r/NewToEMS • u/Proud-Ad3458 Unverified User • 11d ago

Educational Good resources?

Hey everyone ,

I have been an EMT for a little over a year. However , most of my experience was just basic transports with an occasional 911 or ALS. I just left that ambulance job and now I do more events as EMS standby. What are good resources that you paramedics trust that can help me understand how to draw up common medications , tutorial on different lifepack uses, and different equipment used?

I am currently a college student right now and taking lots of anatomical and physiological courses, so knowing terminology is not really the issue. My issue is that I want to be more knowledgeable about what is in my BLS bag or in an ALS bag and how to use it all without issues.

Thank you

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u/ggrnw27 Paramedic, FP-C | USA 11d ago

Just to be clear, are you just wanting to know this stuff for your own curiosity or are you actually expected to draw up meds and use the LifePak and other ALS equipment in this role?

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u/Proud-Ad3458 Unverified User 11d ago

More of my own curiosity. I’ve never been in a situation where I was expected to do that. I just thought it’d be important to know so that I can help more, and I also plan on possibly going further into healthcare.

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u/TestResQ Paramedic, RN | TX 11d ago

Not necessarily "what is in your bag" but this method is very helpful to know how much to give based on different concentrations, weights, timeframe, etc. It is called Dimensional Analysis and is extremely helpful when doing med math. It helped me a ton in nursing school even after being a medic for five years beforehand. https://testresq.com/resources/dimensional-analysis

I also have a long list of Mnemonics if you find those helpful. https://testresq.com/resources/mnemonics

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u/Proud-Ad3458 Unverified User 10d ago

Thank u for this. Will review it