mobey

Ya....You may want to be careful taking education advice from this guy!!! :roll:

The only thing you need to take to Paramedic school from BLS experience is assessment skills and critical thinking. In my opinion that is the only justification for BLS at all, just a quick break in school to develop some skills that only come with experience.

Just a question....NOT a judgement Why do you want to get into oil & Gas as a first aid attendant?

If you have no exposure to it yet I would suggest taking an A&P course before attempting this course. I don't know if I could have gotten through it without my A&P course under my belt. All this said I assume BC PCP course is simmilar to Sask PCP. Out of my class of 9 we lost 2 when we hit the Resp system d/t the A&P.

First off you are not a child....you are 23, ADHD can be controlled by ADULTS. If you are starting school viewing yourself with a disability you are setting yourself up for a fall. EMS requires 100% of your attention 100% of the time. If you are going to lose focus on "slow" or "boring" calls forget EMS altogether. There are a few treatments for the disorder you should look into before starting school to control your loss of attention and impulsiveness characteristic of ADHD. Sorry if I sound harsh but I have alot of experience with this and I do not let anyone use it as an excuse. As a sidenote people with ADD or ADHD usually have perfectionist tendencies which will work well if you know how to use them. Decide whether you will run your ADHD or your ADHD will run you! To answer your question I took the part time PCP course...every second weekend for a year and a bit. I liked it because it gave me lots of study time on my own as well as with classmates, with all the A&P it is imperative you understand the human body at the cellular level. Whizzing through it in full time classes can soon leave you behind when it comes to topics like acid-base balance and sodium - potassium exchange in cardiology. Being the perfectionist I am I needed the extra time to thoroughly understand all the A&P information and disease processes. good Luck Mobey

Hey guys, sorry to waste your time but I am having a very difficult time finding a scope of practice or even on-line protocols for an alberta EMT-A. If someone can help me out with a link that would be great!

Called for 75 y/o male w/chest pain. On arival patient sts the chest pain subsided after a good belch, refused transport. 3min later same patient called for us to go back and reach him down his teapot. Yup thats why I went to school...I didn't mind, we went back!

What about starting a paid on-call service. A service I used to work for (call volume around 275) paid $4.50/hr on call based on 24hr shifts. Responce time to hall was max 8 min. Then when a call came in we got 19/hr EMT and around 24/hr Paramedic. This way you can still set education standards and carry on another job if you like. I used to take Mon-Fri 24hr/ day. ended up with calls around $2500/mon and I had time to carry on another part time job. The vollunteering has to stop, kudos on your efforts. Just a thought. Mobey

[quote="WendyT" I go down there and I see he's sleeping and I try to wake him and to no avail does he wake up. He mumbles incoherently about weird things, he told his mom where's the wood and you said you would get it. He tells me that some kid punched him in the chest and ran him over at the same time. So I thought ok and again I try to wake him up and he's moaning and crying in pain, because he's telling me that when his mother drives and when I drive and she was at the bank, does this sound like he had to much crack? When I called 911 and told them who I was (EMR) and that I had a 21 yr old who wasnt very responsive and he was crying in pain because his chest hurt and what more can I tell the 911 operator.

We are only allowed 2 attempts then have to contact Med control for permission for 2 more attempts.........Would anyone actually call? How embarrassing "Hi this is EMT Butterfingers, I missed 2 IV's on this patient and I am wondering if you will give me permission to keep jamming needles in his arms till I run out of stock" Jokes Jokes Mobey

I worked as management in the agricultural retail industry. I liked it till I got sick of people whining about prices and products all the time, Hmmm kind of a lateral move going into EMS? Anyway I think the years of customer service and profesionalism that goes with management has contributed heavily on the type of medic I am. If I ever got out of EMS I would probably attempt to take over the world.

