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Do any of you have standing orders to perform Pericardial Centesis? If not, should you? After all, it's part of the H's & T's.

In contrast with previous classes, this year we are responsible for finding our own internship sites. Do the agencies you ride with take paramedic students? I'm looking at late Apr to July. ALS calls are a must. Decent call volume. And a preceptor that actually WANTS me there. I'm...

This is a quick poll to gauge what EMT's/Paramedics make yearly.

Ice Cold Salene + Corticosteroids = Thoughts? I read about them doing this with an NFLer not too long ago and his recovery was remarkable. They started the cold salene immediately and kept him hypothermic for 24 hours.

I have 3 months until paramedic school... If you were doing this all over again, what disciplines would you focus on to prepare yourself?

Here's my question: I live in Anchorage and I know of a Paramedic program 6 hours north (Fairbanks) but it's not accredited by CoAEMSP or CAAHEP. According to the director, they're "close" to accreditation. http://www.tvc.uaf.edu/programs/ems/index.html Considering the limited amount of...

In an upside-down vehicle! How does this work?

I hope I'm not the only person interested in this topic... If a Democrat takes office (and the possibility seems likely), how will socialized healthcare effect EMS? Less/more calls? Higher/lower wages? More/less funding? And many other factors I'm probably missing... what do you think...