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The best place to go to Paramedic School here, recognized nationwide, is the HealthOne Swedish Medical Center Program. Saint Antony's Central also has a very good program. Aside from Swedish being the best, I would HIGHLY recommend the Community College of Aurora. They have one of the most...

I already got mine. I've gotten one for three years not and have been flu-free since I started. I think that the shot, along with the fact that most of us are around so many sick patients and just germs in general that our bodies built stronger immunities to the diseases more so than the...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say stroke, or possibly a severe untreated UTI. We recently had a patient present with pretty similar findings that was in fact a stroke. Now without knowing her mental status, I cannot say for sure, but her BGL being within normal range and the...

In relation to EMS: What's the thing that drives you nuts the most? Mine: When someone puts adult electrodes on the 3-lead and 12-lead cables after being used. I know the majority of times it is an adult, but when it's a kid, it's a real pain to take them all off and replace in a...

The only 10-code that is used in our system is "code 4" which is scene safe/are you ok? I agree that the guy should have never been allowed to ride in, but our protocols and company policy does allow one family rider to be up front, but that's totally up to whoever the crew is. In this...

Not serious at all. It was a "Good Samaritan Call" for a guy laying on the grass. He told us that he was laying down because he was tired of walking. The fire department asked "are you in any pain" which he said "yes, but only from walking a lot". This fire crew being who they are said "Maybe...

Pt - "Well I don't want to go to the hospital" Me- "Thats fine with me, sign here please......GOODBYE!" Got a good laugh out of that one. It was about 3am so we were tired of running calls.............

I, and very grateful for it, was not on this call. A couple of my co-workers however, were. You are dispatched to a Gun Shot Wound. Your additional information en route is "30s female, shot multiple times in the chest and arm, barely conscious, is breathing. Was shot by her ex-husband...

I'd have to disagree that giving an already hyperglycemic patient glucose/D50 won't hurt them. Absolutely it will, especially if they are postprandial or present with a BGL over say 250mg/DL. High blood sugar also has more effect on major organs than low sugar does. Ketoacidosis may even develop...

This is a scenario of a call I responded on as a brand new EMT-B. It was VERY confusing at the time and did not involve something that was taught in class. Just curious to see if those other EMT-B's can pinpoint "what killed him". This was a wonderful learning opportunity to me at the time and I...

As an EMT-B from the Denver Metro area, I have to say that I strongly DISAGREE with our protocols for BGL's, well, more-so BGLs combined with the administration of Oral Glucose and D50 Now, in order to perform a D-stick, in the Denver area you must be "IV Certified". This basically means that...

Denver Health is an awesome company, but unfortunately they have had some bad press lately with response times and a fatal ambulance accident. Denver is probably the place where you would be most active as a paramedic in the metro area. Denver Fire does not have paramedics like many other...

As a current Rural/Metro employee, I will attest that it is a good company to work for. They have awesome benefits, wonderful people to work with, and always the opportunity for overtime. We have the 911 contract for the City of Aurora, covering over 300,000 citizens, and have a very high...

We have one guy at work with a very humorous attitude that enjoys picking on other people. We intern, do the same back. A couple good ones that we've done to him are: 1) CRAIGSLIST!!! If you've never used it before, its a wonderful place to sell things - and its free! Anyway, we took 5 or so...

ULKS: Ugly Little Kid Syndrome

Hey everyone. I found this forum via a google search tonight while bored at work and thought it seemed like an awesome forum to join. Anyway, a little bit about me...I'm from Denver and have lived here all my life. I work for a private ambulance here in Denver. We cover a population of...