*****The Official Medics/EMTs/Firefighters******

[TheChadster08]

Oh yea, here is a cool EMS related video if you want to laugh. Notice the lack of gloves! Wait for it....

holy ****.


O the test I took was for irving and there was about 500 people there and they were only looking for 2 people lol

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

versed ftw. 0 cops in ambulance u mad?

I was given Versed when i had surgery a while back. That sht is crazy. Quite possibly the best feeling ever.

Really taught me to respect the power of Benzo's.

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holy ****.


O the test I took was for irving and there was about 500 people there and they were only looking for 2 people lol

Lol. I dont know how many people are expected to test but im sure its gonna be PACKED. There are 4 test groups over the next 2 days, and since this is Northern VA im guessing its going to be a mad house. People come from all over the nation.

I dont have high hopes for landing this job, there will definitely be plenty of people there who already have their Paramedic card. Intermediates still get hired here, but ive gotta assume that they will want the highest cert level to staff their units. Still worth a shot though.

Not sure how many slots they have to fill but they say they are hiring FF/Medics and FF/EMTs. If i had to guess id say there might be 20-30 job openings.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Here is a link to a PDF version of the "Highlights of the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC". It lists the updates that they've made to the guidelines and the reason that they changed them.

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/hear...ucm_317350.pdf

[meatjesus]

re taking nat reg emtb tues. the new info will not be on that test amirite?

[Tipys]

I was given Versed when i had surgery a while back. That sht is crazy. Quite possibly the best feeling ever.

Really taught me to respect the power of Benzo's.





Lol. I dont know how many people are expected to test but im sure its gonna be PACKED. There are 4 test groups over the next 2 days, and since this is Northern VA im guessing its going to be a mad house. People come from all over the nation.

I dont have high hopes for landing this job, there will definitely be plenty of people there who already have their Paramedic card. Intermediates still get hired here, but ive gotta assume that they will want the highest cert level to staff their units. Still worth a shot though.

Not sure how many slots they have to fill but they say they are hiring FF/Medics and FF/EMTs. If i had to guess id say there might be 20-30 job openings.

All you have to remember is there is that chance.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

re taking nat reg emtb tues. the new info will not be on that test amirite?

Nah you're good man. The changes wont be in effect until January 2012. Good luck.

All you have to remember is there is that chance.

Yup. If they are willing to hire EMTs right now im sure there will be some room for Intermediates as well. I hope.

[ChicagoCubz]

I passed. Niiice.

[Tipys]

Congrats!!!!




Hey someone here posted a website for CE's awhile ago. Anyone have that site link? I need to knock out about 6 CE's for work in the next few days.

[GetHimABodyBag]

Congrats!!!!




Hey someone here posted a website for CE's awhile ago. Anyone have that site link? I need to knock out about 6 CE's for work in the next few days.

http://www.ems-ce.com/

[LandLocker]

I landed an internship as a FF/EMT with a local department. I have my training academy next week, 7-5 m-f, pretty nervous! Been doing crossfit in a sweater to try and get accustomed to the heat.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

I passed. Niiice.

Congrats man. I knew you'd be fine. What are your plans now?

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Just got back from the first round of testing, test wasnt too bad but i guess ill find out how i did within the next 2 weeks.

Got some info on the competition, a little over 700 applicants and there will be 15-20 people selected for the January 2012 recruit class. Bleh.


EDIT: Upon further inspection, the CPAT looks harder than i thought. Ive met several fatties who have passed it. How the heck do people who appear to be in terrible shape even pass the test?

[Barbell Hermit]

I landed an internship as a FF/EMT with a local department. I have my training academy next week, 7-5 m-f, pretty nervous! Been doing crossfit in a sweater to try and get accustomed to the heat.

Internship as in Explorer?

Anyways you'll get use to the heat quick or just sweat a lot. Oh and spend a little time practicing getting your bunker gear on quickly for a fire/bunker drill

[-rhino-]

Havent been working on a rig in a while but was the first responder to trauma pt this last week while on vacation.

We were at the lake and there is a rope swing across the cove from our dock. (see picture)



42 y/o male, climbs up the hill to do the rope swing, when you swing out to let go youre aprox 40 feet in the air over the water. Anyways, this guy loses his grip about where the top of the broken log is, hits at the top of the cliff next to the bushes head first and bounces into the shallow water and rocks.

