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It's either what they're eating OR how much they eat. There is one thing I have learned in all my time working in rural EMs: farm kids always seem to be much bigger than the city kids I have met. I'm not entirely sure if it's a combination of hard work and good old fashioned home cooking, or if it's simply that they eat more than we did as kids. I took care of a fourteen year old boy that was taller and bigger than I was when I joined the Army in 1982! he was longer than my cot! Arctickat, thank you for the leads! They will be most helpful. You rock!! To all of the members of this page, if I haven't said it before, I will now: Thank you all! You have always been a source that gives me some seriuos guidence. I still pursue the subject I ask about, but you all give me a better direction. That is where I want to be in the very near future. Even after 7 years, I still have much to learn.

The scope of practice for Advanced EMT's does not have benydryl in it. They do have IM or SubQ epi for anaphylaxis with orders. The national scope of practice model was produced by our good friends at NHTSA as a plan to make all providers in the U.S. work to the same standard. However it is in my opinion working to the lowest common denominator instead of forcing states behind the curve to increase their education standards and allow the providers to excel in prehospital care. here is some light reading for you. http://www.ems.gov/education/EMSScope.pdf