes for weeks. It was truly the biggest pain in the butt program I have ever used (and I've used plenty in the past 25 years). Zune is incredibly easy and it likes all my formats, populates my media whenever I upload. I have a monthly pass that gives me unlimited downloads...

There are two ALS categories in Maryland, intermediate and paramedic. Which of those tests are you sitting for?

You are my hero today! I love, love, love this information. It made me do a snoopy dance right next to this semester's text books.

I'm going to be forced into getting a new phone. My blackberry keeps giving me the white screen of death telling me I have an app error and have to reset. It's also running like an old dog. I'm thinking about a droid. I might consider an iphone, but I'm pretty concerned about usability...