Patricksp0

If some EMS services would get off their asses and do this sort of thing then the public would have the knowledge and the understanding of what EMS is all about. Not only is these mocks a training situation for all Emergency personnel involved but also it is a training and learning experience for the public. In my short life in the EMS field I have quickly realized that most of the fault of the so little recognition by the general public is that they simple do not know.

We are usually way to busy running calls to worry about PR. As for days off, they are often spent working overtime or side jobs. However, in our county, there is an abundance of fireman with nothing better to do than work the PR angle. It must be nice.

I had great success with Amiodarone converting a stable v-tach. Our pt was decompensating but still much too alert for non-sedated cardioversion. We set her up on a rapid drip (150mg in 50cc n/s infused over 10 minutes) and she converted about halfway through the treatment into sinus tach.... not too shabby. This was a few shifts ago and it was the first time I had ever used Amiodarone on a non-cardiac arrest pt.

Patrick