Alanna

Not sure, just bringing it up, but isn't a DNR specific to a certain illness or etc? Because I had this question when I was talking to one of my instructors during my EMT course. You have a pt with a DNR order,for a specific illness. They attempt suicide.. the suicide-caused effects were not listed as the purpose for the DNR, so in that instance you would do life-saving interventions, because it was not related to what the DNR was assigned for???

Hi there, I just joined this site, in hopes of communicating with fellow EMS providers, and getting any input and advice I can. I just completed my EMT-B course (here in Washington state) in April. I am pretty young (20 y.o.f.), but I've known I am going to go into medicine for quite some time. Even in high school, I did 3 years of sports medicine and 1 year of nursing. I plan on going to Paramedic school, but of course am going to accumulate experiences and knowledge from being an EMT-B. I was looking to see if there was any advice or tips you could give me, in regards to furthering my education in the meantime, what organizations I should possibly look into, etc. My application to volunteer at Harborview Medical Center ER is processing, because I feel like experiencing that environment would be quite beneficial. So, again, any input, tips, tricks, or even general information to review would be entirely helpful! I would appreciate it from both EMT-B's, Intermediates, and Paramedics! Thank you, Alanna