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Thanks. I think I got it from Cafepress.com search ems or emt or paramedic. I love that website.

Just curious what does the length of the list have to do with migraines?

One thing I do not understand. (please keep in mind I have a 4 y/o.) These mats are made for safety right? Then what happens if a child falls and breaks his leg. Mom hears him/ her cry. The child is sitting or laying on these mats with a broken leg. (Child has shoes on) however he/she has shorts on. Mom or dad says get up honey and not realizing childs leg is broken and now burnt after 5 seconds. Thus making mom/dads response time a lil longer because they did not realize IMMEDIATELY that their child was on a hot surface. This does not make sense to me. They are not safe for falls either. Yes they may cushion it but who cares about a lil padding when you ass is roasting? I am happy I live on a military post that is too cheap to pay soo much money for the mats. I would rather my lil girl play on pebbles and sand or wood chips than that stuff. That is just me tho. I would much rather pick out a splinter or 2 or shake her shoes out from the sand then putt burn cream on her body. As far as the croc things go. My 4 yo has them too children do take them off with super fast speed. She also NEVER wears shoes unless we are out in public. I hate shoes and so does she. I only require them off of our property.

This post has it's points but I now think about when I went to the drs 2 days ago for my knees. I have a hx of knee probs. I am allergic to asa, I have had GBP and there for it is contraindicated to have ibuprophen in GBP pts because of the risk of ulcers and the change in anatomy. Subsequently from the bypass my pancreatic enzymes are higher and my alts are elevated. I am not to take tylenol either because it does not help my liver. I sure as hell am not a drug seeker. I know it likely looks like it, but I got an anti inflamatory that is awesome. So no pain killers for me. This post has me concerned a bit tho. I understand there is significant amount of drug seekers, and it can be easy or hard to spot. However if I was a pt of someone on this board (or anyones pt for that matter) I likely would be treated as a seeker and not given the amnt of care I deserve. That said it is a little odd that someone would be "allergic" to ALL forms of non "high" producing meds. However it can be contraindicated in someone such as myself. Not that I have an allergy to them. I sure will take some if that is all that is available at the time. Usually it is within something ie day-quil. I do try to keep away from it. Use your judgement please do not assume. Do research on what your pts tell you it might be BS or it might be helpful and it never hurts to learn something new. You might see that pt again and actually call their bluff OR you might actually be able to give the pt better care because you are informed about something new.

I am actively looking for another game I have heard of human sims. It is supposed to be a lot like the virtual Heroes game. I can not find it tho. Anyone know of any other downloadable games? I am not fortunate enough to have a wii yet

I too have read about it. I believe it was in Jems that I saw it. I hope to find it as well. Edited to add is this it? http://www.virtualheroes.com/index.asp I am trying to figure out if the game is even on here .

It was an ok website. I did not look at the page or realize that it is being redone. It was alright. There was not a chat I think they are putting one in. It is nice to have more than one place to go. It will likely get deleted.

That is sick. I am glad he is in jail. I hate ppl who do that shit.

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Yikes. I can see my lil girl doing that she loves to hide. Scary but that was cute.

WOW. there are some heres your sign ppl around huh?

I too am moving to South Carolina,but to the Columbia area. Iam not moving til next year but I would love to see any replies to this post for agencies and the like.

