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Hey, I am moving from Los Angeles to Rochester, NY in August to attend a post-bac program as part of my journey to medical school. Does anyone on here work in the area? I don't know anyone in NY and would love to meet some people in the area. I am a CA licensed paramedic with two or so...

Was hoping to solicit a little advice from you guys. I am taking a speech class right now on the side as a prerequisite for nursing school (the one I took with my B.S. was interpersonal and I need to retake an "oral" speech). Our assignment for an informative speech is coming up and I was...

Needing to move back to Los Angeles area in about 4 months - already a CA Paramedic with 911 experience. Anyone know of any companies looking to hire more medics in the near future? Thanks.

This was a relatively straight forward call I ran last night. I picked up overtime on a double medic ambulance and was driving - so I did not make patient care decisions during transport. Just curious what your plan of treatment and working diagnosis would have been. I will try to obtain a...

My question to you is how freely do you use naloxone in the treatment of patients with an acute presentation of ALOC? Mainly in a scenario where you can't rule in or rule out narcotics as the cause. I ask because I have always been one to use naloxone only if they are altered with - known...

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Hey there, not a scenario really but just wondering what route you would take a pretty basic run I had yesterday. ALS and a BLS ambulance dispatched at 1200 to a private clinic for a c/c of SOB. We arrived to find a 35 y/o female sitting alert in an exam chair in mild distress. She states that...

Hey there, Currently for class an instructor is having us make a practice resource that includes common questions, associated signs, and pertinent negatives for common chief complaints. For example on a card for chest pain it would include things like pain on inhalation, pain on...

My job is rough - sitting at the beach I love getting to post in Santa Monica on a Sunday.

Hey there, this "mini scenario" is based off of something I was thinking about while studying today - I have never come across it personally. Thanks! Patient is a 40 y/o male who was part of a bar fight. Initial impression is that there is one patient (the male listed) laying on the...

Hey there, I recently got a PM from someone asking what I am doing to prepare for paramedic school. My program has a required pre-course that serves as a weeding out process to select candidates for the course. I wrote out what I had to do to prepare so I thought I would share it here. I...

Hey there, I am registered for the August 2010 Paramedic course at Mt. SAC; for which the pre-course begins in late June. Anyone else on the boards happen to be attending this session? ^_^

Hey there, first time poster long time reader. I have been an EMT for a BLS transport company for the last 6 months and in August I am going to be attending Paramedic school at Mt. SAC in Southern California. (Anyone else going to this class?) My question is about pre course prep work. I have...