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It is often used inconjunction with other induction agents as a sedative.  Some docs love it others are leary of it.  I have seen many emerg physicians in my area use it to perform conscious sedations in the ER for procedures like Colles fracture reductions and reducing shoulder dislocations. ...

Split up the MCSP and do only 2-4 mods one year the rest the next etc and alternate through it.  Do the one day BTLS/PHTLS refresher instead of always retaking the whole course.  Add OTC med package to the reserves and maybe make it part of a QL5 course.

I think that we're stuck with AMFR2 from the sounds of it. :(  I have seen the medical reserve dying slowly more and more over the last 2 years.  Unless there are major infusions of kit, vehicles and some sort of defined scope of practice I know an awful lot of people that are planning on...

The current Reserve QL3 contains the SJA AMFR2 course.  I don't have all the PO's in front of me but I believe it takes up around 2-3 weeks of the course.  The remainder of the course is filled up with stuff like history and traditions, medical ethics, medical terminology, more anatomy and...

It is difficult to separate the two skill sets.  The whole concept of field medical support ranges from minor complaints to sick parade to treating those wounded by enemy action.  It would be very difficult to have two MOC's providing this care.  I remember reading somewhere that during WWI...

My understanding of the CLS in the US is that any medic can teach the course. All the LP's and checklists are available it just requires some initiative at the unit level to get time and stores set aside to run the course.  I also believe it requires around one day per year of refresher training.

Medic is a different MOC so you would need to remuster.  Officer trades in the medical branch include MO/NO/Physiotherapist/Pharmacy/HCA/Social Work (those are the major ones there might be a couple more).  You best bet might be to take a civilian EMR course if you want to learn some stuff.  Or...

I have a buddy who is infantry and he has been told that for his Mod 6 they will be merging the infantry DP2B course into the Mod6 to create an Infantry PLQ Mod 6.  Apparently he has been told it includes a bunch of new stuff like FIBUA etc.  According to what he has been told there will be no...

By EMD I assume you mean Emergency Medical Dispatcher of which there is no equivalent in the CF so you will not get any credit for that unfortunately.

My understanding of mod 6 was that all trades attended the PLQ (Land) together.  I am being told that now mod 6 will be broken up into Infantry, other Cbt Arms and CSS for mod 6 (all other mods remain the same).  Specifically I am interested in how long the mod 6 is and what PO's are covered to...

I have heard that the content of PLQ mod 6 may be changing.  Does anyone know anything about mod 6 specifically for CSS?  I have completed all mods except mod 6 and am planning to take it this coming summer.

If you have your EMR and you join the reserves you can likely get some or all of your QL3 written off (except for field phase). 

How many times a year is this course run?  Who typically is loaded on it and what is the priority for loading?

Cool, thanks those actually sound fairly broad for PCP level protocols.  I suspect that the CF has created in "in between" level since there really would not be enough exposure to maintain the ACP competencies.  Not to many unstable tachycardias or CHFers in the military.  We also have PA's and...

Any chance you could post a link or at least give us a run down on the general outline?