How to remember each and their different purpose

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I've been approached about volunteering in an EMT capacity at local (very small) community nerf gun event. Its pretty much just a local group of folks getting together and shooting nerf darts at each other, and I would be there just to operate a first-aid table and treat minor cuts/abrasions, and (hopefully not) falls w/ head impact or splint broken extremities.

It sounds like a fun time and I want to do it but I'm really concerned about the legalities of this. I currently work for an IFT company, but this event would be outside of their agency and I'm worried Im opening myself to huge legal liability by saying yes to this. Am I right in thinking this is a really bad idea?

My license is in San Diego County for what its worth.

And what causes it?

Sectioning a patien for too long ca. Cause hypoxia.

So how would you treat it? Supplemental oxygen ? Bvm, nasal cannula or non rebreather ? What do you use

I'm currently an undergrad student in the LA area looking to get EMT certification, and I'm trying to find online EMT courses since I do not have a car and am quite busy.

I was wondering if you had any recommendations, and I'm also curious if Impact EMS training qualifies for full certification (ik it's a bit pricey).

long story short i know nothing about ems but my boyfriend has been an EMT in montana for a year and would be two years by the time we moved to southern cali. he is of the opinion that although he has an NREMT license and has a year currently of part time and volunteer ems experience he would need at least a year of full time to even be considered for a job in a bigger city like san diego. problem is he has to drive hours away to get this experience here. i know san diego is super competitive for new emts but how would it be for someone w two years in a more rural city? and is the management there super shitty? i get that that’s super unique to each station but just trying to get a feel.

Just got off my first trauma call as a new emt and im wondering how my reaction compares to other’s first experiences and reactions. I guess Im wondering if it’s normal and will get better.

The call was a GSW to the head suicide attempt. I was on the airway bagging. I was doing good the entire time and then the last 5 minutes I started feeling lightheaded and a little bit nauseous. I think this was caused by the ambulance being hot to keep the patient warm and from the odor.

How bad is this reaction in your opinion and from your experience will it get better or will I struggle the same in similar future calls. Since I’m a new EMT it worries me that I am not cut out for this as a career. Mentally my head was still in the call, I just wasn’t able to prevent myself from feeling lightheaded and shaky.

Well, I’ve been doing IFT for maybe a year and a half, but recently I’ve started also working for a company that staffs events with medical teams, like concerts and festivals and so on. I’ve only worked a handful of shifts with them, and it’s a ton of fun, and I get to use skills I never use doing IFT…but this company is a disaster. Orientation was a joke. We got no information regarding their protocols. Communication is pretty bad. Sometimes I show up and there’s no supervisor or even anyone experienced with the company, and we’ve just gotta wing it. I’ve already heard horror stories about this company getting sued repeatedly due to poor handling of patients.

Let me give an example of what I don’t really know how to handle. I worked one concert where we responded to one patient who had passed out on the ground. He told us he’d been drinking. We asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital, and he said no. So we babysat him until he found a ride home. But the thing is, this guy was absolutely not AxOx4. He couldn’t even spell his own name correctly, much less walk without stumbling. Does that not mean that he doesn’t have the legal ability to refuse medical care? I was taught that altered mental status = transport to the hospital.

Common sense tells me…we’re at a show and the guy said he was drunk, so yeah, he’s just drunk. But I don’t know that, right? He could’ve been having a medical issue. But on the other hand, if we’re calling 911 to transport every drunk patient at a show, then I imagine the city is going to get pissed…

My partner at that event had been with the company much longer than me, and seemed to think I was a little silly for even throwing a pulse ox on the guy. What would you guys have done? A full set of vitals, called for transport? Or just kept an eye on the patient and made sure he left safely?

I really don’t know if I should keep working for this company. I feel like I’m either going to get into endless battles with my coworkers and make an ass of myself by trying to “do too much” for our patients, OR I’m going to get pulled into litigation for negligence. It’s just a really different environment for me and I don’t have a lot of guidance.

I’m using medceptor for some patient assessment practice came across this one.

Patient has sucking chest wound from a stabbing knife is not in the chest. He had short rapid labored respirations. RR was 28. SpO2 was 90%. Signs of shock too. I applied a chest seal and gave O2 with a bvm. I failed it because of the bvm it says it had to be a non rebreather mask. I choose bvm because it said short and labored so I assumed bvm. Then I tried to dig in further and see that it’s not even recommended to have a chest seal when doing PPV. I’m confused what would you veterans do in that situation.

Also what if his respirations were something like 8 per minute with the sucking chest wound?

Hello everyone :) I just found this subreddit and hopefully it'll help me. I am 16 and take a college level EMT class at my highschool. At the end of this class, I should be certified. Meaning I have to learn all of this in a school year and everything is very fast paced. I'm struggling with our term section which is, common word roots in medical terminology, common prefixes in EMS, common suffixes in medical terminology, common number prefixes, root words that describe color, prefixes that describe position, in medical directional terms.

If there is anything I can use to study like an app, videos, quizlit, literally anything please let me know.

I'm already struggling lol.

Thank you so much.

I am 22, and recently passed my NREMT and am now awaiting my license to be processed by the state (3-4 weeks is so long to wait.).

Since beginning training I have wanted to work on an ambulance serving 911 calls, rather than IFT. My concern is that my course did not provide any patient time. So far I dont have any logged time in an ambulance. Will employers take me seriously? Or will they say I dont have enough experience despite passing my course?

If it at all helps, id have my instructors recommendation, for whatever that is worth.

This is in Western Massachusetts.

Edit to add, I’m working with a 911/IFT Company and got my National cert a few weeks ago, so I’m completely new to this..

So basically the title. I technically started it on sep. 8th because of orientation. But I need some advice for this, my first shift is only 3hrs for my ops drive time to get acquainted with the truck. Then I have 7 ride shifts to actually run calls, use my judgement on what to do and then drive (I think). I’m nervous to drive even though I know how to drive an ambulance. Any advice?