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summer rottened eggs

Lol, okay, next time, look for the URLs with IMG not S202.

Devin, to post pics, you can register at a free service to host them (such as photobucket.com, imageshack.com) then click the little above the entry text area here and insert the url. You do know what a url is, right? :wink:

Interesting article. Can't wait for the pics.

exploded into rainbows

Kyle got beaten....

the poop shoot!

And to top it off....they were NOT at an emergency when these vehicles were ticketed or in the process of towing which is SAID IN THE ARTICLE.

David Kaplan, 25, of Passaic, who founded the local branch of Hatzolah, an international ambulance corps staffed by volunteers in many orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, confronted police Sunday who had ticketed an ambulance parked the wrong way on Reid Avenue, around the corner from Hatzolah headquarters at 243 Van Houten Ave.

The police are jealous that Hatzolah members are allowed to have Emergency lights and sirens in their cars. Hatzolah uses a two tiered response system. The closest EMT's are dispatched in their personal vehicles in which they have a trauma bag, and medical kit. Another Member heads to the garage to pick up a bus.

WTF does having lights in POVs have to do with it? Lights in POVs aren't reserved just for Hatzolah the way you are making it sound. I can have lights if I want.

hatzolah memebers also have plaques issued from the DOT allowing them to park illeagally at the scene of an emergency. The plaques are abused somewhat which gets the police upset.

Parking illegally eh? If there is legal parking available why don't you try that first. I've had run ins with the same local service involved in the complaint. The ones I encountered tend to have an attitude toward other services and LEO. When you give attitude the LEO won't be very cooperative with you. AND I've never heard of a special plaque issued by the state to park illegally. Show us the gov link showing they exist because I would really like to see that.

I'm sorry but I side with Passaic PD on this case.

Yea, I looked at the tour dates, and the 2 NJ shows are nowhere near me so I'm out.

who were naughty...

chocolate nips and

broke the bed....

1. That's Hebrew National hotdogs.

2. While I can't comment directly on the ambulance company, Hebrew National does make some pretty good hot dogs.

I like weiner dogs....

I should know this. We've had bus mvas here, train derailments, etc...

over when Terri

went wild for

Darn it! I was just going to post this!

Pacman, where in NNJ are you from?

Scotty began stripping

Yes I 've never see those acronyms before. If I get my fave medics this week I'll ask them if they've seen those before.

*learn*learn*learn*

lmao, sucks for you! watch your words and timing next time

HPI & PE?

Sorry but different areas use different acronyms. Like you use h/o for history, as i use hx for the same.

Okay, trying to familiarize myself with medications as I plan on going for medic next Fall....

Sinemet is for the Parkinson's, I just read about levadopa being the main line treatment for it.

Plavix is a blood thinner, cardiac hx?

Levaquin, an antibiotic, known personally

Simvastatin, had to look up, lowers cholesterol for those at risk for cardiac or stroke

atenolol, looked up as well, beta-blocker, again, cardiac hx?

How long ago was the nurse's vitals prior to EMS's set? Establishing time frame for the decrease, continuous vitals (I would do).

As BLS, I would load the patient for transport, and request ALS for the decreasing BP pending ETA to ER.

Sorry, if I annoy anyone with my post, trying to get into the senarios more and I listed the meds and reasons for them so I can as well as others in my situation knows what they are for specifically, although many of them are well beyond my education.

Yes, I been doing this for 4 years now and I hate giving report, especially to a nurse that I don't know and is overly intimidating and would rather stand there and make you look like an idiot.

I do okay with the nurses I know (one in particular that I also get as a medic when I request ALS so we know each other fairly well). They ask me questions about the patient in a way so that I don't get flustered and embarrassed because it was something I didn't think to ask or something I don't know as I was not educated on the subject.

This sounded a TEENSY bit like my partner yesterday. However, I was able to deal with her airheadedness.

I've had the partners where they drag their ass on calls, and those that want to be overworked. Now I don't mind to work, but I just don't like being pushed and feel suffocated by calls. I've had partners that accept last minute calls without asking me first if it is alright, meanwhile I have an appt to get to. But back on subject...

I recommend, for anyone, to keep a log of cases in situations like this. Like Ruff said, write out the entire narrative of the situation and save it for later when needed. I keep a small journal with me to write out my concerns about situations with partners so if I need to go to management after trying to deal with the situation myself fails, I have a log of problems and when they occurred. I don't want to be the mean one on the staff, but I'm also not there to play all day.

I'm one of those that are constantly on my phone as well (I'll admit it), but it doesn't get in the way of my patient care. If I receive a phone call, I'll put it on ignore (unless its my grandmother, I ALWAYS answer just long enough to say I'm with a patient and will call her back otherwise she gets all panicky then my family home will have a patient of their own to call for a truck)

Patient care is first and foremost. There is no other reason to refute that by any person. Hell I've reported my own FTO because I was not comfortable or felt safe about his own driving.

Log it. Discuss it. Report it.

Any other signs or symptons? Allergies? Other meds? Have they fed him? New events, therapy, any thing outside of normal activities? Does he have any pain or discomfort thats not normal for him? Is he in a private room (sometimes a roommate could be the source of a problem)?

What are the vitals EMS takes? General impression?

ETA: Just did some brush up reading on parkinsons, dopamine related drugs can increase orthostatic hypotension. does that relate to the situation at all?

trying to think of other questions I would ask myself if I walked in on that...