As soon as I saw him hit I started up one of the jet skis to get over there because I knew it was going to be bad. Another guy who was close by witnessed it and dove in the water to pull him onto the shore.

I got there aprox 30secs to a minute after he hit the water, as I pull up I announce my credentials and from my initial impression see this guy is unconscious, laying on his side still half way in the water, decerebrate posturing, 6-8cm lac behind the left ear, left orbital hematoma, bleeding from mouth/nose/both ears and labored shallow resp. The other person on the dock was already calling 911.

I go hold c-spine and put some pressure on the lac behind his ear with a beach towel and use it as a barrier so im not getting blood all over my bare hands. With the help of the other guy that pulled him out of the water we held him on his side to clear his airway of all the blood and I continue to do my assessment the best I can on my own. At that point I notice quite a few contusions and some anterior chest deformity. ~2 minutes after theres 4-5 people gathered around and one guy comes running over and says he is an ER Doctor. I start rambling off my assessment to him and let him know whats going on. I continue to hold c-spine, check his pupils, get a pulse, etc, while the ER doc is doing a much more thorough assessment that I couldnt do on my own.

The ranger boat finally arrives about 5 minutes later, I ask them for a backboard, c-collar, see if they have any o2, etc. All they have is a fricken c-collar that they throw to shore and I tell them they better get a chopper started because the nearest trauma center is over an hour drive away. At that point the guy started to regain consciousness, altered, combative, trying to rip the collar off and sit up and all he kept saying is that his neck and lower back was killing him, couldnt answer any of my questions.

Fire/EMS finally arrive about another 10 minutes later and get a ride over on the ranger boat to where we are at, I ramble off my much more thorough assessment and they all just stare at me in shock (lulz). Then I tell them to get a backboard ready, get me o2, get an IV set up, and at one point I even told one of the FF's to get me a set of vitals which he wasnt too happy about but did it anyways. Guess I treated the situation like he was my pt and in the moment I didnt want to transfer care. In hindsight I probably should of just given them my assessment and let them take over. Oh well.

We get this guy secured on the board, o2, IV access, and loaded on the boat to head to the landing zone to get flown out. Never got an update, but he was in pretty rough shape.


/long story, makes me miss working on a rig a little bit. It was really cool how well the ER Doc and I worked together, it was almost like he had been my partner for a long time, everything just clicked.

[Yeti06]

Damn, nice job.

[LandLocker]

Internship as in Explorer?

Anyways you'll get use to the heat quick or just sweat a lot. Oh and spend a little time practicing getting your bunker gear on quickly for a fire/bunker drill

No, Internship as in I will be working as a firefighter. Just won't be getting full time hours and pay.

I haven't had time to practice with the gear I was issued, but in my academy I had it all on in about 45-55 seconds each time.

It's going to be rough because my jacket has a bunch of d-ring snaps and buttons instead of a zipper.

[Westboarder]

Nah you're good man. The changes wont be in effect until January 2012. Good luck.

What new changes?

[GetHimABodyBag]

Havent been working on a rig in a while but was the first responder to trauma pt this last week while on vacation.

everything just clicked.

Cool story, and good job. He was lucky to have you and the Doc on scene, hope he pulls through.

LOL at telling a firefighter to grab a BP...I would pay money to tell a fireman to grab a BP.

[-rhino-]

Cool story, and good job. He was lucky to have you and the Doc on scene, hope he pulls through.

LOL at telling a firefighter to grab a BP...I would pay money to tell a fireman to grab a BP.

Lol, guess im used to working in a county where the ambulance crew is head medical on scene. Oops.

The rangers, Fire and EMS that were on scene were pretty impressed with our credentials. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The ER doc shook my hand after we loaded him up and we talked for a while, he was a really nice guy. I was relieved to have him there helping with the whole thing.

[LandLocker]

As a future career firefighter I feel like it wouldn't be so absurd to ask fire guys to get BPs? Maybe they are pushing now for most career guys to have their EMT/Paramedic.

