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Make sure the pt has an open airway. Assist his breathing with a BVM. Check his circulation, and make sure he is not bleeding externally. Apply the c-collar. Perform a rapid assessment, recording any findings. Load pt onto backboard. Get a SAMPLE from the roommate while getting the patient's...

Great, but remember that you cannot push drugs as an EMT-B.

Good considerations. :)

What you see is a male with pale wet skin laying supine on the bathroom floor. His respirations are slow. The bathtub in the room is full of water. Floating on top of the water is a dead black widow spider. The only people in the house are the police, the patient's roommate, your partner, and...

The police has already bust out the door. You are looking directly into the bathroom.

You are an EMT-B, and you get a call for an unresponsive 25yo male who has locked himself in the bathroom. You arrive on the scene and police is already there. You are told that the pt was taking a bath, and he was possibly bitten by the dead black widow spider floating in his bathwater. The pt...

It looks that way.

Has anybody had deer stew? That stuff is good. You put the regular vegetables and seasoning in it and add deer chunks. Slow cook the mixture in a slow cooker. Serve and enjoy. :P

Thanks for the posting of videos. It may be creepy to some people who have never seen a real and dead opened body before, but it is purely educational to all.

Check to make sure that you are pumping the cuff tight enough and that the stethoscope is working.

One of my friends has dropped out of EMT-B school after 4 weeks of class. He is not returning the instructor's e-mails or phone calls. The class just had an exam on Patient Assessment and a lecture done on Documentation and Communication before he quit. I talked with him briefly afterward on his...

Has anybody tried the E2 (Engine 2) Diet, where wk1= no dairy foods, wk2= no meat or fish, wk3= no oily or greasy foods, and wk4= continue wk3? As well, has anybody tried the workouts with this diet?

It is a mind thing. You have to learn how to not have an one-sided mind. Look at all things from different angles.

If you have an adult patient who does not speak English, and he or she is showing possible signs of labored breathing. You cannot find a translator, and you do not know this person's language. How would you find out whether you have the patient's consent to treat him or her? Would you assume...

What if you get something on your clothing?

I am a clean freak. If I get something on my clothes, I have to used alcohol pads to clean them when I am out. For my hands, I carry a personal bottle of hand sanitizer. Is there something you carry around with you all the time to clean yourself up if you get dirty while you are away from home...

I'm not sure if it is like this in any other state, but in Alabama you have to be update-to-date on immunizations and pass a medical physical before you even start medical rotations as an EMT. If you are not successful at these items, you will be kicked out of class. You cannot do anything to...

I just had a guy die yesterday. He had used the bathroom on himself, and died in the rig. I'm still going to have memories of his odor and him dying. I just say, "Next!" "We got other people to save." "Move on soldier."

Older lady patient When we came into the house she was laying on the couch, and her middle aged son told her, "The fire department is here." She replied, "Fire department!? There ain't no fire here!" Then her son said, "They are the medics her to take you to the hospital." She replied, "I ain't...

I never thought about using gloves as a notepad. Good idea.