FireMedic65

good luck! I am glad to hear "we are getting ready to take NREMT". It tells me your EMT course was teaching you how to be an EMT, not how to pass a test.

That is fantastic.. I love to hear stories like that. As for your questions.. articles are often written where you are given information that leads to believe information that was not available... ie, they monitored the patient with whatever equipment. My guess is it was written that way to make the rescuers looks more heroic or something. If this were me.. and I have proper equipment.. o2, suction, bp cuff... I would probably still wait for the ambulance. They are better equipped. But, like yourself, I was not there and do not know what fully happened. In some situations I would take them.. it happened before when I was with the FD and a FF went down and we tossed him into the back of our squad (used to be an ambulance and had basic bls supplies with o2). The ambulance was some where else and we did not wait for them. So, I suppose it depends on the situation at hand. For a near drowning, even though I never experienced this type of situation, there is not much you can do for them besides giving them o2, treating any injuries and ready to suction. So, maybe I would transport POV if I had basic equipment and was in direct contact with the ambulance for an intercept.

is it blast from the past week on the city?

Yea, allow me to retest! A. Gets Lost B. No one shows up to take the call C. Responds after EMT wakes up the medic D. Respond and show up with 20 people all running around barking orders.. helps patient back into their recliner from which they fell.. then waits for A to show up for transport.

that is what makes it funny... that it makes no sense...

People with stupid opinions that force them on others by their "power" and use it to shut them up when someone does not agree with them. Also, the idiots that follow the idiots with idiot opinions.

haha.. I thought she was going to drink it. that was funny

Just listen to the reporter... she asks the kid a question and he answers "I like turtles" has no relevance to the question he was asked

nice blast from the past...

this is terrible... my condolences to their friends and families.

there I made up for it

whoops.. my bad on the negative.. meant to positive it because it made me laugh... stupid mouse

they smell really bad too!

I tried windex and a bug killer into the cracks in windows.. it seemed to work for the time being. They only seem to come out of thw woodwork (literally) in my bed room.. maybe I am "lucky" since they always land on me. E-mailing A&E channel now!

They are gone for now.. seems like they are only around in the fall and winter. I try to stay away from pesticides because of my pets. But if worse comes to worse.. I will just keep them locked up for a few hours while I perform genocide on the bugs.

Sad new... RIP

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and SAFE holiday.

I am happy to hear he will be getting the care he needs. More people need to take the extra step like you did.

If you feel this gentleman is not properly being taken care of ie... not getting him proper care, that could be considered a form of abuse. If you do not report it you are just as liable.

just get a push bar...

First of all.. I commend you for not getting aggervated with transporting this guy frequently. His emergency may not be an emergency to someone else... but it is to him. As for his condition; are these episodes only after dialysis or are they random? If they are happening post dialysis.. then he should be in a proper facility. There are many "nursing homes" where the patients are free to roam around, leave and come back as they wish. However, there are nurses on staff to assist the residents when in need and routinely check up on them. I recommend this route. Independent living is what it is called around my parts. You also mentioned he is not happy about the idea of a nursing home. This may be a reason why he is not at one. If the is able to take care of himself, is not a threat to others or himself... then he cannot be forced to go to one.

Now that is some funny stuff!

If anyone gets the second one.. it will be me nice try though

Thanks for the quick and informative responses everyone; it is very much appreciated. I will be making my recommendation on purchasing this product.

These are usually courses that require you to have prerequisites to be eligible. You would need all your math, psych, English, sociology, A&P, etc classes. The core nursing classes are what you will be taking online. Most likely watching instructional videos and going through powerpoint presentation, this is how the course is taught. You would still have to attend clinical.