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i run from the camera, i'm there to help save a life not be a rock star.

#1: How do you know if you can handle the intensity of the job? you get used to it pretty fast or you don't. it's a job like any other cept you are helping people in need. #2: Do people get queasy when they first start out? like everyone else said some do some don't. i still get nauseous...

didn't take my basic or intermediate on computer, don't think it was up and running.... i think the computer stopped around 80 questions for my paramedic, i failed....

i think spouses and others should be happy about a person being an EMT and giving back to the community. you help people what else do they want? granted the hours are odd and sometimes you don't get off on time but hell i'll take my 24-48s over a 8-5 job any day. now that i think about it, i...

depends on their breathing and A&O situation really as far as the nrb and bvm are concerned....can they tolerate a bvm, can they tolerate a nrb...if they are hyperventilating most won't tolerate the bvm cause they are already freaking out. coach the breathing to slow down, fix underlying...

for thank yous that people give cause it sure ain't for the money

sweet thanks man

nice and old schooler...most my good partners have been old schoolers.....i learned a lot from them

trust me man i know, i kinda said whatever to her.....this lady was a little nutts anyways....i was like " i guess you are screwed when a systemic allergic reaction starts to kick in"....well there is always vasopressin....

hahahaha nice one about the pontoon boat, probly a slow race at that. i have a similar story about a naked guy. this was probly about 3 yrs ago.... my partner and i responded to the city jail for unknown illness, dispatch said to respond to the back door. we get on scene and the back...

thanks guys... how long has everyone been doing ems on here.. me: since 2002

always be aware of the situation in the back, if your partner is standing or what not. it's good to call corners, stopping points, big bumps and train tracks. you'll get better at it, it's nerve racking the 1st couple of shifts.. word of advise though...don't get all flustered when ya got...

let's hear em..i'm sure someone has posted this already...here's another.. had a pt who had 3 ft of tubing..around 1/2 inch or so...shoved 2 ft of it in his junk....1 ft hanging out..... i asked the guy how this happened and how he managed to get 2 ft of it in, none the less. he told me...

http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cvicu/HCP_CV_Tab_1/ECG_Rhythms_for_ACLS.pdf

witnessed or non witnessed? witnessed..let em ride the lightning!!!! unwitnessed...well, start pushing....preferably 2 min. and then zap em

congrats!!!! which part made ya shake.. mine was the static cardiology cause the cards were horrible..coppied over and over again..my dynamic was easy but the tester hit me with 7 rhythms..i worked em all... i found the oral stations to be easy

hahahaha no kidding.... my 1st day on a truck 8 yrs ago, we had a 3 vehicle mvc...good call that was

i would have to say yes because some people are allergic to some odd stuff...hell i had this pt tell me she was allergic to epi..i was like wtf...

it's in ours as well..1-2 grams, same as torsades de pointes