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You're all right in that California has a terrible EMS program right now, but i hate when people urge others to leave the system. If everyone who has aspirations to make a difference in EMS for the next generations leave California, who are we really helping? The biggest problem with California...

Until Paramedics have the ability to predict the future i think you did all you could in this situation. The Doc could be right in a HTN episode that's throwing stroke like symptoms and C/T would be the next step. Upon presentation she showed no signs of stroke so a safe trip to the ED was...

Noting the author of the post and the lingering question mark following its header, either he's going for a trick scenario in which the case is remarkably rare or he's assuming we'll assume the above statement and it really is just a drunk college chick with dull abd/chest pain from repetative...

Can we get EKG? Her diminished lung sounds on one side have me worried. Either Pneumonia or CHF but with no fever i'm hesitantly leaning toward CHF. Are you sure she's 18 y/o and not 88 y/o??? :P Editing this post: Where's she from/was a TB test done recently?

Brain Abcess as a result of spread infection from tongue piercing. Explains Fever, Diaphoresis, Mydriasis, and depressed Respirations. Blood loss from Menstraution coupled with an ilplaced tongue ring's blood loss explains low BP.

This is in an ED setting with a hyperalcoholic patient if you know what i mean. Pt: " HELP HELP " Me: "What seems to be the problem" (I now slip on the wet floor to my butt) Pt: "*Laughing*" Me: "Is this URINE?????? X&$#$#" Pt: "No i think i threw up" Me: "Okay let me go get something to...

I feel bad for the OP on this thread, he was aiming for a simple Q&A about NREMT Standards and started a discussion of the common "You took a 100 hour course and couldn't POSSIBLY know anything" debate. Some of us "100 Hour Coursers" Have spent upwards of 2000 hours doing our own research and...

Flash cards, keep them on you, review often.

This scares me :unsure:

Back when i took my NREMT i stopped at 62 questions, felt decent about most of them but some of the "Do i check pulse before/during/after applying those little electric outlets to the Pt's Chest or do i only check pulse Before/After/then check my own pulse" type questions really left me...

That was meant to be ironic. Hyponatremia from MDMA's alone is a fairly common cause of demise in a frat house setting and the alcohol intake would only exacerbate said chance of demise. AND Don't knock my 100 hour course Mr. Brown, everyone started with good intentions and a 100 hour course.

Another one of my I KNOW THIS IS OLD posts. There's one thing that caught my eye immediately that noone mentioned. Girl saying she's fine and doens't want transportation is a normal finding. Girl AND Boyfriend both wanting her to stay sick at home is an abnormal finding, they're clearly...

This is all a myth. The design of adaptive testing is that you get x amount of wrong answers of your given level of expected knowledge before it shuts off and says NOPE. If you're adequate in your expected level of knowledge and answer most questions geared toward you correctly, your test...

Haven't been on here in a while and realize this post is a bit old but i'm backlogging to make up for lost time. Just wanted to say that i dont buy this scenario one bit. Frat girl, 20 means second year of college found at a party so lets assume regular alcohol intake which makes MDMA next to...

Agreed!!! However... with any securing device... remember what you're trying to accomplish, prevent movement up and down and off the board itself, as long as you accomplish that (keeping in mind your basic anatomy that the chest needs room to expand and the pt with a tib/fib fracture probably...

I haven't been on these forums long and i'm not a religious user like some, but you may have seen my posts. Anyway i just wanted to post my sad story (relatively very unsad if im being truthful) about my progress in EMS. So after blasting through my Basic class, taking my PEPP, ITLS, and...

You have up to 1 year to obtain Basic Cert with an ambulance license so technically you don't need it when applying for the ADL but, as JPINFV mentioned, if you have it already, you might as well bring it with you and get it on there now.

If you're looking for a way to make some extra cash while you're going to school, try starbucks, i think the requirements are less and they pay just as well, or you could look into fast food, honestly just go collect aluminum cans.

The first questions i would want to know is, do you know if you typically have high blood pressure and when was the last time you visited your physician. If the Pt has chronic high bp, which could be caused by a number of different reasons, they may or may not be aware of it. Depending on his...

Check the local hospitals for ED tech or ICU tech positions, some of them only require BLS card, and some have other easy requirements like Basic EKG classes which are short classes designed for you to learn how to properly place a 12-lead and a dip into what the different rhythms mean, but...