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Dispatched to a fall victim. 70yo W male, had fallen earlier in the day and the ambulance crew provided a lift assist and got a refusal. Five hours later we were sent out again. Entered the house, well-kept and clean, to find pt sitting in recliner with a walker nearby. He was able to tell...

I'm interested in seeing what options I'd have, and how to best reach those goals, that involve my love of the outdoors, EMS and my future -P tag. NPS LEO Ranger? Professional SAR team (I wish!)? I'm soon to join the Civil Air Patrol as a "medic", at a EMT-b level, and an aerial...

A lot of posts about "off-duty" actions; from the decision to carry a (jump kit, backboard, LOX, MICU), the actions one might or might not perform off duty and the legal ramifications of those actions. What would any of you do in a given situation when you are clearly "off-duty"? Do any of...

http://happymedic.com/2010/08/03/this-is-for-you-new-people/ Anyone that could answer the questions, I'd appreciate it! :)

1-March, actually, I'll start my Associates Degree: Paramedicine classes. I've some college under my belt, but it's a decade old. I'm thinking I'll purchase an A&P textbook and workbook and tyr to work through as much as I can. Any other suggestions?

Our instructor said he avoids using quotes in narratives and the book somewhat supported his position. I mainly use them when I'm taking a direct quote from a patient or bystander, usually describing the s/s. For example "Man this hurts like a MF" wouldn't be quoted, I'd get a pain scale...

I just submitted my application for the NREMT-b! I've recently passed my PA EMT so, if I've been informed correctly, I'll only need to take the written test. For the PA EMT I scored a 93 on the written, still that was a month ago. Lots of studying inbound. Any idea how long it usually...

I'm new to the field and I'm just STUNNED at how many people are grossly incompetent. Some providers complain about the high number of "BS" calls yet when they come to the scene of a serious call they do the ABC's (and usually not even a blood sweep or skin check for the "C"), immobilize...

I'm taking a PHTLS class this weekend, making sure to purchase the text when I start as this program doesn't include a copy to keep. Studying my shock and trauma stuff before then, any other suggestions?

Title says it all! Thanks all here for the help and questions answered

Took my practical last Saturday, passed first time. Tonight is my written exam for state, feeling pretty confident. Overall class grade was a 90% with no failed tests or retakes.

I'll be taking my W-EMT upgrade shortly. The class is taught under the Wilderness Medical Associates program in Kentucky via backcountryrescue.com. Anyone have any workings with those folks before? I'm trying to get my text books before I go so I'll be able to study ahead some. Any...

Yup. That bad. Had to be up very early, drank lots of coffee, no food. Insanly hot in the ambulance. First call was a lift assist for the coroners, no worries. Next call my EMT-b instructor is driving and a medic is watching me deal with the patient. I knew it was coming, grabbed the...

Next week we have our written and practical mid-terms. Tonight we did a Module exam (95% and 25/25 on the practical) and I felt a bit lost during the medical patient assessment. So I developed a little "script" that I could try to remember and work from that has my words in place of...

I'm finding lots of W-EMT classes that include the EMT-b, but I'm looking just to take the bridge class from -b to W-. Any recommendations?

I've completed half my EMT-b class so far and I've got a few questions... Our instructors are both EMT-P's and both very locked on type of guys. By the book, by the numbers. They've made it quite clear that doing "the wrong thing" in the field can equate to being sued or worse. So...

At approximately 2340 the unit I've been riding with was called to an assault at a local bar, ambulance requested by on-scene officer. Upon arrival, one white male, moderate bleeding from left eye on the lower eye lid was talking with an officer and stating that he was going to refuse medical...

Arrived on scene, pt was 70yo w/f, laying on her left side, semi-fetal, after having fallen off the bed. I'll give the Readers Digest version here; dark red vomit, dark red stool, two syncope episodes, bp 84/p, pulse VERY weak and 55bpm on scene (done with pulse oximeter, probably incorrect) ...

We just got back from the scene of a 59yo female that had fallen out of bed. When we started talking to her, she tells us she fell the night before, in the bathroom, and hit her head. Upon waking, she realized that she'd let go of her bowels and bloody feces was all over the bathroom. She...

I'll preface this by saying I have no training yet, what so ever. Realizing that having no training and opening my mouth leaves a gigantic vacuum in which a foot can fit in, I'm going to jump in here and see what happens. The BLS ambulance where I ride as an observer was called to the scene...