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I can't believe you let that out. It was my first week. :P

When I went through EMT school they taught me SAMPLE history and OPQRST, but I have noticed many EMTs and medics ask questions that arent part of these. I actually find it rare to hear a medic ask OPQRST besides onset. Why don't they follow these? and where do they get their questions?

Look for an explorers program. I was a police explorer. Maybe in your area they might have EMS, fire or police explorer to teach you the basics and have fun. Another thing to do is go to borders or whatever bookstore you have near you and go through every medical book you can find. Also look...

Yeah, I had a guy who cut with wrist using baby aspirin.

Ems in general is not female friendly, putting that aside, it sounds like you have something against AMR. AMR is a huge company, and you named 1 supervisor to blame for the whole company.

I know if someone is not moving enough air you should bag them, but is there an exact number of resp they should have before bagging? I mean 22 RR is fast, but not worthy or PPV. so is it like 10 and below and 30 and faster? When should I bag the guy?

When dealing with possible heart compromise Pts. there are several groups of people that report different pain. Those people include Elderly, Diabetic, and women. Why are women considered different? This puzzled me in class. Thanks

My professor said pneumonia is fluid in the lungs, but my book says pleural effusion is fluid in the lungs. Whats the difference? Did my teacher make a mistake?

Would snot be considered airway obstruction? and what would you call someone who inhales dust? is that an allergic reaction or what? thanks =)

What is the difference between edema and embolism? aren't they both clots?

Are there any good substitutes for equipment? such as instead of oxygen by a NRB is there some way I can get the close to the same result? just substitutes incase I need something and i'm off duty.

there are rules are such for taking classes in CPR, but face it CPR is better than no CPR. No matter how poorly done (unless they were compressing the pt nose lol). if a 85 YO male was having a heart attack in cardiac arrest and his little 6 year old grandson saw him and called 911 and then...

When someone is in hypoperfusion (shock) their skin gets cool thats why you keep them warm with blankets. I named it hyperperfusion because if somoene is getting too much perfusion they get warm and turn red ect. and i'm not seeking medical advice just curious.

What treatments would you do for someone with a fever? just cool off their skin?

Memorizing is an aid to learning. When someone speaks spanish they memorize words, but if they don't study grammer and practice speaking it they wont be able to. Theres more to learning than memorizing. B)

I agree with the learning answer. and typing is a good suggestion. =D

To memorize a new word I have been taking the approach of writing the word out like 50 times. It works very well to help me memorize, but the only problem is, it is time consuming and wastes a lot of paper. Do you have any other memorization tricks I can use to memorizing all kinds of new...

Hang in there buddy, i'm going through a summer EMT class now too. My problem is similar, but different. My teacher is monotone and speaks in whispers. haha Teachers never tell us what to study. Anatomy is a broad subject and is hard, just keep studying as hard as you are now and you will make...

Thanks everyone

So is this an ok report using SOAP? 86 YO W/M approximately Kg 100 C/C cp found ambulatory symptoms include none Allergies include milk and water medication includes none Hostory includes died in Vietnam Last oral intake includes coke events include mowing the lawn onset was fast palliation...