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  1. I'm sure everyone has run those calls with patients that are calling 911 for an expedited trip straight into the ED. I responded to a call the other day to a patient that was requesting EMS transport so that she could get into the ED quicker. My partner and I were absolutely infuriated. I was working a 24 hr shift, and the county was falling apart around us, wrecks, 33 sick calls, and 33 transfers out of town. How do you deal with these type calls, and how do you explain to a patient that EMS is not for taxi transports?
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    We use RSI and our protocols are strict...only in severe respiratory distress, major trauma w/ AMS, and any other situation that warrants a rapid airway. I use etomidate, succynlcholine, and vecuronium...and in trauma w/ poss. head injury some lidocaine. You can't justify paralyzing someone w/o sedation...they're going to feel everything you do...RSI is a privilege for intelligent medics using it appropriately...not just a cool skill for a hotshot paraGOD... Sent from my DROIDX
  3. We put one in the other night when this drunk chic chewed a bottle of xanax right in front of us...but the crazy thing is hospitals in our area are steering away from gastric pumping and lavage...cause its so messy...that's crazy if you ask me...but they say it ain't killing them...they can just sleep it off...blew my mind!!! Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
  4. I am a 24 y/o male paramedic, currently working full time bradley county EMS in cleveland, TN...and part-time at Memorial hospital EMS in chattanoooga, TN. I am happily married, and have a 2 y/o daughter. I have been in the healthcare business since i was 17...and got into EMS as a back door route into nursing. Little did i know at the time...that EMS would get in your blood and you wouldnt want to do anything else...did an accelerated emt-iv program...then got my medic...i love my job...the people the patients the experiences...nice to meet all of you i hope to use this site to build new friendships and also as a resource for my career. PS...had a pt w/ an inferior MI the other day...lil electricity and a lil amniodarone later he was in the cath lab w/ 100% blockage of his RCA...he's alive and well thanks to gods intervention through my hands...love that feeling...makes all the BS worth it
  5. working 12 at memorial ems...not a big fan of covalescent services...but the extra cash is nice

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