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    Medical jet with six aboard crashes

    It's pretty amazing what air crash investigators can determine from pulverized burned debris. They can tell whether an indicator light was on or off. They can tell whether some types of fire damage occurred before or after the crash.
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    Medical jet with six aboard crashes

    My theory is cockpit fire. It is not likely statistically nor is there evidence for it yet, but it would explain what happened.
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    Paramedic Program that doesn't require immunizations?

    The Bible is a guide of the soul, not our source for understanding the science of physical healthcare. You could help yourself by really working on your basic education in biology and healthcare here. If you don't open your mind to education on healthcare, you would be a dangerous provider...
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    CPR vs RQI

    RQI is fine for BLS, but it sucks vs a good ACLS/PALS class
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    Pittsburgh EMS, FD feud over response times and ‘hostile takeover’

    Where I see FDs hiring single roles, the medics are paid a lot less than the FFs and often with less benefits and few promotional opportunities because it is still all about false fire alarms, hose pulling, fill the boot, and kittens in trees. Hire the single roles so that the real FFs don't...
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    Which US Presidential Candidate is More Pro-EMS?

    Nobody said they were a single issue voter on this. It was an interesting question. For example, if a given candidate had previously pushed for mass imported foreign RN/APRN labor as a legislator, that might be a big deal to a RN/APRN considering whether to vote for them as an executive. (For...
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    Experience with surface disinfectants in HEMS / FWAA

    Yea I'd talk to the interior companies because at least you need to know the material composition you are trying to clean, then you can consult general charts for chemical compatibility, then a disinfectant vendor will have material specific charts for a given product. Examples...
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    Experience with surface disinfectants in HEMS / FWAA

    Generally you are looking at disinfectants that include hypochlorite (bleach), isopropyl alcohol, QACs (quaternary ammonia), and hydrogen peroxide. Different ones are going to require longer wet times than others, be effective against various pathogens (or not), and have different effects on...
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    Which US Presidential Candidate is More Pro-EMS?

    5 minutes of googling revealed: I found nothing for Harris, Trump, or Vance related to EMS. Walz was the chair of the Congressional EMS Caucus. Here is a NAEMT doc showing his work to recruit other members. As governor Walz signed a $30M bill for MN rural EMS including $6M to support some...
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    Ultrasound IV in the field

    In hospital, on non-critical patients, you spend time looking for an appropriate US IV. Something not in the AC, not in one of the already-blown veins, the patient may already have several lines, one that the patient will tolerate while maintaining mobility on the limb, and a bore approrpiate...
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    EMS Boat

    There are US islands that use an LCAC to transport an ambulance two and from the island/mainland
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    New Lifepak 35

    I like small and light... this vs a Tempus for wilderness rescue?
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    Dual Sequential Defibriliation

    Let's just transcutaneously pace at 15A ;)
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    Is there a certain standard to what kind of CPR certification you need to take the nremt? like do i need one from a specific recognized company?

    Check with your state EMS office. CO has specific providers... but the list is lengthy
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    HEMS providers working in ED/Hospital

    I'll go ahead and disagree with the "oh they are just gonna take advantage of you and not appreciate you" BS. On 12 hour bases, it is completely reasonable to be expected to work the entire 12 doing whatever your employer calls on your to do within your skillset if you are not doing your...
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    Accepted to RN bridge!

    Med surg 2 should mean you have a lot more nursing and patho under your belt. We were supposed to have 2 patients at the end of MS1. 3-4 patients at the end of MS2 depending on acuity, plus one shift in ED or ICU, whichever you didn't do in MS1, which was mostly to be skills and obs. Each...
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    Accepted to RN bridge!

    While I hate nursing theory and academic fluff, and I do not think some nurses need to have x years of MS. AK I understand the sentiment but you are missing the forest for the trees if you think the nursing programs should be geared at graduating specialists. If you want to find a specialized...
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    Accepted to RN bridge!

    Nobody like nursing academia except nursing academia.
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    Can I Be an EMT if I have a Service Dog?

    How would you secure a dog in a rig? Infection Prevention issues are also an issue.
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    Grad Degrees

    Kinda torn on MBA vs MPH vs MSN
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