medical

  1. Z

    EMS billing

    so I'm an EMT-B at a theme park and we give out things like bandaids and 4x4s all the time the park just supplies them and eats the cost. But we keep some pretty serious ALS equipment on site and I was wondering if we ever had to use any of that equipment for an emergency would the park collect...
  2. L

    Is it true that most firefighters hate running EMS calls?

    Most of the fire departments around here are separate entities from the EMS departments, versus in other places I have lived prior, the EMS was fire based. Here, most of the transport-based EMS is county government (third service) or private in other counties. However, some of the volunteer...
  3. N

    Medical supply retail, profitable?

    I feel like I have the entrepreneur-spirit. All the professional grade supplies we see on the back of our ambulances, like guaze sponges, bandages, etc from brands like Dynarex, Covidien, Hospira, etc... If I were to sell wholesale healthcare products, custom kits, walkers, rollaids, transfer...
  4. M

    TEST TIPS

    Hey all, I'm really liking this site for questions, my current question is I take my class final and they give us a sheet of paper to write down anything we want before the test that we can think of off the top of our heads! What would you put down?! Just to kind of give me a little extra...
  5. L

    Question regarding the definition of "practice" and company licensure.

    As of right now, I am in sort of a sticky situation. I have spent several hours searching the web with little to no luck on this topic so I figured why not ask the question directly. Anyway, I recently became nationally certified through NREMT. I have applied for Arizona state licensure and...
  6. Tnaemt94

    Do you utilize law enforcement on your medical calls?

    We were called out for an unconscious pt in respiratory depression and OD. The scene was actually at our station. The neighborhood security enforcement (fully sworn and acting law enforcement) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (wildlife cops) were already on scene. Responding with us...
  7. Anonymous555

    Brand New Petition: NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE COMMUNICATION!

    Brand new petition on Change.org, what do you think? https://www.change.org/p/fcc-fcc-president-tom-wheeler-the-us-needs-national-standards-for-emergency-service-communication
  8. khaysley

    EMT -- Medical Skill Sheet

    https://www.nremt.org/nremt/downloads/E202%20Medical%20Assessment.pdf When we do the written test in class I can remember practically everything some times I forget to write SAMPLE down. But when we do the skill drills I forget the skill sheet.... How have you learned to memorize so you can...
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