Expotential

I am compiling a rather large list of medications that are frequently (or infrequently) used in our world (both 911 and transport/sct transport) for updating my companies rather old list that leaves many many commonly used drugs absent. What else have you seen?

Acetaminophen
Adenocard
Adenosine
Aggrastat
Albuterol
Alupent
Amiophylline
Amiodarone
Amyl Nitrate
Anectine
Antibiotics
Aspirin
Ativan
Atropine
Benadryl
Blood
Bretylium
Bumetanide
Calcium Chloride
Calcium Gluconate
Cardizem
Charcoal
Cimetidine
Clonidine
Compazine
Cyanide poison kit
D-Tetanus
D10W
D5-1/2NS
D5-1/4NS
D5LR
D5NS
D5W
Decadron
Demerol
Dexame Thazone
Dextrose 10%
Dextrose 20%
Dextrose 50%
Diazepam
Digoxin
Dilantin
Diltiazem
Diphenhydramine
Dobutamine
Dopamine
Droperidol
Epi-pen
Epinephrine
Epinephrine 1:1000
Epinephrine 1:10000
Epinephrine- Racemic
Etomidate
Famotidine
Fentanyl
Flumazenil
Fosphenytoin
Furosemide
Glucagon
Haldol
Haloperidol
Heparin
Heparin Drip
Ibuprofen
Instant Glucose
Insulin
Integrilin
Ipecac
Ipratropium
Isoetharine
Isoproterenol
Isuprel
Ketorolac
Labetalol
Lactated Ringers
Lasix
Lidocaine
Lidocaine 2%
Lidocaine drip
Lorazepam
Magnesium sulfate
Mannitol
Meperidine
Metaproterenol
Methylene Blue
Methylprednisolone
Methoclopramide
Metoprolol
Midazolam
Milrinone
Mivacron
Morphine
Motrin
Nalmefene
Naloxone
Narcan
Nasal Spray Decongestant
Nifedipine
Nipride
Nitro Paste
Nitroglycerin
Nitroprusside
Nitrous oxide
Norepinepherine
Normal Saline
Nubaine
Oral Glucose
Oxygen
Oxytocin
Ondansetron
Penicillin
Phenergan
Phenobarbitol
Phenytoin
Pitocin
Plasma Protein Fraction
Potassium Chloride
Pralidoxine
Procainamide
Procaine
Procardia
Prochlorperazine
Promethazine
Proparacaine
Propofol
Propranolol
Proventil
Rocuronium
Romazicon
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium Chloride
Solumedrol
Stadol
Sterile Saline
Streptokinase
Succinylcholine
Terbutaline
Thiamine
Thrombolytic Agent
Tnkase
Total Parental Nutrition
TPA
Tylenol
Urokinase
Valium
Vasopressin
Vasotec
Vecuronium
Verapamil
Versed
Vistaril
Zofran

So it occurred to me - some medical directors are very involved while others are very uninvolved the level of commitment you see with some makes me wonder if it is because they are paid well to be involved or whether they just enjoy it.

How much have you heard of medical directors getting paid - private or city, how many ambulances.

To be quite honest I dont even know the range of pay

i fell into a hole - practically

i forgot my time with acls and pals were coming near, unfortunately neither my volunteer gig, my paid gig, nor the local college are offering acls or pals anytime in the near future. well while looking to see if there were any not-quite-as-local classes coming up my wife stumbled across www.palscourse.com - it says they offer acls and pals recerts without in-classroom/hands on. my impression was that aha required hands on but i am not positive. anyone know of the validity of these classes - any help is appreciated.

-X

hah I forgot about this thread someone sent me a message - I actually passed all practicals and written on first shot no retests on any practicals- lol right now I am actually doing my semi-yearly recert class

Last night I finished EMT-P school, Yes Dustdevil I am getting a professional degree - I just need to apply for graduation now since I already had all of my core classes before going into the program. My NREMT-P practicals are this coming Friday and written is in 3 weeks. Can anyone offer any advice on the written - not looking for example questions or anything, I am just looking for information on how deep I dug the hole I am standing in now. I have no fear of my Practical stations - in class I have never had any problem with them - 12/12 on statics, dynamics good every time, basic skills are no problem, IV/ET are not a problem, my Trauma assessments are very complete (Scored Instructor Potential on both written and practical ITLS exams), and Oral questions cant be but so hard (Field preceptors have always commented on a good presentation to my patients). But I am Stressing out on the Computer exam, Any pointers?

I was running a night shift at my station (which happens to be in the middle of the city) so whenever another station gets a call if another call comes in that is in their area we usually end up responding.

so its about 1:30am on a friday morning, The tones are not working. we had a 4 man squad that night, 1 observer 1 intern, 3 of us were awake watching movies on the TV, I have my radio on so we know when a call comes through to us. (Radio tones go off, but not station tones)

Dispatcher: "1620 please respond to <enter address here> at <a local gay bar> priority 1 (lights and sirens possible life threatening) for an unconscious male of an unknown age, PLEASE ENTER THROUGH THE REAR" (oh hahaha dispatch your really fucking funny)

Me: "1620 responding"

Dispatcher: "1620 is responding to the call at <a local gay bar> priority 1 for an unconscious male of an unknown age, correction, caller wants you to proceed through the front door"

<End of transmission>

so I walk over to my partners bed and try to wake him up by screaming his name at him and give up, I tell the intern its their turn.

the intern goes and taps on his shoulder.

partner: ".......eh......wha...?"

intern: "hey wake up we are going to the gay bar"

partner: "....oh??... kay.?.?"

my partner then proceeds to fall back asleep very quickly.

intern then informs him it is for a call and he gets up.

