Long story short.. We responded to a home. Pt. had a chest pain every time he breathes. Vitals are stable, my partner was going to give Nitro but then he said we can't because in our protocol book, after giving nitro Pt. needed to be IV. since we were all basics and cant IV. We ended up giving...
A) I'm a newly Nationally Registered EMTB in MN (Certified). i received an email that i passed the cognitive test. On the email it says i need to contact State EMS office to get my license to practice EMT. however, i did not contact no one when i was still in MN because i will be moving anyway...
This has been a nuisance to me lately.
How do you treat patients with VAD, Pacemakers, Heart surgery that are about to have an imminent cardiac arrest?
1) for VAD, i heard that it pose a risk doing compressions? so if a Pt. is in Cardiac arrest we're not allowed to do compressions? if so then...
Hi, I'm ivan and i finished my emt course already. I also took the National skills test last thursday held at our school. However, since i'm a senior and will be moving out in a week(graduation). I haven't yet took the Cognitive test i'm wondering if i should take it now here in Minnesota, but...