I realize this is an older topic. I however have had the gastric bypass. I actually had it 2 weeks after the last post in this topic. I feel that I am educated enough on this topic now to make a contribution. There are a lot of things to consider the surgery. #1 do your M/O risks out weigh your surgical risks. In my case yes they did. I decided to have to so I could be healthier. I have had knee surgeries (3 to be exact) so I COULD be able to excercise I still had a difficult time doing so. #2 what is your "goal" is it reasonable? Well I am 35 lbs from my goal at this time. I have since lost 90 lbs. I am healthier. I feel better I am physically able to walk further and I have more energy and I smile more. I have not done that in years. However I have now a med id bracelet because of it. It is embarrassing but it saves me from a procedure that could kill me. ie no blind intubation. #3 expect problems. I did and do have them. I have been hospitalized 3 times. 1 from dehydration due to not being physically able to get fluids in and keep them in. That subsequently led to blood work (the hospitalization) and my pancreatic enzymes were elevated. Thus leading to a Choly not a month post op from the by pass. I have to make damn sure I take my vitamins or I will/can loose my hair. If I do not get enough protein I will loose muscle mass and my hair as well. I have to do this daily FOREVER. I have to eat several meals daily. Plenty of water. I cannot have sugar. I have had it on occasion but I fear dumping. I do get ill from foods it is always a hit and miss. I can no longer have lactose or I am hurting. I need to buy stock in immodium because that is a daily problem. I do on occasion eat more than I should and I pay for it. It is not intentional but it happens. My eyes are bigger than my stomach still. Well even so more now post op. hell everything is bigger. I still catch myself serving myself the "old" portions. That said, being an emt-b. I was NOT told that bypass pts should not have sugar. This is on my bracelet as well. The reason for this IS the dumping. I was told that the sugar cannot digest like before because of the change of anatomy. The stomach is smaller and has less "juices" to assist in digestion and absorption I was explained "dumping" is your body is not able to chemically digest all of the things it could before. ie fats,sugars,and proteins. Dumping comes from your body getting too much of these things and it will attack itself thinking sugars and fats are intruders. Thus the rest of your cells running to fight off the intruder making you get "rid" of whatever is causing you to dump. Some ppl have dumping episodes starting off as pallor,diaphretic, nausea, chills, then vomiting, diarrhea, and general crappy feeling that can last for hours. Essentially your body will produce signs of shock. However it is a digestion thing and it will pass. I have been told to think of it as the flu feeling and add in being drunk but add the trots into it and that is dumping. As far as going back to work. Well If i worked for a svc here locally I would be back to work now but not 2 months ago. The stage eating blows. But it is for a reason. The hardest part is the pureed stage. If I HAD to eat out at that time it would have been soups or mashed potatoes. NOT from KFC tho that is begging for a dumping episode. I also could not lift more than 5 lbs for 6 weeks. I can lift what I want to now. However if you life and pop your staples or herniate an opening. Well then that is your fault. Be SURE this is what YOU want to do. It is hell recovery is TERRIBLE. However it will prolong your life and you in the end will be happier. I know my hubby is I can do tons more activities now. OK fingers are getting sore time to end this post.

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http://skippyslist.com/?page_id=3 This is a military thing so those of you who are/have been military you will dig this... Check out the whole site it is good

Ok I have 2 the first I said I was doing my ER rotation and got to go into the Cath lab and watch it being done. after 11 hrs of being there ( I stayed late to watch this ) Cath tech: ma'am are you OK ( I guess I was a lil pale) me : I'm fine just wondering what some of these instruments are for tech: Well this is for this, this is the balloon this is saline ect me:(thinking DUH) Well I know what those are for after all it isn't brain surgery tech just looked @ me so did the cardiologist I was RED ! me thinking OMG did I JUST say that NO dumb ass it IS heart surgery!! :oops: The second one was during practicals for a medical me thinking DAMMIT I forgot my watch (I obviously was on vitals) ME: hey dave gimme your watch dave :what me : your watch NOW Dave : ok he HANDS me his GLOVE me: no dumbass your watch dave yells @ me: HERE me :dave look at your hand dave looks RED as can be he then could not get his watch off !! WOW needless to say we had to redo that one That was still funny tho oh I just thought of #3 seconds before finals the inst says OK you will have 2:05 min for your final you will have 1 min per question a gal in class says WE HAVE 205 questions ( she passed ) :roll: heres your sign !!!

Just a quick Question . As a military spouse . I am having trouble figuring out what the definition of a medic is . I have met many people who are "medics" some have only skills that resemble a CNA,Techs,LPN others that come close to an RN or paramedic level some SF ,some field medics and so on , I am trying to figure out if it is one particular MOS as a medic or if it is just a general term given to most enlisted service members in a medical mos . I hope this makes sense I am finding it difficult to relay just what I'm getting at here. Hell I'm not sure it came out right. :?: If you don't get what I'm saying please pm me and I will try to clarify. TIA