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    quick cardiac anatomy question

    ok so we're going through a 12-lead class have to know which leads relate to which arteries. I think I have it straight, and I know these are general guidelines but before I do all the practice ecg's here is what I am thinking LAD is anterior, septal, and some inferior circumflex is lateral...
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    trauma call, head and facial assault

    So here's a scenario I ran into today and I would like some opinions on it. Responded to a 29 year old female, assault victim. Once there the pt is ambulatory, but with numerous abrasions and lac's on her head, face, and upper extremities. She does not remember the occurence, only that she...
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    fentanyl info

    I've read all the posts I could find on the advantages / diadvantages of fentany vs. morphine. I have been asked to research the option of adding fentanyl to our pain management protocols, and am having trouble finding research documentation to submit to our medical director. Does anyone have...
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    ems in Las Vegas

    So my partner is thinking of moving to Nevada (specifically Vegas) to be near her family, and was wondering how ems is ran out there. Ya know, ALS or BLS, system status, or posts, FD ems or 3rd party ambulance. how is the pay, and working conditions? i told her not to leave me, because good...
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    what's your take on this call

    ok so here's a call I ran the other night, I got a couple questions that I'll have at the bottom. we respond emergency to scene where fire was called out non-emergency for a lift assist. upon arrival elderly f pt is seated on bed. Fire medic reported that pt was on floor on their arrival and...
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    63 y/o ams

    ok heres the details respond code three to the subsidized housing district. upon arival fire is standing with the patient in the bathrom. she is mumbling unintelligable words, and very sweaty, swingin her arms up in the air like shes a bird. only Hx is of current case a shingle being...
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    unknown domestic

    so we got dispatched a few nights ago to a residence in a not so good neighborhood for SOB. we arrive on-scene just behind the fire engine, and there are there men standing in the driveway as the firefighters begin to make their way up to the house. as they entered the driveway, they dropped...
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    documentation abbreviations (funny)

    It has come to our attention from several emergency rooms that many EMS narratives have taken a decidedly creative direction lately. Effective immediately, all members are to refrain from using slang and abbreviations to describe patients, such as the following. 1) Cardiac patients should not...
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    I passed!!!!

    well guys I'll probably be around here more now cuz I just got the word that I passed the psychomotor and the computer national registry tests and one of Tennessee's newest paramedics. It's been a long hard road but it's finally over, thank God. well, I just thought I'd share the good news with...
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    I'm finally done

    well I just thought I'd say hi again, it's been a while since I have had time to get on here. I've been in Paramedic school for the last year, but as of this week it's finally over. I take the national registry on August the 4th, then it's off for a much needed vaction. anyway I was happy, and...
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    EMT LEO Duty to act

    Well, my brother is working for my local Sheriff's office, and is also an EMT. HE is right now working at the detention facility as a correctional officer. This particular department has never had an EMT working anywhere except in the clinic, and he is NOT in the clinic. Nobody there seems to be...
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    cincinatti ohio area EMS

    well I am in paramedic school in Tn right now but am going to start looking for a new place to move once i get out of school, and am thinking about the cincinatti ohio area, but don't really know a whole lot about it. i am looking for all the info, whether it may be a website for contacts in the...
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    Law enforcement fines fire cheif for blocking roadway

    I don't know if all that occured, but I want your guys input on this. My opinion is my safety is more important than getting traffic moving. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-listop0823,0,5773122.story A $50 ticket issued to a Suffolk assistant fire chief by a Suffolk County...
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    paramedic entrance test

    well, I go to take my Paramedic entrance exam in a couple days, and was wondering if anyone has any advice to give me, I am studying my old emt book, because it's been almost five years since I even looked at them. I will hopefully be going to Roane State in Tn. So if anyone has been, or knows...
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    I'm going back f/t

    well, I just wanted to post here saying that after about a year of sickness, I am finally going back on the band-aid wagon f/t. I start my regular shift on 7-18-07. Woohoo!!!. It's Bls, but I am the kind of crazy person that doesnt really mind bls, and I am starting PM school in mid august, so...
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    starting a new class on attitude

    well I should probably start out by saying that I love EMS, and also love passing any little bit of knowledge that I have picked up on to newcomers. I myself am by no means a seasoned vet like some of you guys, I have been an emt for about 4 years, and explorer before that, I still consider...
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    MVA pictures

    I am kinda new to the board, but I was reading through a post about a medic that put some mva pics from a call he ran on his myspace page, and it got me to thinking. I am putting together a powerpoint presentation for a drivers ed awareness class at some local high schools, and am kinda weary...
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    hi from TN

    I am an EMT-IV in Tennessee, and have been doing it for almost 4 years, and love every minute of it, BTLS, PALS (even though I can't use it yet), EVOC inst, VR inst, BBP inst. I am going back to school in the fall to get my paramedic degree, and then want to go on to nursing school. I have 3...
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