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Jim37F's post #36 somewhat answered the question. I think that "maintaining the airway" might mean something like to position a person's head and neck so that the person can breathe properly when the person is unconscious.

Since ffemt8978 does not want to answer the question, can someone else tell me what maintaining airway means?

I have seen that phrase "maintaining airway" in several different threads on this message board. What does "maintaining airway" mean exactly?

I don"t know what any of those things mean. What are precordial thumps? What is Isuprel? What is bicarb? What is high dose epi? What meds would be put down the tube?

I am just curious and trying to learn. If you don't like the threads that I create, you should just not open the threads that I create, or you should put me on ignore.

What is L & S?

Don't you EMT's have multiple EMT's pick up one 300 lb. patient simultaneously? I think that you usually do. You would have at least one other EMT helping you pick up that 300 lb patient from in between a toilet and wall. I have seen EMT's before at fast food restaurants and other places. Most...

I could back a car into a tight spot by using the rear view mirror (and the side view mirrors) before I became a trucker. So that doesn't count.

None of them were lifting with their legs.

I would lift with my legs, not my back.

What does PRN mean?

Yeah. I was in the Boy Scouts over 30 years ago. The Boy Scouts really love to emphasize two things: first aid and knots. I remember endlessly hearing about the first aid to give for a person going into shock ad nauseam, but I don't remember the Boy Scouts ever even telling the scouts what...

Long distance truckers get paid by the mile, not by the hour. I make about 60 cents per mile. I average about $750/week in take home pay. Gross income is about $900 to $950 per week. But I live in rural Georgia with a low cost of living, where a dollar goes further than in most parts of the country.

I am a long distance trucker. The job market for truckers has been excellent since I first got into trucking in 2012. If I picked out ten random trucking companies that have 100 trucks or more to apply to drive for them, probably all ten of them would want to hire me. I am considering pursuing...

Did you do mouth to mouth resuscitation when performing CPR when you first became an EMT?

Like I said upthread, i had a trucking teammate whose parents were EMT's, and his parents used their EMT skills to treat their other son when their other son had hypothermia. I also used to be a trainer of truck drivers. One of my trucking students was a former EMT. His name is Mike. Mike also...

Yes. The spirit of this thread is how an EMT would likely be the leader in the first aid given to the person who needed CPR, even if the EMT is not administering the CPR himself.

I was talking to my dad about this last night. And he also made a distinction between cardiac arrest survival rates inside a hospital and outside a hospital just like you did. My dad said that a person suffering from cardiac arrest has a much higher chance of survival inside a hospital than...

I am not an EMT. I don't have any medical training or training in first aid except for a tiny bit of training that i did as a child in the Boy Scouts. The training on first aid that I received in the Boy Scouts is irrelevant now for two reasons: 1# I did not really pay much attention during the...

Normal human body temperature is 98.6 degrees fahrenheit. If the temperature outside is hotter than 98.6 degrees fahrenheit, would there still be a need to cover the person going into shock with a blanket? No. I wouldn't be comfortable stripping anyone naked in the street though. Is it...