PT Assessment Supplies

[AnthonyM83]

We only have, I believe, 2-inch tape...but it actually has lines on it, already, by coincidence (that's the way it was made...this is the tape we use for splinting)

[paramedicmike]

Two inch tape works, too. Two pieces side by side and suddenly you have a writing surface four whole inches wide!

Try not to get too carried away.

-be safe

[dahlio]

There's always your forearm

[Eydawn]

Yeah, the pain with the forearm is when you accidentally grab the fine point sharpie instead of the ball point pen...

I've had vitals in a temp. tattoo for *days* after a call, haha!

Almost as bad as the time my coworker was teaching a bunch of boy scouts how to triage and wrote 2204 in red magic marker on my forehead. Still have yet to repay him for that little trick... didn't see what was coming until it was too late. That'll learn me to be the "demo dummy"...

As a side note, I keep those little 80 cent flip notebooks in my back pocket. I tend to lose index cards when they're solo and I like having a writing surface right there, so if I'm in an awkward position I'm not trying to reach my thigh (though you'd think I'd have no trouble finding those of late, haha), and I have multiple pages so I can jot notes to myself for my patient care report later. I'm a verbal thinker... little kickers to remind me what happened are extremely helpful.

But I have been known to use the tape and the forearm. On occasion.

Wendy

CO EMT-B

MI EMT-B

[KMAC]

i use tape...a notpad...whatever mood im in. i have those leg stickys laying around somewhere, i used them for a week or so, just couldnt get the feel for them..ill see if i can hunt them down

[brentoli]

Is this like my SAM on scene guide? 8)

[Chief1C]

Do you own stock in Sam Medical?

[brentoli]

No. I should look into it.

[Just Plain Ruff]

i prefer to write all my info on patients down on their foreheads. I have ready access to the info if I'm at the head of the cot on the jump seat or the bench seat.

[Chief1C]

I carry a mini legal pad.