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I've been soo busy the last 2 months or so. Hopefully I'll find time to come and participate again. In the meantime, I am taking a new certification exam today (CCT - Cert. Cardiographic Technician). If anyone has taken this exam, send me a pm please since I still have a few q's. Thanks...

Ok, let's do a call review... but a little differently than normal. How would you handle this patient? What is your interpretation of the 12-lead and ECG tracing (as best as you can.. I understand the copy may be a little poor)? To prevent being influenced by other opinions: Please reply...

I think SELFISHNESS is a quality. This is my ethical philosophy, if you got time to read it: Everyone is familiar with ceremonial traditions, whatever they may be. Here, when a member of our service that is well respected goes through some sort of crisis... usually someone within that...

Welcome, this is a request for focus group participants. This is also a disclaimer as well. If you are reading this, I am offering a gift to you for free. It is: a .pdf outline of the anatomy and physiology of the heart. The catch is: If you download the file, you must provide...

Well, after being a medic for over a decade, I am now one step closer to meeting national standards. I take no shame in bragging. I passed my NREMT-P written! Yay!

81 year old male at a SNF dispatched as respiratory distress / vent patient. PMHx: HTN, A. Fib, CHF, Anemia, C. Diff (supposedly cleared, but still having watery stools), Resp Failure, questionable Renal Insufficiency, Vent Dependant (tracheostomy), currently being treated for pneumonia...

A few months ago, I had quite an interesting call. I still have questions about it, and unfortunately I haven't followed up... but maybe someone here can offer me their opinions. I'd rather offer this case to the people here as a scenario. Although some may feel it is rather trivial, there...

Here in NYC, our protocols demand that "under no circumstances" we bring unstable patients anywhere but the nearest "911 receiving hospital". The only exceptions are for specialty care referrals or by telemetry physician order. Presently, the fire department (which regulates the 911 EMS system)...