These videos are SO useful! I wish our training unit would actually show us how to perform assessments like this. It has helped me immensely in memorising procedures.

@IdahoMedicalAcademy

2 ай бұрын

We are so happy these are helpful for you! Let us know if there is anything specific you'd like to see from us!

Thank you for these videos. I'm a volunteer EMT and I feel like i get a little rusty on my assessments sometimes

@IdahoMedicalAcademy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! We are so happy we could be of some help!

Hi, if you think the patient have lung embolism (Example if swollen foot), do you still treat it as a acute cardiac infarction prophylactic?

@IdahoMedicalAcademy

3 ай бұрын

Swollen feet, or pedal edema, is more likely to be due to congestive heart failure and not a pulmonary embolism. Crackles or rales in the lungs would be another good indication of congestive heart failure in a patient with complaint of chest pain or breathing difficulty. Nitroglycerin is a beneficial medication for patients with CHF, but is not generally in the EMT scope for that purpose. If you are suspecting a patient has a pulmonary embolism due to respiratory complaints with possible hypoxia, as well as chest pain (commonly a more specific sharp pain to a pinpoint area of the chest)and possibly clear lungs sounds, then the patient should not be treated as if they are suffering AMI.

I've watching right now and subscribe....❤❤❤ It's a big help for me as EMT to do better and improved my assessment skills.

@IdahoMedicalAcademy

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!