HinsdaleAmb21

I just became an Emt this year but before that I was a first responder for my fire department for many months having great practice at getting vital signs. My advice to you is I position my stethoscope right where the humerus and radius connect (at the bend in the arm) pump up the bp cuff to around 200 depending on the patient i have and place my stethoscope where I said to put it and slowly release the bp and watch the needle as well as listening once u hear the faintest beat that's your first number then listen till u can't hear anymore and before u can't hear it anymore well that's your bottom number simple yes. Another strategy for you is maybe you need a better stethoscope, some are quite hard to hear from, you kinda want to test different ones to find the better one. The better you have the better you can hear what u need to hear. One more piece of advice is when you have the rig in a parked position once you load the patient in, keep it parked until u get you vital signs it much easier that way.

Well I just became an EMT-B as well for the state of MA, but anyways I got started in my local fire dept as a fireman and slowly moved up to being trained and going to school to be an emt, and now look at me I'm the youngest Emt in my dept. But do look around in places such as large towns with full time Emts and or bigger cities if you live close to them that is.... usually ambulance services are always hiring.