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Hello everyone, I'm working on a "panic code" protocol for my volunteer EMS agency. It's supposed to describe in detail what exactly happens when a panic code is declared over the radio. For example, Dispatcher attempts to gather further information, Dispatcher calls PD and gives them crew...

I hosted a CPR/AED class for my dorm back in November. I figured that since I was hosting it, I would hang around and take the class, even though my CPR card is current. Anyway, the instructor was talking about a local high school where a kid went down during football practice. MDs later...

As some of you may know, I am the chief of the brand-spanking-new Student EMS group at Arizona State University. We're set to go in service on February 2nd, and I'm very excited. We've purchased all of our medical supplies except for the backboarding supplies (although we have purchased the...

Hello everyone, I've been given the rare opportunity to design a patient care report ("run report") for a new EMS group that is (slowly) forming in my area. I was hoping to get input from the people here who have filled out God-only-knows how many run reports. What do you like? What don't you...

Hey everyone. Today a person passed out as I was walking by, so I called 911 and got a SAMPLE history, tried to get details about the events leading up to it (since it seemed like he might have had a Sz) and basically just tried to keep him (and his friends) calm until intervention arrived...

I read in another thread about a Pt getting upset when he overheard an EMT radioing for PD backup, which got me wondering... Here in Phoenix, we have a radio code that we can say over the radio which is essentially a "panic" code (I won't divulge it since I'm not sure if it's public record or...

After reading the article (and the 5 accompanying pages of discussion) about the Boston EMT who stopped to save the woman who had been shot, I'm thinking of using duty to act (not only legally but also morally/ethically) as the topic for my next English paper. We are doing a research paper...

I just ordered a basic BLS jump kit which included a Flexall splint, and I was wondering if anyone knows how they work. It's basically rolled up into a cylinder with shrink wrap. It looks like there is a roll of cling-wrap in the middle. I would test it out myself, but it's like $10 plus...