Paramedic

My day started off with meeting the two individuals I would be spending most of my day with which was Kat and Will who were both paramedics. Kat took me to the ambulance and showed me the things we would need in each case that we would go to and no matter what the case was the two things they would need is the medicine bag and the stretcher. Then we went through the ambulance and she showed me where most of the equipment was and the medications. As she was showing them to me she was checking…

SETTING THE SCENE: Late at night a middle age man (pt) walks into a bar and orders drink after drink until the bartender cuts the man off. He gets angry and stumbles out of the bar. On his way out he his grasping his abdomen and suddenly fall to the ground (in the middle of the bar) unconscious. An emergency medical responder happens to be in the bar and starts to assess the man but also called for help. EMS is activated. Scene: It’s a Friday 11:10pm. A crowded Irish pub with drinks all over the…

drink. Whereas a paramedic provides care for a service user before the recovery process begins, they provide service users with essential care and treatment to improve their condition. For example, when someone has suffered from a stroke a paramedic might try and regulate their breathing. On the other hand an occupational therapist may help someone to begin to walk again if they had lost feeling in one side of their body when they had a stroke. However a similarity between a paramedic and an…

tough, but rewarding career as an firefighter. Current Firefighter/Paramedic and Euclid Alumni Marshaun Khan told me about life as a Firefighter. He said “As a Firefighter/Paramedic we respond to all types of emergencies. This can range from heart attacks and strokes to house fires and car accidents on the highway. Sometimes the emergency could be as simple as someone who locked themselves out of there home. As a Firefighter/Paramedic we constantly have to be ready for any type of emergency that…

everything had happened. The next night when my mom, sister and brother were gone I slept on the couch in my parent’s room. I stayed up all night to make sure that my dad was okay. This even happened again a few weeks after this situation and the paramedics actually knew my parents name. This situation was one of the toughests things I had ever had to take part in and witness. I’m glad I know what to do if it happens again but hope it doesn’t have…

Sidney Boyd. He was found by Pasadena Paramedics #36 Paz unresponsive sitting on a chair in the bedroom of his residence. He had a history of several medical problems. There were no obvious signs of foul play. INVESTIGATION: On 09-30-16 at approximately 1139 hours, Officer Harrell #3441 and I were dispatched to the Rosewood Court located at 1888 N. Fair Oaks Avenue regarding a person found deceased at the above residence. Dispatch stated Pasadena Paramedics were on scene. Upon our arrival,…

departments are looking for licensed paramedics; however, before you can usually apply to paramedic school, you must first successfully pass EMT training. Work experience as an EMT on a 9-1-1 ambulance is also extremely beneficial, and often required for many paramedic programs. If you have decided on this career path, get yourself enrolled in an EMT class and consider Paramedic school only if you have a genuine interest in EMS and want to work as a Paramedic. Do not do it to simply increase…

The thoughts I have regarding seeing a nurse practitioner versus a physician depends on the type of care I need. First, it would be best to compare the education of a nurse practitioner (NP) verse a doctor. An NP would spend six to eight years in education and a medical physician is eight to eighteen; which is 4 pre-med, 4 med-school, 3 to 9 residency and 2 to 3 fellowships (Profy, June 2, 2016). Second, it is important to understand the duties each can perform. NPs are allowed to practice…

Also, paramedics are required to help individuals that are in the most severe conditions first, and not let their emotions control their decision on who to help. Medicine and the military are two very different lines of work, but both face inner battles that may…

Identify 2 opportunities for policy development in your clinical area. Describe how these opportunities evolved over time and why they have the potential for policy development. Policy development is an integral part Two years ago the hospital limited the use of LPNs to the clinics. Over the last year, the institutions have been slowly adding LPN back to the units. The hospital’s RN turnover rate has been astronomical after one year. We hired 100 new graduates. Less than 10 % of them remained in…