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I'm a huge advoccate of pain management. I give pain meds and give them often. THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO BE TAKING PT's IN IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF PAIN. I know a fellow paramedic who is slightly less aggressive with pain management. He believes if they are Normotensive with a normal heart rate...

Ok guys have at it! 75 yo female c/c of not feeling well x45 min. PMx of AMIx4 A/V on demmand pacer Med compliant, in good shape, well groomed and appears to take care of herself well. Pt husband states they were at the cardiologist today to have her pacer checked and everything was...

Was in conversation with a flight nurse the other day. He said his small 911 ground service uses a 70 dollar one time use disposable vent. Where im at we have aggressive airway management protocols including RSI.....and 45-75 min transport times. I was curious if any of ya'll out there have...

Have a company meeting with our MD this evening. Our protocol states in Cardiac arrest Tx for Torsades is mag, duh! Question is our protocol states to give it over 10 min. I have googled other protocols and they state give 2mg over 2 min. Seems like in a full arrest, 10 min is too long. I want...

So ive been on this site for awhile but ive been to busy to get on here and post. the hell is over:excl::excl::excl::excl::excl::excl::excl: :PB) After almost getting up in the middle of the test because i was so discouraged thinking that I had already failed. Well it cut of at 87, at that point...

We had a stroke pt the other day with a gcs of about 5. While we were waiting on the helicopter, we RSI'd a pt w/ Sux, Etomidate, Fentanyl. . . .and lido? We didnt push Vex b/c the Helicopter landing we knew prefered a different long term paralytic. But, why did the lead medic push the Lido? Her...

Well accodring to my Medic class i just got done with cardio thumps arent taught any more. Now i have never had an opportunity to try it, do they really work? I was talking to a nurse in the cath lab the other day on my medic rotations that said after she gave lidocane to a pt that had an...

i just finished my paramedic course today. I start clinicals monday. This saturday i have the partical which im not really worried about. I feel good with cardiology and pretty well everything else. I was curious to see about study guides. I used the JB learning for my basic and found it...

Well ive been lerking on here for a few months now and just now got around to posting. there is alot of really good information on here. Took the National registry teh first time amonth go. Did well on it no problems at all. I was worried about it so i totally over studied, lol. Didnt really see...