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More and more departments around here are doing this. I should also mention these are all fire/ems departments. BLS ambulance transport stipend: EMT $20, Driver $15, Additional Crew member $10. BLS routine stipend: $20/first hour. $8/second hour. Now considering most transport around here...

We are trying to design some new t-shirts for our volunteer fire department and I am trying to get some ideas for an EMS shirt that isn't tacky and doesn't have some unprofessional phrase on it. Wondering if people had pictures of your companies t-shirts (on a website or just upload one)...

I am considering taking the NREMT exam. It would get me out of taking them EMT portion of medic class. I was told because I took my PA practical this year (July) I wouldn't have to take a NR practical because the PA practical would count. Truth to this? I do well on written tests so I'm not...

Here is a question for you. You are on standby at a local event. Someone comes up to your ambulance and basically needs a band aid for a small cut. Do you just dress the wound and move on or obtain a full refusal and chart the incident? Had this scenario today. Was on standby at a H.S...

Say your dept has an EMS captain who isn't even an emt. Does anyone else think that doesn't make sense? Edit: title shoould say isn't. Typo from my phone.

What would you like to see added to the state's BLS protocols? Some more progressive states allow advanced airways, etc. Anything you'd like to see added to the protocols? BGLs, combitube? Fine the way it is? Just wondering. EMS providers from other states feel free to chime in. Thanks!

Here is the class description: Day 1: Registration, Intro to Emergency Care, Well Being of the EMT, The Human Body, Lifting and Moving. Day 2: CPR, Base Line Vital Signs. Day 3: Airway, Airway lab, Open Lab, Written Eval. Day 4: Scene Size-up, Initial assessment, focused physical Hx...

Seeing what you have seen on calls, knowing what happens in an arrest, are you a DNR? I have a living will stating if I am in a prolonged vegetative state or have a terminal condition I do not want resuscitation to prolong my pain. yada yada yada. Health care proxy has final decision and has...

You are an off duty paramedic. You see someone fall and hit their head and lose consciousness. You decide to move in and hold c spine until EMS arrives. With abandonment laws you cannot leave a patient to someone who does not have equal or above certification. A BLS ambulance arrives. Do you...

Just curious what your method of establishing an IV is? Any IV access or venipuncture for labs I've seen as been low angle from the start, yet many teaching materials seem to say puncture at 45 degrees, when blood flows, lower the angle.

I have a question on taxes. I just got a new job and would like to be able to deduct my EMS expenses (equipment, gas, etc.) I understand that some purchases can be written off as job related expenses. I am a volunteer with my local fire dept and will be working a regular job this year. Do you...

I picked up my EMT textbook the other day and the workbook that goes with it. I have had a chance to go through it. I feel pretty confident that I won't have any problems. I am pretty good with the anatomy, I remember quite a bit of anatomy and physiology from my high school class. So I should...

Here is a question for you on how your service gets dispatched for a possible cardiac arrest. This is obviously an ALS call so around here they dispatch a MICU (Paramedic and EMT). However, every cardiac arrest call I have heard additional manpower is requested on scene. I am not sure why they...

Say there is a patient at a doctors office because they feel ill. Upon exam, they find that the patient's blood pressure is extremely low and call 911 for an ambulance. From what I understand you cannot leave a patient once medical care has been started, unless someone with more...

Anyone know of any providers that still offer alpha# pager service/pagers in lyco county pa. You know the kind that medical personel carry? I have checked with the major providers and no one offers coverage in the 17701 area.

Ok I am a college student. I am currently premed. I am taking a course which will certify me in the above following. I am thinking of taking a EMT-B if I can find one this summer then volunteering at my local FD. I have a legal sort of question. The class covers emergencies in depth. Since I am...