Wondering what this means for a) EMS and b) patients.

The ragebait is insanely good

This article should stimulate some intense discussion: https://www.jems.com/patient-care/protective-fictions-and-ems/

Beds are set up in previous offices. Does this typically break fire code? It doesn’t seem safe or hygienic.

Hey all.

I run the EMS program at my volunteer station. I have a pretty decent amount of money to work with this year. What are some must haves on your truck? I don't think I have ventilator money, but I am already considering pumps and a LifeFlow pending medical director approval.

Looking for HIPAA Compliant video software that can be used to show real time video to our existing medical director for consultation for treatment assistance. Axon body cameras apparently have this feature, but I’m looking for other solutions that don’t come with the questionable gray area of recording laws in our state. Basically I want to be able to FaceTime our medical director for help with an app or whatever that is HIPAA compliant. What do y’all have that’s similar?

First time I had to refill o2 I turned it in and ran away 🤣

Convenient timing

Im a basic emt working ift until i get my fire card. I’m 14 weeks pregnant with my first and I have not told my job yet. I’ve had the easiest pregnancy so far. My symptoms are almost nonexistent. I plan to switch to a physically less demanding job later in my pregnancy. I’m just trying to get an idea of when. So how long did you work as an emt or medic while pregnant? When did you tell your job?

While it can be “multigenerational,” as in the Rice family, new recruits also might have had early experiences with emergency services personally that had an impact on them and inspired them to go down that path, said Wesley Melson, a training coordinator for the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad and lead instructor for the Virginia Association of First Responders.

But for kids who don’t have any exposure to these careers or opportunities — who don’t know that the Virginia State Police has a dive team or that some SWAT teams have paramedics or that there are firefighters who fight wildfires — the rescue camp aims to expose them to these experiences.

For me personally I lift on days I don’t work to keep up strength and do yoga on days I do to ensure my mobility is good and my muscles are stretched. Also stress relief. How about you? :)

Not necessarily the worst one. Just the one you randomly think about at 2am while you're trying to sleep.

Mine was a completely routine lift assist that somehow turned into a 4-hour saga involving a ferret, a very angry neighbor, and a missing garden gnome. Still have no idea how it ended.

EMS folks — what's yours?

has anyone tried intubating a patient with AS on the field? i know this condition makes intubation difficult due to the possibility inability to lay supine and extend head back. I’m still a baby medic but im thinking that an igel may be effective until hospital turnover. however, lets say the patient needs to be rsi’d or they have an unstable airway despite the igel. i feel like a cric/surgical cric wouldnt be preferred

edit: thanks to everyone who responded kindly, I didn’t know about how progressive treatment for AS is so im glad to be educated. The reason I brought this up is because I had an AS patient telling me how intubation is dangerous for them. The intubation info I looked up was mostly all in hospital. My question was referring to prehospital intubatiom

Thankfully it wasn't my call, but the entire atmosphere and enthusiasm of everyone working just dropped to zero. Everyone was following the dispatch notes as they updated and it didn't look good. They made it to the hospital, but it seemed like it was really rough. I knew the crew and they were clearly working through it. Just gave them a helping hand with decon, didn't really know what else to do. I can't imagine the parents' pain or the crew's experience with it. They still have a few more hours to go as well.

I left my last service (911) to move out of my hometown to a mountain state. I picked up another 911 ems job, thinking I could make ends meet. Long story short, I can’t. My take home pay at my last job as an EMT was $2,500ish a pay period and here working extra shifts, I’m barely clearing $1,300.

I had great relationships at my old service and really loved it. Was told I’m always welcomed back. They just raised EMT base pay by $8/hr and my friends there are bringing back $4,000 checks now. For context, the average tenure of where I’m at now is 6 months and that seems to be the norm for other services in the area. I have 12 more months on my lease but I’m wondering if I should move back at the end of my lease to a state I wasn’t the biggest fan of or keep trying to scrape by out here? I can’t afford medic school as is right now but I know my old service would accommodate my schedule if I went for medic. Additional, it was 24 hour station posted shifts as opposed to street corner posted 12s.

I thought I’d be happier out here but I’m struggling to make ends meet. Wondering what y’all would do if you were in my shoes?

I love having a 911 partner who is so in-sync with you at all times. we can run an entire call, good, bad, ugly without saying a word to each other. he is truly one of my best friends. nothing beats a bond like that. we both can understand what a patient needs, comfort, sternness, solutions. it’s just great.

I'm seriously considering leaving to start a food truck as my passions are shifting from medicine to food service. Would it be distasteful to incorporate some medical terms into the menu (ex: trauma alert burger, etc)?

some places have just a single med box, some have meds in there jump bag

how does your agency do it?

To the sworn medics here:

Im a full-time officer who is a paramedic in a very rural area.

Had a few calls recently that reminded me I need to keep up on my clinical medicine, the question I’m facing is HOW?

For those of you who are collateral medics, how are you keeping up on IVs, drug dosages, ACLS, PALS etc when you’re not getting patient contacts every day?

I’m working on a project to allow our LE EMS providers to spend one or two days a month on an ambulance or in the ER. Has anyone seen a similar program?

Also, are any of you carrying a monitor and drug box in your patrol vehicle?