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  1. J

    how long did it take you to feel competent?

    switch lives with me. it's never that easy on me. i do 'em right. just don't want to most of the time. too anal about it. i would have made that another 6 lines of info. i also cant use TOT.
  2. J

    Hospital Rotation for EMT Basic

    the towel boys was for someone else, sorry about that. wasnt clear. but again - work in a big city where about 4% of the buildings below 8 stories actually have elevators. I have to follow protocol and orders. I'd rather not lose my cert that allows me to practice my career. If protocol says...
  3. J

    Thermometers

    Your bus have air conditioning? You have hands to get temp? You have a uniform on to keep warm? If you have all three, roll. Don't you-know-what around with a kid's temp in his kitchen while his brain melts.
  4. J

    Scope of Practice for Each State - Discussion

    i hope i don't get shot. I'm beginning to understand why people can't come to NY and work start work if they're a NREMT. Setting NYC protocol aside, NY state protocol are extensive and very specific. Getting down to NYC is craziness. NYS...
  5. J

    how long did it take you to feel competent?

    To this day, I suck at writing a PCR. Partner does it while I deal with Pt. unless it's a birth. she does it. :rolleyes:
  6. J

    Hospital Rotation for EMT Basic

    Last one, when you are carrying someone with a suspected spinal injury down 5 flights of stairs and you know that applying a board takes 2 or 3 minutes, where do you find the harm? \ I'm guessing NY just has pretty high standards for BLS care.
  7. J

    Hospital Rotation for EMT Basic

    and you can't tell me that a board wouldn't be in our knowledge base in BLS. we're not towel boys.
  8. J

    Hospital Rotation for EMT Basic

    I don't have a choice in NY to decide weather or not to backboard. it's state protocol for most instances. That list is what I was able to admin as a basic in NYC. I'm AEMT CC now in Suffolk and Nassau (long island) so my protocols are different and i ride ALS. Smooth rides don't exist...
  9. J

    Hospital Rotation for EMT Basic

    nonononononono SO wrong. As a basic, I'm now CC, I've administered Medication - glucose tabs, epipen, nitro, activated charcoal [can't in NY anymore... i think], MDI, albuterol, HiCon O2 [yes - it's a medication], and EMT-B can now administer IN Noloxone here. It's not CC or Medic...
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