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Wow is all I have to say. Here is my big issue. People in the comments are defending the crew saying that the EMT did it under the supervision of the medic and maybe the medic had shown the EMT how to do it. They seem to forget that both the EMT and paramedic are operating under their medical director's license. If he/she says no, then no it is. In the US, neither of them are independent practitioners. Jason James Rubadeau and Jerry Smith are also idiots. I couldn't bring myself to read all of their comments after reading the first few. JS spouts about giving a coma cocktail. Really? Coma cocktails went out of practice in the early 90s. I think his 25 years in EMS has been spent as one of those who go around saying, "That's the way we have always done it, so we shouldn't change it." JJR calls narcan a " relatively benign if the are no opiates aboard, so the risk was negligible at best." We won't get into the details here, but we all know them well and have discussed them ad nauseum, though there is evidence that we may be wrong but will leave that for another time. Someone mentioned that they may have given the narccan to see if it was an OD vs head injury. Again, this is archaic medicine and should not be allowed to continue. Use less drugs and learn better assessment skills. I realize that we don't have all of the details of the original story but the comments are interesting. And some people wonder why medical directors won't give them more to do.

Hi, I'm a female, but I'm not a girly girl. I wear a lot of men's clothes and things like that. My last post was an embarrasment. I lost my temper. I just hate being called a poser when I provide a little proof I'm not. I'm sorry to you good people out that there for having to see that.

I remember saying this a few years back, but I like to appear out of nowhere and say "Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

If it's his site...Duddley's been a regularly contributing member of the City since joining, I don't see any way that it competes with the City, so I don't really see a problem. If it's not his site then it appears to me to be placed properly, it's referenced properly, and appears to be the type of site that encourages people to share the address. I don't really see the problem. Man, I just came from Bieb's ECG thread and I think I see a pattern of some folks that seem to run around looking for things to snipe instead of trying to contribute to the threads... I'm guessing most have noticed that our new post numbers seem to be in the toilet. My guess is that this has a lot to do with it. I don't want to spoil the ending for you.....but relax, everything really will be ok even if we choose not to bash every new post that comes down the pipe...

If you're not trying to advertise you can edit that line out of your post. Otherwise, you really are advertising.

I find it annoying when a simple error is pointed out, apologized for, and then someone comes along and feels the need to point it out again. Before I can accept your criticism, I'd have to respect you enough to value your opinion.