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  1. Stewart1990

    MVA Scenario

    If there is one ambulance, 2 EMS personell and 3 patients, this is considered a mass casualty incident. Mass casualty triage dictates that once someones code black, theres no going back. By all means, if you could diferentiate that the injuries of the moderate trauma weren't 'life threatening'...
  2. Stewart1990

    Wallet stolen

    Employer requirement. You have to be able to present it if a patient demands to see it.
  3. Stewart1990

    Wallet stolen

    Were required to carry our originals on us, if were gonna even think about getting on a truck, when i lost mine i was kicked off the trucks till i got my new one.
  4. Stewart1990

    Wallet stolen

    I just had that happen to me too, don't feel bad. All I had to do was go to my instructor and he said no problem. I panicked when I lost mine and even called the AHA to try to get a replacement.
  5. Stewart1990

    Contraindications to O2 Administration

    Very true- all you can really do is keep them in position of comfort, suction if neccesary......and maybe CPAP'em if the begin to decompensate
  6. Stewart1990

    Contraindications to O2 Administration

    The only thing I can think of as a contraindication for O2 would be hypoxic drive. BTW, we are taught that everyone gets oxygen. If you don't put O2 on a patient, you fail. Its applied immediatly after c/c and the only exception is non-emerg. transports ( just what were taught, I'm not trying to...
  7. Stewart1990

    Setting up an administration set

    As I said, overanalyzing definatly comes into play. For me it's the confusion of caps, because our tubes look like frickin octopuses (or whatever the plural of octopus is) and figuring out which caps come off and which stay on and which ones you take off then put back.... I'm sorry if this seems...
  8. Stewart1990

    Setting up an administration set

    Lol. No, I know the drip chamber part. It's AFTER that that things get hairy. Maybe I'm just overanalyzing. I just want to know that I got this right, because it's not covered on our states and were just pushed onto the field afterwards. I'm technically only a first responder right now and I've...
  9. Stewart1990

    Setting up an administration set

    In my book and on the dvd-rom it 'shows' how to properly set up an admin. set. I was even shown by an EMT (I'm 4 days away from my state test) how to set one up, but for some reason any step after squeezing the drip chamber till its half full just doesn't stick to me at all. Any pointers?
  10. Stewart1990

    Calling all PA EMTs!

    It was a module in our class. What part of PA are you from?
  11. Stewart1990

    What would you do?

    I would so travel to japan. always loved it. japan or scotland.
  12. Stewart1990

    What would you do?

    Back being a barista. I was a bartender who mixed up coffe cocktails instead of alcoholic. no fun in that.
  13. Stewart1990

    The Duck Hunter

    oh my........what if he covors the wrong hole?
  14. Stewart1990

    Covering Tattoos

    Okay, since my actual job interviews arent for a while yet, I decided to try some of the redmedies and corrective measures found on the net. Since I am sure that there are probably others on this site looking for similar information, I'm going to keep you posted on the things that work, and...
  15. Stewart1990

    Damn that's hot

    She's just an airhead and says it alot. About everything. She even tried to copyright it. She wanted money for everytime someone used 'her words'. Its sad. And just tragic.
  16. Stewart1990

    Damn that's hot

    And the thread died a horrible gruesome death.
  17. Stewart1990

    Paramedics called coroner for man who survived gunshot

    Couldn't have said it better myself.
  18. Stewart1990

    First call as EMT-B

    my first call was when i was 16, was running MA call with local FD. 30-something yo fem. w/ chest pains. basic eval. and transport. But my most memorable was my second call. We were on out way to a call (cant remember what it was) and came across an overturned pickup pts still inside. FD...
  19. Stewart1990

    Covering Tattoos

    Not that I think more about it, thats a real good idea. i dont have any allergies though, and the few health conditions i have (nothing serious) im burying as deep as i can before i re-enter the work force.
  20. Stewart1990

    Covering Tattoos

    I was actually thinking about getting a small square tattood on my wrist to remind me where the pulse is (we all have those days!)
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