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This isn't covered in our protocols locally. Interesting though the last I knew was to use a loose constricting band. The thought being to allow blood flow but constrict the lymph, since that's how most venom travels. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

Awesome. Love tort-ridden America. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

Ass. I do, I dispatch, and I am in my intership phase to teach!

Awesome, I have lots of family/contacts spread across southern Il. Thats why I was asking. (You all consider anything south of Chicago as southern, right? ) Welcome, dive in and have fun.

Ruff I edited this quote a touch, because it is applicable to so many more things than just PC.

GI-GO.

Welcome! What section of Ill.?

Kings they sent out after a couple week backorder should be OK though? Correct? I need to double check my stock in the AM, thanks.

Wendy, Is it possible your instructor is just trying to encourage you to find out the "why" on your own, and not take up the scheduled time for it? Possibly they just haven't done a good job at communicating this? Obviously we can't draw all the conclusions with out sitting in class with you. My experience in college was that some profs had a very tight schedule and a very organized routine to their classes. Sometimes they don't have the time devoted to be able and relate the WHY clearly enough, so they encourage the self study aspect. Just a thought to consider, I don't know if it makes any sense in your situation or not.

Geeze. That would be a crap load. My portable suction box is about 5x5x5 or larger. On calls where it sounds needed, it goes in, but every call? No way.

Just curious, and you don't have to answer if you don't want to, is West Plains a Cox, or St. John's town? Or do you have your own service there?

I dont agree with the idea of humility, correct. However, nurses do have to learn, even if its at the lowest levels, about instruction and education. A big part of nursing is patient education. They have nurse educators who often times further in to a Masters level degree, to teach their own. Maybe we don't want to make every new paramedic a certified instructor, I'm cool with that. But what about teaching the new paramedic the basics of education and instructon? Not only do you have a more liberally educated provider, but you also have one more capable of communication across diffrent groups. I am beginning work on the last phase of my Primary Instructor here in IN, and its a rough class. The sad part is, the EMS education curriculum only scratches the surface of the educational realm. After two months of classroom studies though, I can say I do look at things in a new light, and think I am able to communicate more effectively with others. with others.

I don't want to take this OT, so if this merits discussion we can open a new thread. My thought process here is that an essential skill of a Paramedic would be communication, the same for an educator. A good instructor course would help to focus the communication into instruction. With the basic program as it stands, it doesn't take a masters degree to present the material, rather in depth vocational knowledge. Like I said I don't want to sidetrack Ruffs contest, and if we want to discuss this a new thread would be great. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

Can I offer a comment? I'm not making a submission. I think you would rather go the route of an instructors class. A good one would be 3-4 college hours plus internship. Any paramedic worth something should be able to teach a BLS class, just my opinion.