Guest guest Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, at one time there were EMT-Bs with " Special Skills. " I think those special skills were integrated into the EMT- Intermediate curriculum. > As I have probably shown, I am new to the field. I finished EMT-B class in > Dec. and passed NR in Jan. > > anyhow, I stopped at half price books today and was browsing their medical > section and I saw the 1987 version of the textbook I used in my class, > EMERGENCY! Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 8th ed. by the > AAOS. There was a chapter on starting IVs. > > My question is, at time in the past, were EMT-Bs able to start IVs, as a > SOP? > > anyway, I ended up picking up a book called A Paramedic's Stories RESCUE 471 > by Canning. Have any of you read or heard of it? > > Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Okay, let me show my age a bit. When I started in EMS there was a " Special Skills " designation. I have uploaded a .jpg of the patch. In an effort to standardize the EMS system with the rest of the country, Texas changed it to Intermediate in the early 80's D. Hobbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Special Skills patch? Ha. Ask these Texas " dinos " about the IV Therapy/Airway Management rockers that long preceeded the Special Skills patch. Still got a few though I hesitate to admit it. We were so " special " in those days. DE >>> laha43@... 3/12/2004 9:17:21 PM >>> Okay, let me show my age a bit. When I started in EMS there was a " Special Skills " designation. I have uploaded a .jpg of the patch. In an effort to standardize the EMS system with the rest of the country, Texas changed it to Intermediate in the early 80's D. Hobbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 HI there, I'm reading Rescue 471 right now. I just finished reading Cannings first book also. " Paramedics, On The Front Lines Of Medicine " They are both excellent books Red's Firefighting Site wrote:As I have probably shown, I am new to the field. I finished EMT-B class in Dec. and passed NR in Jan. anyhow, I stopped at half price books today and was browsing their medical section and I saw the 1987 version of the textbook I used in my class, EMERGENCY! Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 8th ed. by the AAOS. There was a chapter on starting IVs. My question is, at time in the past, were EMT-Bs able to start IVs, as a SOP? anyway, I ended up picking up a book called A Paramedic's Stories RESCUE 471 by Canning. Have any of you read or heard of it? Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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