Diazepam618 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Het at least he has a job and is not going to volunteer somewhere for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPINFV Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I have no idea what DCAP-BTLS stands for.... I think I learned it somewhere?? I guess that means I am not very good at assessing a trauma patient. /sarcasm To be fair, DCAPBTLS is the most useless acronym ever. I first heard it and thought, "So you want me to look for trauma injuries? Got it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobey Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 To be fair, DCAPBTLS is the most useless acronym ever. I first heard it and thought, "So you want me to look for trauma injuries? Got it." During my provincial scenario/exam I actually said "I am assessing the abdomen for DCAP-BLS" just to get a rise out of the proctor. Unfortunatly, according to thier flowchart, that was the right thing to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1C Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Anyone wanna be this is an advertisement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiology Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Well I agree; if you have no medical background and auctually want to be a decent provider stay the hell away from these courses; if you have medical background and just need the cert then maybe it's just what you are after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchb Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Obviously I wasted 3 years on my Health Science degree in Paramedicine. Could someone please explain exactly what DCAP-BTLS stands for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Plain Ruff Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) 3 years of schooling and you don't know what DCAP-BTLS means? hmmmmm you sure you got your money's worth? but seriously I learned it in ITLS yet I have filed it away for just such an occasion that I might have to take the nremt testing again. Mnemonics help you pass the test but in the field no-one truly cares whether dcrapbtls is there, all we want to know is do they have a fracture, or a burn, or whatever else they have goin on. Mnemonics do not a good provider make. Edited March 16, 2009 by Ruffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPINFV Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Obviously I wasted 3 years on my Health Science degree in Paramedicine. Could someone please explain exactly what DCAP-BTLS stands for? Deformations Contusions Abrasions Penetrations Burns, Bleeding Tenderness Laceration Swelling I think I'm missing a few since a couple have multiple meanings. It also seems that every school teaches it slightly different, but the above is the general idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) So is anyone with the proper education going to let the rest of us in on the secret of DCAP-BTLS? What does is mean? Edit: Disreguard. I posted at the same time as JP. Edited March 16, 2009 by ERDoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatPack Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 My EMT class was 400 hours long it included anatomy, physiology, human body in health and disease, psychology and health law. All college credits that I put towards my degree. The EMT portion of the class was 4 hours a night two nights a week and six hours on Saturdays. Altogether It took about a year. This was about fifteen years ago. This class has gone by the wayside, they have removed the pre-reqs and dropped the Saturdays. On a side note the pass rate of this class was about 40%. Whats funny is they removed the instructor who was a paramedic with about 20 years experience and a BS in biology, because the pass rate was to low and replaced him with an EMT with no college education and little experience. The pass rate a few years ago was about 100% . Its a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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