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Also, there are a few hospital based services that are good places to work. Negmc runs white co EMS and their own transport. Union general EMS. Habersham county is a hospital based service. Spalding regional south of metro runs their own EMS also i think.

City of Atlanta is run by Grady EMS. Fulton county outside the city of Atlanta is run by AMR/Rural Metro. Dekalb county is rural metro. Cobb county is metro Atlanta ems and Puckett I think. Cherokee, Gwinnett, Clayton, Fayette, Henry and Hall county are fire based EMS. Forsyth county...

Technically the answer is easy. Is the SGA working? And do the benefits of removing it and intubating the patient outweigh the risks/complications? But making that choice relies on good clinical judgement, without pride and ego. Judgement that takes experience and training that many people...

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Depends on which school and what the school requires. I live less than 10 miles from one school that will accept a basic with no question. The school I went to 35 miles from me requires AEMT, but will accept a basic on case by case basis.

I work in a system that is "in the sticks" as you say. Anywhere from 15-90+ mins from the closest PCI capable hospital, the 2 counties I work in being the most rural where a 45 min emergency transport to the cath lab is the quicker, not the exception. Over the last several years we have done...

That is our protocol in GA region 2. We give 600mg Plavix and 60 units/kg Heparin to a max of 4000 units total dose. Then transport to the closest cath center.

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I have the Rocky slip ons. Been wearing them every day at work for almost a year and I work 20-25 shifts a month. They have held up very well, comfortable and still look good with a monthly or every other month polish job.

I always do a minimum of 3. Initial, 2nd w/ V4r/V8/V9, and one at the hospital. If treating active chest pain (without ST or T wave changes) I do the inital, 2nd with right and posterior leads, after nitro series, and 1 at hospital. If treating active STEMI I do: initial, 2nd with right and...

Greenville County EMS in SC did Retaplase back in the 90's but it was phased out when more hospitals in the area became cath capable.

I have a powerpoint that goes over ETCO2 monitoring that has really good examples. PM me and I will email you the whole thing

Look into Lanier Tech in oakwood. I attended the paramedic program last year and highly recommend the program.

ok. thank you so much. I havent been able to get a straight answer out of anyone. I take it next tuesday.

Does anyone know if NREMT is testing to the new 2010 AHA guidelines or the old AHA guidelines?

Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend a seminar with Bob Page. The first day was 12 lead, and the second day he did a variety of topics, capnography, traumatic brain injury, and seizures. Not trying to endorse anyone, but I highly recommend attending one of his seminars if you have...

First day of last semester was yesterday. 16 weeks 2 days til we take national registry. Not that Im counting or anything :rolleyes:

One thing I have found that works well for me is instead of rolling the wires around my hand is to pull the leads out, untangle them, zip the pouch most of the way up, then just feed the wires back into the pouch (like feeding rope back into a rope bag) and leave a couple inches hanging out.

Dad has been a firefighter for 25+ years and a medic for 15+, 2 great uncles and a great aunt were volunteer firefighters, 5 cousins who are firefighters and 2 are EMTs, and my great grandfather helped start the volunteer fire department in the small rural community we live in. I'm an adjunct...

Well nothing has been said for sure yet.. And I don't want to go to the DOL and ask and then they instigate an investigation and it turns out to be much ado about nothing. Not trying to be the "boy who cried wolf" or anything. Just wondering what is legal and what isn't.