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Here we go again… I’ve had enough of your negativity. I am in school, but sometimes it’s better to ask more people to get different opinions and compare them, rather than just asking one person. I would like to ask you to please stop responding to my posts if all you can do is be negative...

In situations such as trauma and cardiogenic shock to a degree, you run wide open to get to 90 systolic/radial pulses, then titrate to maintain that bp. If doing a d10 drip, run practically wide open until BGL gets close to normal range, then titrate to maintain BGL. For dka and hhns, run...

In what situation would you use tko?

I am about halfway through an AEMT class, so with that being said I’ll probably understand more of this once class is over, but I’ve been thinking about this. So with IV fluids, although it’s a fairly simple thing, there are a lot of different indications and dosages for different things...

Hello all, I am currently an AEMT student just starting on IVs, and I have a couple questions about air embolisms. If you’re starting an IV, and they are not bleeding very much and blood doesn’t fully fill up the catheter all the way, even if you flush the extension set full there’s still some...

It’s a much more controlled environment with doctors that can do more. Plus most out of hospital cardiac arrests that we encounter have had a long downtime. If you just count the ones that code in the back of the truck (which is less frequent), the rate would probably be higher.

Mine was a simple altered mental status. That was as a student on my first clinical. I think she had a UTI best I remember.

No one said anything about doing CPR on a live person.

I would never put my mouth on a patients. We have BVMs that are used to breathe for someone when they are unable. Be it dead or just not able to breathe adequately on their own. Unfortunately, most don’t survive. The out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rate is really low. Out of the 7 I have...

Me asking about a mistake is not an agency specific thing. Also, I’m pretty sure the the medications that the other people made errors with should have been covered in medic (or whatever level) school.

What did I do?

hey @CCCSD, why don’t you come and berate these people?? We all make mistakes, and you come and tell me off for a mistake, then just keep quiet when people in here talk about major medication errors. I don’t know what you have against me.

Uh, yeah?

Well this didn’t kill her, and I doubt she will have any permanent effects from it

I never once said that. I knew you would come in here with your attitude. No, I’m not over my head, and I know I should have checked it. It was an oversight, not an issue of not knowing. I guess you’ve never made a mistake 😒

I had a call today, and she wound up being severely septic. She was a diabetic, but wasn’t on insulin, so that made me less suspicious of BGL being low. She had been vomiting for a few days, and was just getting worse. She was responsive, but somnolent and only responsive to voice. Her BP was...

Generally speaking, what contraindications do you go by for meds at a BLS level? Our protocols for the most part don’t address contraindications, and just show indications. Does that mean with aspirin for example, that you give it no matter what, or do you go by something such as...

First of all, I am not an “it”. All the arguments are started by you generally.

I will happily tell you that you are wrong. I do have the capacity, and anyone I work with would agree. Nope. I’m not quitting because I am capable of doing the job.

It is NOT the same question. I have been to EMT school, and certified for a year.