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  1. J

    Scope of practice issue?

    A gentleman asked me a question yesterday and I was not sure how to answer. E.g if an EMT-Basic is trained to push D-50 and a Medic is present, can he do so without violating scope of practice?
  2. J

    Am I cut out for ems?

    Thanks, ill try.
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    Am I cut out for ems?

    Thats the thing, I dont know if I blurted anything out, I've had two people say im weird at 7 on a scale from 1-10, they say its "how I carry myself", I want to be normal, not some weirdo.
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    Am I cut out for ems?

    They found out my personality, and I feel as if my personality isnt good enough. I appreciate you reminding me how young I am, but when I look around I see how tons more my age are more socially accepted.
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    Am I cut out for ems?

    Hi everyone just a little bit about me, I just passed my nremt and I am volunteering at an agency, I have been volunteering for 4 month. My crew and other crews seemed to of thought I was ok at first, but Im not sure if I did something but after they found out a little more about me they tend to...
  6. J

    How to help a fellow brother?

    Thank you
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    How to help a fellow brother?

    I have a friend who runs on the ambulance, as I haven't been running long myself I haven't seen much to be honest, last week my friend had to do CPR for the first time, they told me they had been having nightmares about it even though the person was brought back.. they say they're fine but I...
  8. J

    DOA/CPR

    Alright thanks for clearing that up, like I said I'm a noob to this ems world haha. When I get licensed in the summer(if I pass exams) I'll keep this in mind.
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    DOA/CPR

    I'm new to the ems world so someone correct me if i'm wrong. I would do everything in my possible power to revive them even if there was no hope, call for als of course and maybe transport them to the hospital? Just so their family knows we did everything we could.. I don't know.. just a thought..
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    Going crazy over here

    I am also an emt-basic student, working out of prehospital emergency care 10th edition
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    Going crazy over here

    Alright, sorry let me rephrase my question. I'll pretty much say what the book says because I really dont understand it. "frequency of ventilation is calculated as number of ventilations in one minute"(prehospital care 10th edition). Okay so I get that frequency of ventilation is it pretty much...
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    Going crazy over here

    alright thanks everyone. Still a little confusing but I do have a better understanding of it now.
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    Going crazy over here

    stuck on minute ventilation, so confusing, so i guess tidal volume is the amount of mls in the lungs? and Minute ventilation is the amount of respirations per minute? .... and all these formulas and stuff... how would you know how many mls is in someones lungs??? going crazy over here...
  14. J

    How long is the national registry?

    Thanks everyone
  15. J

    How long is the national registry?

    So how long is it normally? How much do I need to memorize/know? I have been looking through my book and I was thinking "How am i going to learn all this stuff for a test?" I have just been stressing over it.. I just need to know what to expect is all.
  16. J

    You respond to 40 y/o with chest pains and coughing

    his wife is a 4 out of 10. No life insurance and your boss loves your partner tons more than you.
  17. J

    Online studying?

    Anyone know of any good online studying sources for that good ol' emt basic? Needing some help right about now lol
  18. J

    EMT vs Firefighter

    I thought for the most part everyone worked as a team and got along with each other.
  19. J

    EMT vs Firefighter

    Wow that sucks my whole outlook has changed greatly.
  20. J

    EMT vs Firefighter

    I know they work very closely to each other.. and some are emt and firefighters.. But.. Do they give each other crap? I've seen some discussions and stuff.. I was just wondering if they give each other crap like firefighters and cops lol.. Not that they hate each other.. just that they make fun...
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