NJMedic35

The shift that Kris was working started at 0600. He was the kind of guy that would get to work a bit early to check stuff out. His partner came in around 0600 and found him down on the ground next to the ambulance.

On Tuesday January 13th, EMT Kris Hulseberg died while at work doing EMS for the city of Randolph NJ. Kris was always a pleasure to be around, easy to work with, and had a wonderful sense of humor. Kris will be missed by all of us that knew him.

Sorry if this is a bit late, but the service I work for does carry the magnets and we are trained in using them. I'll see if I can dig up our policy for you if you still need it Ruff.

The easy answer for me is yes I have been attacked while on duty. The more complex answer is that in over 15 years of EMS service, the 2 times it occurred are certainly not the normal experience. If I had followed the advice of keep your eyes open, pay attention to your surroundings, and make sure you have an exit, the first time probably would not have occurred at all.

Congratulations!

My suggestion is make sure you READ the scenario. Don't skim over it quickly, don't stare at the strip in front of you, do what you'd do on a real call with a real patient. You look at your patient as you are walking in. What's your first impression? That's what the scenario will provide you with. If you see the 80 y/o female weak, dizzy, with a SpO2 of 88%, B/p of 90/60 who is pale, cool, and diaphoretic, then you look at the strip and see a slow rhythm you can immediately discount almost half of the rhythms you know, and focus on identifying the rhythm and providing the treatment. By reading it thoroughly you will also catch anything buried in the middle of the scenario...such as 33 y/o male found stabbed in a bar, he's warm, dry, pulseless, apneic, oh yeah...PEA Lastly...take a few deep breaths...if you're hypoxic, you're patient will be too! Good Luck and study hard

Congrats....I know from my test, I can now treat any snake or spider bite that ever comes up, even if I never live in Australia or Guam!

Congratulations on passing the first part. Yes, the CBT is a bit unnerving. Mine shut down after about 70 questions, I kept waiting for something like, "Hahaha made ya look" to pop up on the screen :roll:

If I ever decided to do something other than Paramedicine, it would be to finish my degree in Marine Biology and go work with Flipper in the Bahamas...no more snow, no more ice, no more stinkin cold mornings. Just me, Flipper, and a Red Stripe on the beach

I just retested in my trauma station...the first time I think it was all nerves that caused me to fail. The second time I went in, took a deep breath and made sure I verbalized everything. I made sure that the evaluator knew I was thinking about what was going on, and not just "regurgitating" my skill sheet back to her. At one point, I stated that I was going to continue to monitor his lung sounds to make sure I didn't need to decompress the chest. That way she understood I wasn't oblivious to the thought process. Just relax...if you didn't have a problem in class, and got through everything else alright, it was probably just a bit of hypoxia on your part Good Luck on round 2!