Do you carry personal jump kits, first aid kits (advanced, standard, etc), oxygen, or any first aid supplies in your personal vehicles when you are out and about as just a citizen? This would be equipment purchased by yourself, not on loan or owned by your employer.
The Fire Department I am...
No we don't do NREMT "National Certification is NOT a license to practice."
Our dept doesn't do CME's
She got it done on the second try. You are aloud 3 shots total for the whole practical. That means any combination of 3 fails and your done.
Don't worry about it, it was a piece of cake. Just know your steps in the correct order. Know why you are doing when you do it. And what you are looking for. I aced it. My wife had to redo the KED because the guy doing it with her didn't hold c spine correctly.
Our company gives us a tech bag so we can stop directly at a call IF we are passing it on the way to the station.
In it;
Stethoscope
BP cuff
BVM
OPA's
NPA's
SAM's splints
Saline
Sterile Water
4X4 Bandages
5X9 Bandages
ADB Pads
Stretch Gauze
Assorted Tape
Triangle Bandages
Burn Dressing
Band...
Where are you taking it? I took mine at VEEB in Nassau County we used "Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured". A lot of the work is done online and there is a companion website with audio book, work book, quizzes, flashcards etc.
http://emt.emszone.com/
So without Epi good chance child will die, with it odds are better for survival. Give it.
But now posed with the question we use our resources to come up with the best way to react. So that if we are ever faced with the scenario suggested we will be prepared to act. You know I will speak to...
For me that would not be an issue. I run in Nassau County NY. If I cannot get them on the Radio then we have a cell phone on the bus. I also have their # and Suffolk County Med Com's # on my personal cell, as well as our Company Chief's (who is an MD) #. If I am at someones home then they have a...
We have Minitor pagers and get texts to our phone. The pagers are slightly faster, I'm talking seconds. We can respond directly to the text or we have a call in number that is automated that we can say which station we are responding to. We do not need to talk just press 1, 2, or 3 for the...