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Ok. So let's say you have a patient who is in mild pain or just nervous or anxious. Obviously, I don't have anything for pain management, so I just wanted to get a sense or what some of you do to put the patient's mind at ease or take their mind off pain. I'll usually tell them, "We're...

Maybe its just a fancy word that makes me look smart. All of our units have cardiac monitors with pulse ox and blood pressure cuffs, and it shows the photoplethysmogram from the pulse ox. I've been doing some reading on it, and have read it can change based on certain cardiac dysrhythmias...

Thought I'd start a thread dedicated to music. I love discovering new music, and I think this thread could be pretty cool. So, what's everyone listening to? I'll start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQYpF2pCkLI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VXuviqD9w

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/17/140550044/glowing-kittens-fight-aids?sc=fb&cc=fp Title explains it all. Used right now on cats, with the possibility for use in human stem cells sometime in the future.

Was reading the NYC REMSCO BLS protocols which were revised in May. I don't work in NYC EMS, but was reading it for kicks. Anyone have training with Atropine auto-injectors (I'm assuming in practice it would be similar to an Epipen) and 2-PAM auto-injectors? Its a nerve agent exposure kit...

A little interested to how people here do it: I was told that you have to hint on your PCR that the patient is intoxicated or had been drinking, but can't write blatantly that the patient is intoxicated. If you have a patient who is acting intoxicated (clearly) and/or you can smell alcohol on...

So I was doing some reading about things like Quickclot and Chitosan dressings. Some of these clotting agents are made from chemicals in the shells of shrimp and other shellfish. My question is: would it be dangerous using this on someone who has a shellfish allergy?

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and introduce myself to the forum. I'm a college student who is almost finished with his EMT training. I'm a busy guy with a lot of talents who is now giving EMS a shot and loving it so far. Been reading the forum for a bit and hope I can contribute and...