ffmedic9588

Working in Baddeck transfer capital of the province.

soy bean thats right AZCEP thanks for the clarification. Great topic and chat.

Wow where did was that Canadian team the other day against the USA. Not that the US was weak but you could not compare the Canadian team that played today and the Canadian team that played in the semi's no comparison. Way to go Canada and congrats to the USA for their strong play and effort in the bronze medal game. North America did very well with 2 out of the top 3 medals also the USA had 2 players named allstars with along with Canada. Way to go again and everyone that voted was bang on.

Hey sorry I know this is a non ems issue but hey so is this section so here goes, What a game yesterday we were very lucky to win that game as the USA outplayed us most of the game if not the entire game. Now tomorrow is a big day for us Canadians and the Russians have a good team and will be a very tough test. I am pulling for the USA in the bronze medal game good luck to both the US and Canadian teams. Now 2 neighbouring countries who claim to be allies and great friends played yesterday and it ended up going to the 7th round of a shootout to determine a winner that tells me that the US knows us better than we think they do and we should not take them so lightly on the ice, Hockey is our game but we can loose anyday,anytime, anywhere because the competition is improving and getting to know us better. To me yesterday there were 2 winners as you cannot deny the Americans deserved to win with their play and anyone who watched could not have predicted the outcome in the shootout. 7 rounds of shooters that is crazy.

We have both atrovent and ventolin nebs. We only have ventolin in MDI form. Not sure why that is, they only thing I can think of is and I am not 100% sure how this goes so please correct me if I am wrong but I remember reading somewheres of a case with a pt in severe respiratory distress and exhibiting s/s of anaphylaxis and the medics used MDI atrovent with BVM and pt kept getting worst and come to find out pt had an allergy to peanuts and appearently there is a peanut base in the MDI to propel the medication. Does this sound right? Please correct me if I am wrong or way of but explain. I love to learn.

Wow great discussion. Excellent answers all around. We had to do a project in school on 4 drugs and atropine was one of mine and probably my favorite. I really enjoyed reading and watching this thread. Keep up the great work guys. PS I hope someday I will be able to know and retain as much as you guys have in this thread.

Yes the cd is a great tool as well. I have actually started the online course which comes with that cd you should check it out on evovle.

We had 2 textbooks we used in school they are great. 1. ECGs Made Easy 3rd edition- Barbara Aehlert and 2. The 12-Lead ECG In Acute Coronary Syndromes Revised 2nd edition- Tim Phalen and Barbara Aehlert. These are 2 very good textbooks. Hope this helps.

I have watched this thread and I feel that James was treated pretty bad. James I am sorry that you had to endure your character being called in question however for some unknown reason to me ems is famous for this type of behavior. We tend to feed off of our own and tear each other apart. The fire department doesn't do this the police departments do not do this but it is common place in ems for some reason. It needs to stop let's support each other and help each other learn from our mistakes. James I know it has been said before but scene safety is very important and man be careful stick around for awhile longer. James continue to post you have just as much to offer as anyone else on here.

Further more to my last post I still have along way to go on this matter but I think it is very important for us to know normal lab values and what they represent. And I am learning allot from my girlfriend who is also a nurse buckeye. I hope to marry her someday. She is actually taking her Primary Care Paramedic course now. She is a smart lady and works CCU so we have allot of cardiac related discussions and get into troponin levels as well as CK's BUNS, Creataine etc.

I believe medics should be proficient at ABG's should know the cardiac enzymes as well we should be able to interrupt xrays to a degree.

AK stay safe your there. Let's us know how you are doing and thank all the other men and women overseas for keeping us safe in North America US and CA

Thoughts and prayers go out to his 2 families, real and ems.

Spock thanks for your response to the atropine for succs od very imformative. and thanks to everyone esle for a great discussion.

Very interesting topic and I agree with what vs has said I think you are right on the money from what I remember in class. We actually discussed in class the roll of atropine in being an antidote for succs overdoses. One of my classmates said that someone at his local hospital told him that it is in there algorithm on the crash cart to use atropine after a succs od. We couldn't really come to a conclussion or ever find out how this works anyone know???