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I hope this wasnt someone who works in the medical field...Not too smart

No i wouldn't especially, if there is obvious signs of death..I would comfort the parents and make sure someone from the family/friend stay with them for support... :wink:

Dust..Whats really the problem here? Do you feel because people Volunteer their time for their community that you will never make alot of money as a Paramedic? I would never spend a year in school to become a Paramedic for 2 reasons..I think its crazy to spend $8,000 to become a Paramedic and get paid chump change when you finally do get a job, that you cant even survive on when you have a family..The other reason is this is not something i want to do for a living...I have a Bachlors Degree in Business Administration and i make a damn good salary..Soo if i just want to help out my community without making money for doing it then thats my problem not yours or anybody else's..

Ladyfirefighter many people here dont believe in volunteering their time in EMS. I also volunteer for a ambulance corp in my community. I went from a EMT B to a EMT CC to be able to provide ALS services to those in need...Don't listen to them and feel proud in yourself for giving of your time to help people that need your care...I didn't get into EMS for the money but to help people..It's the greatest feeling in the world... :wink:

Ok...Thanks for the info..I figured you could shock someone on a stretcher as long as u didnt touch the metal side rails..My darling friend and co-worker was telling me that u need to use a short board. I thought maybe i missed something in my training..Thanks again... :wink:

I have a quick question which i'm sure many of you will be able to answer...Can you shock a pt on a ambulance stretcher without any backboard?

Soon we wont have any jobs because someone will invent a robot to do what we are doing now..Lets spend the money for trainings and better education for medics and emts.. :wink:

I agree with Dust on this one...I think there are better ways to spend $15,000....A pink cadaver means nothing to the family.. They want their love one back alive and kicking...

Well said...... =D>

.... A fool i'm not my dear...I'm sorry if you are one of those people that can't hear but still insist on being in this profession...I had to deal with other emt's that couldnt hear a word i was saying and almost put a patients life at risk..People that can't hear shouldnt be doing this job..period...If you can hear by using a better scope and not totally deaf then i dont have a problem with you riding in the back of a ambulance..If i was blind should i be driving a taxi for a living? I dont think soo...

We all make mistakes....Nobody is 100% perfect.... :wink:

I agree totally....I really dont think we should be wearing helmets in the back of a ambulance...I wont use the word bus because Dust has no idea that bus means ambulance..lol lol ..Sorry Dust..

Dust you do make me laugh and thats a good thing. You have to be someone in their 50's because you are very set in your ways.You never know you might actually get to like a EMT- CC

Dust have you ever been to New York? Who is talking about bus drivers? Here in New York we call a ambulance a bus. Tell me Dust do u have a problem with New Yorkers?

Come on this is nuts...If i have to wear a helmet in the back of a ambulance then people should be wearing ones in their personal cars...There are more car accidents then bus accidents :roll:

Trust me the lady was fine...They even hooked her up and it keep saying no shock advised...the women was breathing..if anything they should of assisted her with breathing not do cpr...

We dont mean to be disrespectful to anyone that is deaf or hoh but we are just expressing how we feel about this issue... :roll: I guess because i had to work with someone who was deaf and screwed up on almost every call, i cant help but to feel this way.

I agree with you that there are emt/medics that are not well trained...I work in a nursing home for my day job and i also see lpn/rn not knowing how to give pt care..I saw one nurse doing cpr on someone with a pulse.....

I must ask you this Dust....Do you have the common sense or education to know if its ok to give someone water? You seem to think that most people wheter they are medics or emt's lack education... :roll:

Oh Dust you really hurt my feelings.....NOT...

I'm a EMT CC for about 6 months now.....Loving it.............

I hear where you are coming from.....I just became a EMT CC about 6 months ago...My neighbor next door is a 95 yr old women..Never seen her before until January 28, 2006......I was getting ready for the EMS expo and i step outdoors to see the temp...All of a sudden this lady is waveing to me to come over that her friend can't breath...My pager goes off and i go to look realizing that it was for my neighbor...I grab my medical bag and run into the house...Only to find this 95yr old women sitting in her chair with her mouth wide open...She was already having agonal respiration's...3 of the neighbors were staring at me and telling me to please help her...My mind went completely blank and thank God 2 EMT's came into the house to help me...I didnt know what to do first...I know airway, breathing , and circulation...Everything was happening soo fast...I just said LETS GO...COME ON.....Soo we got her onto a stair chair and then out to the stretcher and into the bus...In the bus we bagged her and i was soo nervous that my hands wouldnt stop shaking...I was losing her very quickly...We are only 4 blocks from the hospital thank God...As soon as i got her through the ER doors she lost her pulse...Not to say she didnt make it..Everyday since January 28, 2005 i have to face the family..They see me come home and come over to ask more and more questions...I was soo upset for days about losing this women..I wanted to give it all up...I realized that i had someone life in my hands and couldnt save her..All i can say is not to give up.....We all make mistakes and hopefully it doesnt cost someone their life...Today i have become a stronger and more confident EMT CC then i was before...I go on calls now saying to myself nothing can be as bad as that call i had with the 95 yr old women with agonal respiration's....

I cant handle having someone chuck up on the bus...Whats up with these small little bags they gave us to hand to a pt that is vomiting...They miss the bag and its all over the floor of the bus..I cant even hear the sound...I almost let go one day and i will never forget how fast i ran off that bus...Between the heat and the smell of puke....OH PLEASE.....

Ok cool...Thanks....

I was wondering the same thing...Thanks for posting that question...