[GetHimABodyBag]

As a future career firefighter I feel like it wouldn't be so absurd to ask fire guys to get BPs? Maybe they are pushing now for most career guys to have their EMT/Paramedic.

Maybe its different up where you are, in so cal, there is a hierarchy, written(fire has higher medical authority) and unwritten/unsaid.

1.fire
2.ems

ems the emt's are usually basics(city areas) or in some areas they have paramedics(usually in the outer areas..pretty rare to have a 911 private now)

I cannot imagine being on scene at the same with Orange County Fire and handing one of the guys a rolled up cuff/steth and say,"can you get a bp bro?"..just doesn't happen down here

our job is to move the patient, get a BP on scene(maybe) and transport, administer 02, help with the 4 and 12, place a pulse ox., sometimes get a B.S. check, and help with the IV(strip, drain bubbles, hang, twist cap to the left, open up, tape/gauze, tko)

[lotusfreek]

Rage at a nurse tonight. One would think that a neuro ICU nurse at a world renown medical center for brain and spine issues would know not to drop a pt with a subarachnoid hemorrhage 6 inches because she insisted that we use a ****ing slide board (that she picked it up and forgot to actually slide it) for a 110 pound pt would be a bad idea.

I found out that something that basic was never mentioned to her. God ****ing forbid that she listen to someone in pre-hospital care. RAGE I TELL YOU! RAGE!

[Tipys]

GJRM EMTs/Medics are always on duty. Most of the stuff I see is BS when I see it. So I just keep an eye on them as long as they are awake and breathing.

As a future career firefighter I feel like it wouldn't be so absurd to ask fire guys to get BPs? Maybe they are pushing now for most career guys to have their EMT/Paramedic.

Have to agree with Bodybag on this one. Here fire is in charge. Its all a matter of where you live is how things work.

[lotusfreek]

As a future career firefighter I feel like it wouldn't be so absurd to ask fire guys to get BPs? Maybe they are pushing now for most career guys to have their EMT/Paramedic.

It all depends. I only know of 1 engine that would do a BP if I asked. The other 100 would laugh me out of the room.

[meatjesus]

national emtb in t-minus 2 hours

[BroMontana]

As a future career firefighter I feel like it wouldn't be so absurd to ask fire guys to get BPs? Maybe they are pushing now for most career guys to have their EMT/Paramedic.

I feel the same way. It all depends on who and how you ask. I'm a new guy so I try not to boss the old timers around. But most of the time fire have vitals before we get there if they beat us to the scene. Also I know around here that most career firefighters have to be at least a Basic.

national emtb in t-minus 2 hours

Good luck, i'm reviewing so I can take mine here soon.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

-Rhino's long post-

GJDM. Thats a pretty crazy story. I wonder why they wouldnt be carrying a spine board? I bet they see a fair amount of trauma out there.

What new changes?

The new AHA guidelines will go into effect for Paramedic testing on November 1st of this year. They will go into effect for testing at all other levels on January 1st 2012. Here is a link to the updated guidelines. The most notable change is ABC has now been changed to CAB, but there are some other important updates regarding defibrillation and ACLS as well.

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/hear...ucm_317350.pdf

[jordanair45]

GJ Rhino. Have a story I might post later. Have not worked 1 day of my life as a EMT but had to respond to a witnessed accident the other day, car flipped...had trauma bag in the truck of the car, everything when better than expected....mad me feel so damn good.

[-rhino-]

GJDM. Thats a pretty crazy story. I wonder why they wouldnt be carrying a spine board? I bet they see a fair amount of trauma out there.

No idea, it would have been great if they did. All they had was a few dressings, a pocket mask and a c-collar shoved into a makeshift backpack. Professional right??

I later found out the Rangers are only CPR certified, no BLS training, no EMT's, nothing. On busy weekends I hear sirens going off and see EMS responding pretty regularly, I would imagine the Rangers deal with that kind of stuff all time. It sure makes me not want to get hurt there. Lol

[Hardnutcheck]

Heat index of 110-115

Tempted to use all our icepacks and just sit of them.

[phxlifer]

Heat index of 110-115

Tempted to use all our icepacks and just sit of them.

working in az ice pack on the back of the neck is like walking naked into a freezer... amazing