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I can't find the application to send OEMS with the my check online. Does anyone know or have the link? I am a Mass EMT-B.

So I work in an ER as a tech besides being an EMT. The other night a bls crew showed up with a pt who's chefs complaint was abdomen pain, on arrival to the ER the pt was in the trendelenburg position since the bls crew wasn't able to get a pulse. The pt was speaking in full sentences and didn't...

I work in an ER and about 98% of the nurses hate basics. When a radio patch comes in for a medical patient the nurses always question why BLS? In any event I bring up a scenario that happen while I was working in the ER. 911 call for 34 year old female with chest pain. Patient states pain on...

I've been an emt since 2011 and as much as I love doing it being an emt doesn't really pay the bills. I was thinking firefighter. I know it's a long shot since veterans and people who know the right people get on a department.... In any event does anyone know what book is good to study for the...

I understand its just a simple transfer to the dialysis center. I just was wondering if I can get more input on my SOAP note. I dont know if I missed anything let me know S- Unit 93 dispatched to Bright Side care center for PT transport to dialysis appointment. RN noted no changes in PT...

Anyone have a SOAP cheat sheet?!?

Everytime I go in the back I feel nause.Is it my partners driving or me??

I have an interview tomorrow at a company in which I trained to be an emt-b. I am worried since the only people in the class to get hired had relatives working at the company. Any advice for the interview???

Similar innocent, I don't think it was handled very good,it sounds like this........... You get a call for an 88yr elderly dementia pt who fell at home in the bathroom, no fire, no als for backup. Pt is alert enough to know who are these people in my house? Pt has hx of dementia. Pt has coded...

I have an exam involving mass protocols with Armstrong. Its 40 questions. If I pass I get an interview. I've been studying the emt-b protocols and its pretty much the same, ABC's scene safety, keeping an open airway etc. I don't know what to study or really focus on since everything seems the...

Here's my problem,no company will hire me in Massachusetts (I live on the north shore)without experience. Ive applied to pretty much every company. I got one interview from LifeLine and they passed on me. I got my emt-b in late 2011,ive had my cna since 2008. I work at a hospital as an er...

I need to study the lastest Mass protocols, does anyone have the link,all I am getting is dead links. Thanks

I see emt's mostly not so many medics wear sheers on the side of there tact pants. Ive seen one guy wear sheers that were pink maybe he was queer or trying to be diffrent i really dont know. Just wondering if anyone wears them because they will use them or is it just a fashion statement? If I...

I was reading somewhere for a fall victim who has cerebral spinal fluid leaking out there ears it mite not be a basilar skull fracture vs a severe head injury, but isnt a basilar skull fracture a severe head injury??? Also another "?" if an adult patient gets hit in the head and has an...

My friend is in nursing school to be an RN. We were talking and got on the topic of hypothermia. I remember from my emt class both infants and elderly have a tendency to be susceptible to the cold. I thought infrants have more of a chance to have hypothermia since they take up less space with...

Fresh new rookie emt-b, I want to learn but don't want to sound like an idiot asking too many questions. I'm just like that....... In the simple way possible (if there is) can someone please explain to me blood & air in the pleural cavity? I get the hemothorax & pneumothorax mixed up.

I take my EMT-B written in a week. I've been studying none stop for the past two months. I did stumble across this site EMTQUIZ.com and figured id give it a try. It seems like the real thing then again I don't know. I don't know if it's just some bull:censored::censored::censored::censored...

I am taken my state exam at the end of the month. I am pretty confident I will pass, my biggest anxiety is finding a job. Im not worried about the money just getting in with a good company. It's nerve racking to say the least. My question is how does the process work? I was looking at...

Witness an EMT tell a nurse "Your one chromosome away from being retarded." priceless

I know this is an EMS fourm but I just have an orthopaedic type thought. I work as a CNA on a rehab floor. The closest thing to a hospital. You think rehab floor CNA, Cleans,Nasty,Asses. You think old crusty people who :censored::censored::censored::censored: themselfs and wear dipers. Thats...