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I noticed a minor MVA out of my departments response area. I was in the ambulance driving but I was the only one in the bus. I stopped and asked if everyone was ok and told them I was out of my district. They said that was fine and they already called 911. It didn't look like anyone was hurt...

Can the police force a patient to go to the hospital? There have been multiple times the police come to handcuff the patient when they don't cooperate. When they do this, are we obligated to transport or can the pt still RMA?

How often does this happen? Also, would the whole crew be under question or just the EMT "in charge" of the call?

I had an overdose recently which involved a minor. The parent had no clue whatsoever about the kids use of drugs and met us at the hospital. Is it ok if we told the parent what happened or does this violate some sort of confidentiality law?

If a patient is a nondiabetic and is exhibiting signs of hypoglycemia, can you give oral glucose?

I took my exam August 18th and have still not received results in the mail. Does anyone know what's going on?

How hard is the exam? Is it mostly protocols or do I have to know the details of the book?

Specifically for NYS, is it still protocol to hyperventilate a patient in a major trauma (assuming they fit the criteria). The new protocols don't list it anymore, but they never explicitly said that they took it out.

Should I review mostly protocols or should I go through the book? I am recertifiying so I've taken it before but don't remember much about it. I am just worried I won't know the details that I did when I first took it straight out of class.

I have been volunteering for about 5 months now and still don't feel totally confident in my abilities. The problem is that my agency doesn't really have a large call volume and rarely gets anything very life threatening or traumatic. Therefore, I don't really practice my skills daily. On the...

I have been volunteering with a local fire agency for about a year and no one seems to respect anyone else. The senior EMTs don't feel the need to teach the newer people and expect them to just know everything, criticising their every move. No one shows up for calls. No one seems to care or want...

Hi guys. I am a fresh out of class EMT-B and have started to look at volunteer agencies to gain some experience. However, I feel that my quite personality will hold me back somewhat as I am usually fairly introverted. Has anyone gone through this and become a successful EMT at the end? Im...