Do people normally wear EMS pants, or are jeans standard? There's con-ed involved, so I'm guessing we're going to need to be able to move freely (and not wear casual business atire etc).
I've had good partners and bad, witnessed a final shift between longtime partners, seen other providers drift away from operations after losing their preferred partner...
Tell me about your favorite partner. What made them so great for you to work with? How long did you work together? How...
http://www.therecord.com/pages/mobileredirect?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therecord.com%2Fnews-story%2F5187603-paramedic-sentenced-in-precedent-setting-case-after-patient-died%2F
LEOs injure a man and provide no first aid, firefighters on scene provide no treatment, a paramedic assesses and calls...
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/10/if_he_moved_the_right_way_it_c.html
I can't imagine getting that call.
"By the way, that patient you're currently transporting has a live grenade lodged in his thigh, not shrapnel as we previously thought. Try to keep him still so it...
How do you?
Anyone have any handy size comparisons for estimating the volume of blood puddles? Especially on various surfaces like non-porous vs. carpet vs. upholstery.
Or do you just eyeball it and say, "Yeah, that looks significant."
I've been looking around, trying to line up some future career goals and thought the DRT sounded interesting. I know it's only open to AMR employees, but are there further requirements?
Do you have to be with the company for a certain amount of time?
Suck up to certain supervisors?
Be...
I'm so frustrated with IFT lately. It's so slow trying to gain any experience...I'll run into something new, break out the necessary equipment, then kick myself for not being expertly smooth with it. "I've been working here X amount of time already, I should be good at skill Y by now!" ...and...
A type of question on the NREMT that trips me up:
On some "what would you tell the patient" questions, they'll frame an incorrect answer vey nicely, and a more correct answer rudely. For example, "Everything's going to be fine, sir. You'll be better in no time," vs. "Your organs are hanging...
Does anyone else need a day to recover after a shift? I usually feel fine while I'm at work, but the next day I can barely lift my head until well into the evening. Just a bone-deep wearyness. That's after 14 hours on the road with calls stacked most of the time.
I'd like to pick up more...
Is there any place that actually habitually does the recommended mouth-to-mask to assist ventilations instead of the BVM? 'Cause I gotta say, there's no mask or face shield big enough to get me to put my face that close to a patient. Folks that got started in the bad ol' days of mouth-to-mouth...
No, seriously, guys. Where on the website do I find my results?
I'm nerve-wracked because I decided to recert by exam at the last second, and didn't really have time to study. I'm fine on the patient care stuff, but when they ask technical Q's like the percentage of oxygen delivered by NC...
Nothing cracks me up more than when a young female patient or family member can't contain their giggles over the 'handsome young hero' (my partner) that's helping them. They didn't giggle when I walked in. Don't I rate a few giggles? :rofl: