hi from the Uk

[mikemedic999]

Im mike (hence the name),based with an ambulance service in the uk.thought it was about tine i joined as ive been watching here a while.

Im trained as an EMT-A but only registered with the NAEMT.im looking at coming over to the USA sometime,for maybe a month to work.any advice,hints etc please let me know

Cheers mike

[Vorenus]

Im mike (hence the name),based with an ambulance service in the uk.thought it was about tine i joined as ive been watching here a while.

Im trained as an EMT-A but only registered with the NAEMT.im looking at coming over to the USA sometime,for maybe a month to work.any advice,hints etc please let me know

Cheers mike

Welcome to the forum.

Just some questions:

Does that mean you`re an ECA?

I don`t really grasp the NAEMT point, did you confer your qualification to the US?

[mikemedic999]

Ihcd technician,but have taken extra skills such as iv access etc.never use the skill when i work for nhs but its useful when i work private.

Have tried to register with NREMT but as im not in the US i have been told its a no-go

Mike

[scott33]

To work in the US you will need the appropriate visa. From what you have told us so far, obtaining one may be highly unlikely.

http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD

Edited February 23, 2012 by scott33

[Kiwiology]

Hi mate, good to have you

Interesting you mention working privately; do the JRCALC guidelines and PGDs and whatnot allow you to work outside the NHS? I never did understand how things work in the UK with delegated powers and such; I know for example you bloke's can't carry ketamine because your medicines legislation is a bit funny but that a State Registered Paramedic can purchase, supply and administer under their HPC registration (yes, yes I know its now just "Paramedic" since the Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine became the HPC but let's not get into that...., what don't look at me like that, I read a lot)

Now, you can drive while eat fish and chips? Red base, November one-hundred on location

[BillKaneEMT]

Welcome Mike. Let me know if you end up in Chicagoland. We'll roll out the welcome wagon.

[Kiwiology]

Ahem, somebody should re-read the Hoosier Constitution, specifically the part that clearly states that the world begins at Gary and ends at Evansville?

Bloody hell mate seriously trust it to take a once-was-has-been-Kiwi-import to remind you of such critically important matters?

Thy shall not speak of Chicago nor ill of the Great Nation of Indiana

Red base, November 100, transport not required, have turfed this one to NHS Redirect, be clearing twenty six omega, whats that, a suspended for us to go to now you say, hmm, I knew we should have transported ....

Edited February 23, 2012 by kiwimedic

[mikemedic999]

Lol so youve heard of nhs "redirect" then lol! Typical.am interested in chicago area.

Yes i can give any drug im trained to as long as the medical co ordinator agrees,so ive been told.

[mikemedic999]

And as for fish and chips....theres a beautiful bit of the dashboard that was just "made" to fit a tray in...how thoughtful of them

[nypamedic43]

In the US, EMS systems have protocols and standing orders. Just because you've been trained to give a drug doesn't necessarily mean you will be able to give it, for 2 reasons. First reason is if it isn't in that regions formulary you can't give it and the second reason is if the Medical Director says you can't give it...you don't give it.

I have given a couple drugs that are not in our formulary. I had to have written orders and written permission from my Med Diretor. I then had to go to the hospital pharmacy and personally sign for the drug and was told that if I didn't use it all, it had to be turned back in, which is a given, I used it all so I didn't have to worry about that. But it was a HUGE hassle to GET permission in writing. And I got a stern talking to when the orders were written. Not because he was afraid I would do something wrong but because the drug was unfamiliar to me so I got the run down on effects and so on.

EMS in the US is a whole different ball game than what it is in the UK. Good Luck!