Ambulance Service Downloads

Ambulance Service Downloads.

To download a pdf, right click over the link and choose SAVE TARGET AS,

choose a folder to SAVE IN, and click SAVE.

You will need Adobe Reader to view the pdf files and may already have it.

It is a free program from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

or from any Netguide computer magazine cd.

Warning: These pages do not download well with FIREFOX, use OPERA or Internet Explorer.

PrimoPDF V2(10Mbs)

Download the latest version 4 www.primopdf.com 17mb

Makes any document, spreadsheet, or publication into the universal Portable Document Format. (pdf)

It acts like a printer, instead of choosing your default printer, pick primoPDF from the dropdown menu and follow the prompts – it’s that easy to make a pdf that is “Read Only” and accessible by anyone, regardless of what program it was created in.

Notepad Prompt.pdf (30kb)

Six per A4 page. Print off 3 pages to form a pad, the 18 pieces of paper is usually the limit for your stapler.

P.R.F. Companion.pdf (1370kb)

Version 1.7 March 2008

(now features a laceration ruler)

Updated regularly.

Patient Report Form Companion.

A 12 page booklet containing over 600 medical words and adjectives, with 60 abbreviations, pneumonics, used in completing Patient Report Forms, plus 10 diagrams to help name the locations of the body.

This has not been created to give you definitions. My reasoning is; “if you do not know what the word means, then you were never going to use it anyway,” however if a patient describes a condition or symptom, this should help you to put it into their words.

NEW - Quick Reference of Common Meds.pdf (257kb)

12 pages, print it out double sided using page 11/12 as the title/index page at the front.

Staple the left margin.

An earnest attempt to list commonly prescribed medications used in blister packs (130+). It also has a laymen’s definition and possible side effects.

WordWeb Downloadable Dictionary 4.5 (6.1 Mb)

This Version 4.5 is an off line dictionary only.

The new version 5 interacts with the Internet while you are online by importing the Wikipaedia dictionary pages into it as well.

Download version 5 from WordWeb’s site.

UK English version used for composing the PRF Companion.

Added to the Start-Up group (system-tray) it sits by the clock to give you definitions and synonyms on words you select.

How?

While you are reading a webpage, a document or pdf, you select a word by left click dragging over it, and then you can either click the icon by the clock, or hold down Ctrl+Alt+W, and the definition appears along with words that mean the same and opposite.

E.g. ambulatory

ACC READ Codes LARGE PRINT version.pdf 1.48Mb

Click to see the font size. Sample

Enlarged to print on two pages.

AMPDS Codes.pdf (2.58Mb)

Lose your trucks original? Here’s another copy.

NEW – Skill Calculator.xls (18kb)

A two page Excel Spreadsheet that lists skills used up to the level of Paramedic Up-skill. (AP’s are welcome to add more columns.)

It will add up your calls, show you how many times you’ve given a drug, installed an IV – which size, or airway type, even splinting.

Use it as evidence of workload, and skill usage. It might even highlight a skill you haven’t used in a while and influence your downtime training,

At Waipukurau each officer has his or her own sheet on the station computer.

NEW - Time Sheet for Central Region.pdf (60kb)

If you need a new Master copy, or need to fill one out away from work, then this is for you.

PRACTICE QUIZ for CSR 2007 Update.ppt – 102 interactive pages of Q & A on procedures for Revalidation. (8Mb)

Something for everyone!

If you have Power Point then this version above is recommended.

You can download the 2003/97 version of the Powerpoint viewer here. ppviewer.exe (1.9Mb) or visit the actual Microsoft website.

PRACTICE QUIZ for CSR 2007 Update.pdf on procedures for Revalidation – 102 pages of Q&A. (4.3Mb) This is a pdf so it does not have the effect of showing the Q before the A, but all people can view it with the universal Adobe Reader.

Ideal for refreshing your knowledge or to teach from. Many hours have gone into this presentation, and it is with immeasurable thanks to Craig Campbell – Paramedic (Hawke’s Bay), that it has been made available to us.

Power Point usually comes as a part of Microsoft Office, if you do not have Microsoft Power Point, you can download the PowerPoint Viewer which enables anyone the “Read Only” access to .ppt files.

A History of the Porangahau & District Ambulance.pdf (227kb)

This was a school project and shows pictures of their first ambulance.

Medical Cursors

Contains scalpel, drip, ecg screen, bone saw.

Medication Record.pdf (36kb)

Record the times you give your family medications, including symptoms & results.