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Chuckle, no worries, I'm not that great at it either and I haven't been very faithful to my rosetta stone.

Ahhh, something like dyslexia? Me llama Trevor. Encantada Conocerlo mi amigo.

Is English a second language for you? If so, what is your first? I'm trying to learn Spanish and I feel like when I try to communicate I sound like I'm torturing the language.

Easy boys....he may look tasty and new, but let's not ruin him, shall we? William, what Mobey and Mike are so eloquently trying to tell you is that we need more information from you to be able to understand what help you are seeking. Obviously you're about to undertake EMT training and you're nervous and excited. Your desire to be prepared is admirable, but we can't really help you much because EMT training differs from one school to the next. Even within the same institution different instructors will have different teaching styles. We'd love to help you, really, we would, but we need more information from you because we simply don't have enough information to answer your questions. What is the name of your text? What state are you taking your training What educational institution, This is optional because some don't want to identify such...especially if you return in a few weeks to tell us how horrible your school is and had forgotten that you'd identified it in a previous post. This could bite you in the ass. Finally, unless you stumble across someone here who took the same training from the same instructor as you, you're unlikely to get a definitive answer. However, there are many here who could give you many tips and ideas for successful completion. Here's my tip, throw out the dividers. EMS involves critical thinking and problem solving with the tools you have. It is very rarely structured and definitely does not flow like the chapters of a book. You need to be able to encompass everything in your environment, evaluate it, and determine what information you process is valuable and what is not. Good Luck!!!

One day that will be my undoing.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15575244

I dunno, but I tend to sleep in a prone position....I suppose Dwayne could hang upside down from the ceiling though.

We had a girl from ER24 come up here for a couple of weeks in January 2008. The daytime temps were in the -30s for most of her visit. It was fun to watch.

Agreed, with the exception that they only have to find one to respond rather than two. I also have no idea what their response model is like. Perhaps the EMT responds POV or AEV and the vollie brings the ambulance over....dunno.

WPW? V-Tach? Holtor Monitor.

Chuckle, I read this and thought you were talking to Dwayne when he rotated back home. heh heh heh.

Let me know when you find out the date KIWI, I completely missed the tri nations this year because it wasn't broadcast by my provider. Oh, and welcome to the forums Johan.

Do what I did one night. When we got our LP12s I took one home before putting it into service and strapped myself into every monitoring parameter it had before I went to sleep...then downloaded the data the next morning. Worst sleep EVER!!!! Got a spare LP12 laying around. ERdoc has all the right answers, so the rest of us just get to poke fun at ya.

Yeah, I was thinking that was for one full time position with a volunteer being the "ambulance driver" but the rest of your post remains valid, benefits, holidays, stat holidays and such, hourly numbers woulda been lower...I just KISSed it.

Welcome to the City, I see you've already joined some conversations that interest you, but have you started one of your own?

I'm thinking that would be for a full time EMT coverage 24/7. Take that amount and do the math and it works out to $18.26 per hour.

Get back to the jungle, you're in withdrawl.

I would agree, especially because the protocol indicates that, "Administer one dose of Salbutamol/ipratropium bromide if bronchospasm is present and the patient is not complaining of chest pain, which may be cardiac in origin." Therefore, if the patient develops bronchospasm during an AMI then protocol CP2 trumps CP1 and we can't give ventolin. Have I ever mentioned how I F---ing hate how our protocols have turned us into cookbook medics? However, I am not your instructor...perhaps you should seek direction from the College, considering they're the ones who'll be raking you over the coals if they find an issue with it.

Okay...so how old is she? I've met Grandmothers as young as 35.

Great question Jack. Have you checked your protocols? Specifically CP2.

He did mention the cash donations, but he gave a special shoutout to First Responders in the Rockway, Point Breeze, and others. He'd mentioned that many of the first responders in the city lived in those areas and had lost everything, yet were still coming in to work. You could likely still see the episode online, I can't link to it because I'm in Canada, but it aired on Monday night. Glad to hear that MommaB is being well cared for.

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show was talking about your predicament the other night. He quite admires the dedication of the emergency services personnel in NY.