ERDoc Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 The best book is the one with the fewest pictures of firemonkeys in it. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeEMTP Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 ^^^ Classic Doc! :headbang: :sign5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 ^^^ Classic Doc! :headbang: :sign5: And just to help them up their hits: http://www.mifd.org/ Remember, Chief Carl and his 17 volunteers are ready to help (man, sometimes it is just to easy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPINFV Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Err, just wondering, does anyone know what a defibulator is? http://www.mifd.org/technical.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBEMT Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 If your school or instructor is using book generated tests, I'm sorry to hear that. It just basically paraphrases the text. The medic classes I attend ( and I'm sure there are many others), the tests could be on anything from obtaining baseline vitals to pharmacology to scenarios. Like Forrest Gump said, "you never know what you're gonna get". Life would certainly be easier if we did use the generated tests. But we've had to throw out so many questions that its just easier to make them from scratch. I was talking to a guy in medic school right now. Apparently, his school switched to Mosby's b/c Brady's had too many contradictions. That's what he said anyway... Which kind of goes back to my pictures comment. Two pictures of two backboarded patients, done completely differently. One with three straps, the top strap being over the arms. The second, straps crossed over the shoulders, 5 or 6 straps total I think, voids padded all over the place, etc. With two options in a textbook that ostensibly appear "correct" to the student (after all, it can't be wrong if it's in the book, right?), what's the student's motivation to perform the procedure that appears more complicated and time-consuming, rather than the half-assed version? I won't even get into the pictures of patients "secured" to the stretcher. My point was we talk a good game about evidence-based medicine and "doing it the right way," and then we turn around and teach our students bad habits while they're still receiving their initial education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 With two full-time and seventeen volunteer firefighters we are confident we can handle any situation that might arise. A couple dozen firefighters a year go to their graves thinking that very same thing. :roll: And are those guys REALLY grilling burgers indoors? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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