Here not only can you work as a medic if medics arrive you can even perform certain interventions without calling for medics at provider option.
Just depends on your local.
Kiwi that would equal a dead patient ..
A class 4 airway is not an easy tube by any means. Essentially the tongue is blocking everything accept the hard pallet. So if someone with a difficult airway is sating well and talking fine .. why bother risk it ?
Which thread are you referring to ? I wasn't aware this was a discussion somewhere else.
Ruff, I have answers, but I kind of wanted to see how this played out a bit more before I gave my opinion on it.
NIBP is noninvasive blood pressure... It is usually used as NIBP to mean an automated cuff whether by lp12 or other.
Invasive BP info here http://www.ebme.co.uk/arts/iabp/index.htm
Industry average depends on your local area. We charge between $450 and $600 just for BLS to show up, plus care, ALS is $800-$1400.
I'm sure these prices are outrageous to most but this is NYC!
There is nothing that bothers me anymore, smell wise or visually, there will be something I'm sure, but nothing I'm aware of, I've gotten over it all after being exposed to it all so often.
I don't know about that officer stuff, however you are right, without a protocol and someones scope to work under, wouldn't be able to do any skills really.
Paramedics job yes, students job not as much.
I can understand being pissed off about not being taught something then being tested on it. However our job is about improvisation, this will develop more in the field then in class.