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My NREMT is quickly expiring this March. I have a total of 36 hours required by state and good to go in Virginia but NREMT says I need 72 hours! I did a 3 day CE course at a nearby station this past Feb and got 24 hours in different categories. My workplace has training each month so I know I...

Hi all, new EMT here with a question that I would like input. If a patient having foamy sputum constantly coming from mouth and spitting up would you still stick with a NRB when suction was frequently required? Suction was causing a gag reflex (patient was alert) and I didn't want to risk...

We had a patient tonight who has brain cancer and her daughter said she had been in the bathroom all day and didn't want to come out. She finally agreed to let us in. I did my assessment and she was alert and oriented x4, got vitals, she seemed normal but couldn't really tell me why she was in...

I'm a fairly new EMT and almost all of my encounters with nurses are not good and have me leaving the ER with a bad impression. I can't believe people in such a profession would act this way towards anyone involved with a patient. I understand it could be a demanding job and yeah you know your...

Had a practical yesterday. Patient was stung by a bee and has a history of being allergic to them. Pulse was 112, resp at 21, BP almost perfect, and patient had hives all over his body but no weezing in the lungs. Also he kept saying throughout the scenario that he could not breathe. I...