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  1. medic2005

    EPI Pen in Finger

    This is why the make an epi pen trainer!
  2. Nice to see another NR this and Paragod wanna be spouting off about comments made by someone who is under their 2 year wanna be a nurse degree. What is that all about couldn't cut it as a nurse boy? I meant to say it keeps the skills fresh, for Triage, and what does it matter if I asked a nurse to look at the patient? I bet you called medical control when you have a situation that requires someone else to make the decision didn't you? Ah maybe the doctor should be treating that patient and not you?
  3. As an EMT who worked in the ER and did triage as a basic, this is likely to happen more often. It is called TRIAGE for a reason, you assess how the patient is at the time they enter, and move them to a room in the order of priority thus using field skills the same TRIAGE. I used to second guess my skills and ask my nurse to go see a patient, I think that it is more likely that EMT's and other non nurses will be doing triage in the future as the nursing shortages get worse and as more people keep using ER's as a doctors office. I doubt that anything could have been done to save this child, as stated, the doctor 2 days prior goofed, but that is what General practice and pediatricians do, they goof a few days earlier then the child comes to the ER, the ER doctor calls the GP or Pediatrician, who says yeah go ahead and send them to the Children's Hospital let them deal with it. Doctors cannot deal with their own patients, so they are rushing through them to get dough and keep hours short. I heard the other day on the news if you paid like $3500/year in Florida, you got a doctor who had cut their patient list, and you were a VIP, you got the doctors cell phone number and home phone number to call for issues, you got to sit down and tell your doctor about your problems instead of the in and out trip we all are accustomed to.. This system is only going downhill. I think a paramedic or any EMS provider should be adequate at TRIAGE, and think it is great training for what could happen in the field.... Too many patients and not enough providers.
  4. Nice program... but lacking a real structure. Any uneducated person like myself, (No BS degree like the folks who organized this program) can see that Chicagoland is well protected, given that about 75% of the training is in the upperstate region. My map has a whole other bunch of land south so you would think that a more central location in the state would be a little more appropriate for an office instead of the farthest reaches north.
  5. EMT-B's yes they may, but I made the points, and I can see why EMS cannot get organized. No one wants to agree, there that is my point why EMS is so out dated.
  6. . paragod (1) a prima donna paramedic with a "god complex" who thinks he/she is smart despite being an incompetent fool (2) any paramedic who is more concerned with his ego than his patients, regardless of skill level or talent (3) an otherwise competent paramedic who is an egomaniac http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paragod
  7. Hmm what is holding EMS back? Para-Gods that look down on others who are not perfect in their eyes.
  8. There is a difference between saying can you re-state your comments and saying... Wait you are saying that there is too much education, and then saying Volunteers are important.
  9. I guess the first post on this topic........ doesn't apply any longer? "Please don't bash anyone for their opinion"
  10. I knew there was a reason that I avoided this place... Arrogant nose pickers that have to pick on everything someone says...... ALright go play in the politics now Hillary. I will be avoiding this site and making sure everyone knows the way users are treated. 1. Volunteer Providers might find it difficult to juggle a full time job and training 2. Funding for EMS is lacking normally without taxes 3. Get a live and quit making EMS look bad, you must be a FF jerk
  11. In Illinois, I think a couple of major things hold back EMS. Continuing Education- Nurses in IL and many other states renew their licenses yearly and require no.. I REPEAT NO continuing Education, and they are in an ever changing field just as much as EMS. EMS requires 120 Hours every 4 years. That is 3 weeks of training. It becomes hard to come up with it for the volunteer, or those who work full time jobs and leave EMS. I think there has to be a better way. I don't get it out a nurse shouldn't have to have it, but doctors, and EMS have too, heck even some levels of first responder have to. (FR-D) I also think that in IL it is the volunteer vs. paid EMS. Alot of rural areas have continued to keep volunteer on call providers, instead of dedicating a full time staff, this leads to many areas having longer response times, I hear complaints all the time, but where do we focus the tax dollars? Police and Fire..... Fire Departments usually have fire districts which receive funding from their taxes, while as Police are funded by the local government and federal dollars. EMS is one of the unique public safety groups that can charge for their services and yet, everyone thinks they make money. Being probably one of the least profitable.
  12. oh ya.... love them all. The below are true unless noted different ...When you have 911 roads named Piglet Rd and Ant Lane ...Your 911 signs label field roads ...you still have bag phone style phones that are analog... ...you get wrong number calls on your ambulance emergency number all the time. .... you seem to know almost every patient at the local nursing homes, and most of the local residents.
  13. I have at times either just before or just after the full moon notice that we do get the funny calls or weird stuff. It is not always just sometimes. So not for sure either way! Mike
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