I have not applyed for the position because of all the ACP stuff I have to do first to be registered in AB. I e-mailed them and they said I have to be registered prior to position start date (although I am not sure when that is). Unfortunately I cannot get into GAP training till october . Looks like I may miss this opportunity, but hopefully another one comes up, I do love to teach EMS. Mobey

Hey bleep are you in kahoots with these people?? Don't tell them all the nasty things I've said about vollunteers and EMR's they are probably going to see my resume :oops: Mobey[align=right]

Hey fellow canadians, I am currently in Sask considering relocating to AB. To register as a EMT-A with ACofP other than registery test, do I need to take the gap training or something different for the 10-1 skills (or is it 12-1 skills)?? I have e-mailed them...No response I have called them...Put on hold and forgotten Did a search.....couldn't find these particular answers. Thanks Mobey

I am not sure if this is local, provincial, or canada wide, but we are not allowed to stop with a patient in the unit transfer or unstable. If we have a patient we are not "for hire". However if we do not have a pt. we are obligated to stop. Morals say one thing law says another.

=D> Thank you Dust Volunteers holding back professional EMS one call at a time!!

Alright I'll take a stab... If no one else will put themselves on the chopping block. Elavil is a tricyclic antidipressant, used to treat depression as well as some chronic pain. Signs of overdose include (but not limited to) Dysrhythmias, changes in QRS - width and axis. CNS depression, seizure, dialated pupils, vomiting, hypotension.... etc etc Management OPA/NPA for now tube as soon as she will tolerate it. 12 lead - continue 3 lead watch for dysrhythmias O2 IV TKO Transport rapid to ER If she wakes up Activated charcoal goes in...Otherwise gastric lavage in the ER. OK let me have it...

During PCP (basic) school I wore the novelty shirts everyday, bumper stickers, small kit in my trunk, and a stethoscope hanging from rearview mirror. I was in my practicum when my preceptor taught me what a whacker is and I threw all that crap away. Now you can't even tell when I'm on call outside the radio and pager on my hip.

I hate how Dust and his friends have treated me on this forum. I was a perfectly happy "save the world" BLS provider, when these jerks (I believe Dust to be a ringleader) rattled my world stating things like I am cheating my community, and telling me going ALS is the responsible thing to do. Now I have had to take student loans, hotel rooms, time away from my family..... Dam you Dust... Dam all of you!!!

I believe you are on the same side as everyone else on this forum, you are talking about higher education standards at the basic level, however somehow you have turned it into a Paramedic bashing suasion. I agree with what you are saying just not how you are saying it. We as BLS need to do everything for a reason, unfortunately not all BLS providers do...therefore we end up with impatient paramedics at times. Obviously you have experienced this. First step towards being taken seriously as a BLS provider: DON'T PI$$ OFF ALS WITH UNNECESSARY INTERCEPTS Second step: Apply to paramedic school Third step: Do not point out ALS spelling mistakes Fourth and most important step: Check your "Better than thou" attitude at the door! There are alot of people to learn from in this community and many intelligent discussions are held, don't try and bring us down to your petty arguments and insults. And come on Master patient packaging...your embarrassing us :roll: (Passed spellcheck + 1 for BLS :wink: ) Mobey

Sorry I apparently worded that poorly It seems pretty degrading to me to be calling BLS emergency service professionals "ambulance drivers" (unless that's all your basics do like our EMR's).

Do all the basics just drive in your area, or are you just degrading them for sport and to assist the general public in holding back EMS as a profession?

2% - I have a class T-Shirt from PCP school. (but I don't think that should count).

Had a great anaphylaxis call late last night and wanted some opinions from you folks. 25 y/o female on an excersise run. Started to get what she thought were multiple mosquito bites on her chest and arms, ran back to house and jumped in shower, approx 5 min later called ambulance d/t difficulty breathing. O/A Classic anaphylaxis.... Choking shallow resps, edema in face hands etc, hives everywhere yada yada yada. She has never had a reaction before to anything. No bites (besides mosquitos) on her run, no plant contact, NPO for 3hrs previous to reaction. The only thing "new" that day was a new spandex sports bra worn for the first time for the run. I have looked this up and info is sparce but it looks like some brands of Spandex contains latex. Anyone have any experience with this??