<time lapse is so awesome>

Arrive on scene

partner: "wow that chick is hot what is she doing here"

me: "agreed what the hell!?"

<radio>

Me: "dispatch this is 1620 we have arrived on scene"

Dispatcher: "10/4 1620 is on scene at <a local gay bar> please proceed through the front door"

<end of transmission>

we get out of the truck and start walking toward the building and said "hot chick" starts running toward us

hot chick?: (in a very deep voice) "Oh my god you have to help him he just fell over and is like... ... .. I dont know but he wont talk to us."

at this point everyone on my crew has this "OH MY FUCKING GOD look on our faces"

we go in and find a 78 year old man on the floor

we decided he had around 20-30 too many beers and take him to the hospital with a little bit of a fight after calling police and threatening to send him to the jail if he refuses treatment.

this guy is a complete asshole and we are quickly getting drunk off the fumes coming from his mouth, so we start transporting to the nearest hospital. we call the hospital and let them know we are coming, once we are literally less than 500 feet from said hospital they call us back and say that we have been diverted to not just another hospital but one of the furthest away in the city.

I was about ready to kill myself and everyone around me by the time that call was over.

as you guys were talking earlier, the Nurses with the local hospital chain are REQUIRED to run a certain number of shifts on an ambulance every month. most of them around here are alot more pleasant than some of the ignorant fools at the surrounding cities

Our Ambulances are identified in my city by <Station number>2<ambuliance number>

so my station is 16

our ambuliances are

1620

1621

1622

1623

1624

and 1625

some stations that have more than 10 will go into the 30's (even though none of our stations EVER have more than 4 or 5 running at one time)

Squad trucks (with the jaws and all the fun tools) are

SQUAD-9

SQUAD-14

and SQUAD-16

Search and rescue is

SAR-1

SAR-2

SAR-3

our Supervisors are

EMS-<Vehicle number (based off superiority)>

so EMS-5

EMS-6

EMS-7

our ALS interceptor vehicles (little crown vickies) are:

Zone-<Station number>

For Fire:

Engine:

E-<station number>

if there is more than one engine at a station we signify them as E-<station>-<truck> (like E-16-1 or E-16-2)

Ladder

L-<station number>

Batalion chief

B-<truck number>

I am unsure how they label the marine units and the ATV's (I live in a beach town)

What exactly does this hospital hire somebody who isn't even an EMT to do anyhow?

your failure to read still hasn't ceased to amaze me, earlier in the thread I mentioned I am a NBPT Certified Pharmacy Technician

So again you dodge yet another question. If you have not taken any classes from this college, what leads you to believe it is a joke?

yet again you just didnt read I did answer the question, I took a contracted class which also required me to take other non contracted courses

And with zero EMS education behind you, how would you even know if it was a joke?

you just don't read do you, you read the bare minimum to respond and try to make people feel bad. I already stated the EMT course was a contracted course with the hospital I work for.

Dude, whoever told you that "shock trauma" was a good idea is the real joker here.

Well seeing as it will save me money to do it that way I say it is a good idea, I have time to take the courses so why waste money to skip them by taking them straight through the college paying a tuition and books fees instead of through my work who provides the class anyway who will supply me with the books.

But hey, go be a loser. It'll help you blend in with the rest.

Don't even try to go make yourself look better then anyone else you are just the same. you have the same flaws, and you are also in the same terminal cycle. Actulilly, allow me to correct myself, go ahead do it, all the time, until you do it to the wrong person and get really smacked up or get fired from a job.

I did some research on the shock trauma and it is the VA equivilant to ALS-Intermedeate

btw - I work for a hospital they are offering it free.

and when I said the community college was a joke I was referring to it in general not contracted classes. I have done contracted classes there before for networking which wasnt too bad.

So cost is your primary concern over quality of education?

You seriously can't afford a community college education? :?

And are you actually "working" for this department, or is it a little volunteer hobby thing?

The Community college over here is a joke. and the Company I am working for is contracted by the Community college anyway for the medical classes, might as well get the same education free

Forget "Shock Trauma." Your next step should be education, not another merit badge that gets you nowhere.

Get in college and start taking your support classes for a paramedic degree. Get Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2, Microbiology, Psychology, Algebra, your English Composition and whatever courses are required by your local paramedic school so you can be ready to get into paramedic classes ASAP. This "shock trauma" nonsense will just slow you down and not give you any real benefits, career wise.

Good luck!

I am only training shock trauma because the Department I am working for does Free training all the way to paramedic as long as I go in their order which is EMT>Shock Trauma>Intermedeate life support>Paramedic

I am paticularly interested in the difference in the pay between EMT-b, intermedeate, and Paramedic

I am currently training as a emt-b but shortly after certification I plan to enroll in a Shock trauma class.

but I am also already a nationally certified Pharmacy Technician so I am working at a hospital already, I just kinda want to trade specialties