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    Jump Bags?

    :excl: Good thing I still have a couple years before im a physician.
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    Jump Bags?

    everything over the EMT skill set is strictly for family.
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    Jump Bags?

    When you have a loved one whom you've had to drop an airway in and bag because they unexplainably went into resp arrest and hypotensive (SBP <75) then you want everything you need to keep them alive until the unreliable ems system in your area can get you some help (sometimes over an hour)
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    Jump Bags?

    I have my own kit at home, I think if I remember everything right its: 4x4s, 5x9s, trauma dressings, kling, trauma stopper, sam splints ,chest seal , other bandaging stuff, saline for irrig, most NPA sizes, all OPA sizes, BVM, D sized oxygen cyl, Laryngoscope, ET tubes, scalpel, Nitro, Epi...
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    Biggest problem at the EMT(BLS) Level?

    the original 220, plus at least an additional 100-150. However long is needed in order to teach these skills effectively.
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    Oxygen

    I was taught to use NRB first and NC if they cant tol. a NRB. This wasnt that long ago either.
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    Biggest problem at the EMT(BLS) Level?

    I am not saying lets just give everyone a wider scope with no additional training, I am saying we should be getting this training to begin with.
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    Oxygen

    Well, then I guess they need to revise a lot of protocols. I am sorry if y'all have different protocols but I am basing my responses on the protocols that I have worked with my entire career.
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    Oxygen

    Now lets say protocols say put patient on 02, and you dont. Patient dies anyways, but now you are liable because you didnt follow protocols. My AMS protocol states any pt with AMS gets oxygen.
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    Oxygen

    Yes, I know it is dangerous in a longer term exposure. I am saying if you are in doubt or unsure then putting someone on HF 02 for 10-30 minutes until a doctor or other advanced practitioner can make the assessment that they dont need it, you are not going to do any damage.
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    Oxygen

    I am not by any means saying just do it because you can, but if you think that it might be of use, then use it.
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    Oxygen

    Studies have been done by those with Medical Degrees, the ones who write the protocols that we all should at least consider, that have shown that prehospital high flow oxygen is not going to cause any ill effects. We do not know in the field what is going on for certain no matter how much we...
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    Oxygen

    Explain how an EMT-B is supposed to field diagnose an AMI? Chest pain and Neuro protocols basically order you to use O2 anyways.
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    Oxygen

    Explain exactly how 20-30 minutes of oxygen is exactly what is wrong with EMS as a whole?
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    Would Santa be a difficult tube?

    For the CPAP, shave the face with a handy dandy sterile electric trimmer
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    Airways for EMTs

    Its sort of stupid not to give EMTs King airways or LMAs. They are (almost) idiot proof.
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    Biggest problem at the EMT(BLS) Level?

    What if there was a separate class you could take to expand your scope by a little bit? And supraglottic airways are almost foolproof.
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    Jump Bags?

    Anyone got a personal jump bag? What equipment do you carry or have at home? And along with that, what level of certification are you?
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    Off-Duty Response

    Yes, I would go to the restaurant. I dont care what anyone says,as an EMT, it is my job to help those who need it. If the man died, I would feel responsible in a way if I didnt even try to help him.
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    Biggest problem at the EMT(BLS) Level?

    I know that EMTs in NJ as well as a lot of other states do not.
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