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Had a great Christmas with my brother, sister-in-law and 2 nieces. NOT looking foward to the 30 hour bus ride home tomorrow. I do believe next time I will take a plane. Hope everyone else had a good and safe Christmas.
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia
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I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I"M A (unofficial) PARAMEDIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I passed my NREMT-P test yesterday!! I have been taught to be a paramedic, no to go learn how to be one. But first, time to PARTY!
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NREMT written in 15 hours, wish me luck! Good luck to everyone else tesing tomorrow as well.
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NREMT written test scheduled for Monday. Hopefully be an unofficial paramedic that night or Tuesday!
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Passed my practicals!!!
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Passed my practicals! I only had to re-do static cardiology. Now to schedule my written test, hopefully I'll take it on Monday.
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All arrhythmias straighten themselves out in the end (ECG V Tach- Asystole) All bleeding stops... eventually.
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32 hours and counting until Paramedic practicals. Please keep the Pee Dee Regional EMS students in your thoughts as we go to test.
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Awesome, sounds like something my parents would do
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Passed my final test in my medic class with a 98!! Congrats to all of my classmates. Its b€n a long road, but only a couple more steps to go and we are at our goal. Thanks Jason and all our other preceptors for your time and willingness to help.
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I passed my final test in my class with a 98%!! Practicals on Wednesday and the national registry written test a couple days after that. WooHoo!! :thumbsup:
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"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
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Oh yeah, I understand that. I guess I should have really worded that a little differently. I know people who don't even try to auscultate a BP. They either don't do one or they just use palpation.
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There is a video of one of my fellow students singing it, but can't get it to save... Written by a fellow medic school classmate.
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Finally bought tickets for my vacation during Christmas. Can't wait for the 19th to go to Michigan!!
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One way I learned in my basic class was to start out like you are going to palpate the BP. With your fingers on the radial pulse, pump the cuff up until you no longer feel a radial pulse, then pump about 10-15 mmHg higher, so you don't miss the first beat. Then put the bell of the stethoscope on the crook of the arm and release slowly. If you feel like you missed one of the beats, make sure you let the air out of the cuff before you pump it back up. Also, make sure it is quiet in the back of the unit when you are taking a blood pressure. Some types of patients have a BP that is very difficult to obtain, i.e. dialysis patients. Palpating a BP is acceptable, but should be used as a last resort. When auscultating lung sounds, I usually place the stethoscope right below the clavicle for the top lobes and right below the 5th or 6th ribs on the mid-axillary line for the bottom lobes, pretty much where I would listen to verify placement of an ET tube.
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May be in the market for a new phone. Touch screen won't work, resetting the stupid thing didn't work and can't do anything that involves me typing in stuff. Grrr...
