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well, buddy, when you work in an area where als is hard to come by then you got no choice but to do the calls as bls. cant sit on scene waiting for the one als truck to show up to take the guy to the hospital. duh. the base i work out of has several bls trucks but only one als. so if the medics...

The ambulance company i work for dont have pedi pads for the AEDs in the trucks. They have a set of adult pads and then a spare set in the AED bag but still adult sized pads. I know the medic gears have both, adult and pedi. But the BLS trucks dont get any pedi pads. When asked about this, upper...

this store is not really in the boston metro area, more like the worcester area. it's called Trippi's Uniforms. it's on route9 in shrewsbury. i go here for when i need sweaters, shirts, boots, and one time i got my stethescope from here.

ha!!! thats weird. but ridiculously funny!!!!:P

yup, thats true too i guess. i remember when i first started they gave me all 8hrs. so i worked 5 days a week. everybody felt bad for me, i didnt get it, i thought those hours were fine. until i realized almost everyone had 10, 12,24hr shifts, and the occasional 8hrs. but i had ALL 8hours...

wait, so why exactly is it useless to put someone in trendelenberg? just so i know. 'cause i took my emt course about a year ago and they were still teaching us that. maybe having the blood flow to your center/heart is not so true??? i dont know.

:D congrats argentinianemt!!!

you working full time as a basic right now? try talking to your company's scheduler and seeing if you can change your hours, maybe get a 24 hr shift and a 16hr shift to be 40hrs total and be full time still. that way you go to work less days and you get plenty of free days to go to medic school.

ah. gotcha.

i guess you could use it for note taking if you like notes in your computer to print out later or make copies of or whatever. but ask the intructor first before you take it out in class. my instructors said they didnt mind but if we start going on line or doing something else beside paying...

trendelenberg position, give high flow 02, rapid transport to hospital...that's all a basic can do i guess. not much i know but its a broken bone. there are other traumatic calls where yeah als should definitely be called for intercept. but this one sounds like you can bls it to the ER.

true enough. it is very important to know how to read a map. it's a lifesaver when you're trying to find your way out of somewhere new or trying to find someone's residence in emergent or non-emergent calls. there's two people in the truck so hopefully one of them knows how to use a map if need...

try emtb.com this website is intended for basics but bls has alot to do with intermediates. theres a chapter on advanced airway too. they have quizzes and interactive activites. they give you scenarios. good luck buddy.

per diem means as needed or when needed. so you dont really have any hours set. you just pick up hours for the week.

hahha! thats awesome. im gonna use that on my friends. hahah!

it can be a little difficult to find a pulse on an elderly pt, but just practice. make sure you press down on the pulse point to actually feel the pulse under your fingers. maybe the pulse happens to be irregular. so if you're trying to feel for it for 2 seconds and dont get anything and move...

i get different partners on my shifts. specially when picking up overtime, you never know who you'll be working with. but, for the most part since our company had several bases people tend to stick to the base they like most. so i get to see the regular emts on the base i work out of. we all...

you said you started as an mrt. what's an mrt?

you're right buddy. they give you all the equipment you need in an ambulance. you got your stethescope? great! now just get a watch, preferably an analog watch, to take pulse. you're all set.

bls i think. emts can treat and splint fractures. if pt experiences nausea, vomiting, maybe even shock because of the fx, well...they can treat for that too and then do a rapid transport to the hospital. so bls.