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more questions about what paramedics can do

lexx_1997

By lexx_1997
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I spent the better part of 8 years in and out of hospital based EMS systems. worked the ambulance when a call came out and then worked the ed between calls.

I was trained on so many different skills from foley cath's to ABGs, to picc lines to subclavian. Even was trained on how to evacuate a pericardial tamponade. Surgical airway skills practiced and taught.

The only thing I could not do in the ER was to spike a bag of blood. Could do everything else with that blood but spike it. Finally the state of MO put together a course on how to correctly admin blood from getting it from the lab to spiking it to turning on the pump.

So I can say that my training was pretty thorough.

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