Chief1C
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accomodation
That's a test that I would fail! Focusing the lens of the eye to view objects close up, etc, i.e. accommodation testing.
Lown-Ganong-Levine
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Somebody actually buys paediatric spine boards?
Hrmm..
I won't waste my time justifing the use.. It will be lost in translation. However.Yes.. Somebody buys them.. and it was very kind of Proctor & Gamble Corp to purchase the Pedi-Air-Align boards for us.
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Isn't one use of the KED pediatric immobilization ??? .
Prior to getting Pediatric spine boards, thats what I would have used.. I've used the KED for stabilization of "hip" fractures, then scoop the patient onto a spine board that is padded with a long blanket, remove the scoop, and your set. Less movement, less time on a truely hard surface, less pain.
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I agree w/ that; ebay can be quite helpful.
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I need 10cc of sense of humour, stat!
Better make it 20 in a banana bag, I have a hangover.
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.... they don't have a british accent.... do they?
:roll:
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If you get a DVD player that works for all regions, US and Europe; you can buy it from the UK right now.
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Read a book? Ipod? Portable dvd player? Crossword puzzles? Gameboy? Sleep?
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I don't care if the person who shows up to save my life is a basic, medic or a six year old who just watched Rescue 911... But you better know every tiny detail of the skills involved with the job title you've earned.
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rotflmfao
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Is it supposed to do something? I noticed its a flash player program?
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I finally got ten.. then I quit. :evil:
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OMG! I'm going to stroke out on ten
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Discovery Health; Mon-Thur; 6PM & 3AM (Eastern Time); I recommend Critical Incident on Friday @ 6PM (Eastern) also.
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I hope dispatch offered to send an officer over to shoot him.......
That had to be my favorite on ebaumsworld! Not that I'm surprised by this.. The 27 y/o mother of a 12 year old boy. :roll:
Anyone else hear that noise? Sounds to me like... Jingle Bells? No.. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!.. thats it.
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The "team" would arrive and solicit payment (or a bid for payment) and if satisfactory, they would begin operations.
Wouldn't it be fun to return to the good ol' days?
That still happens..
<nerdon>
I hope not like that (but who knows these days). Ever see the stories on Firehouse.com, "Fire Dept. watches house burn b/c owner wasn't a subscriber". :roll: They say, the city won't institute a fire tax, so if the residents want fire protection, someone has to pay for it. This is true, someone does, and firefighters shouldn't have to beg.. But refusing to save a home, because the owner is a cheap skate.. Started in Roman times, you would have had to pay a hefty sum to get a fire extinguished. Then, you could pay groups of fire watchers to oversee your property, as to prevent large fires from breaking out.
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Funny, I bet people would react differently if an ambulance refused to help someone b/c they weren't a subscriber. :wink:
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State of New Jersey Surplus?
Contact your local house reps..
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Looks like he was either some what restrained, or she blocked him from being ejected. She was certainly not restrained, prolly hit the wheel and the shield. Also looked like she ko'd him w/ the side and/or back of her head. Ouch, either way.
:idea1: Seatbelts may have helped, but the car looks modified.. and where did that airbag come from? It looked like it launched her out of the seat? If she was restrained, from the angle, looks like she would have had some type of hyperextension inj.
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1. Yourself: Lethargic
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?: No
3. Your hair: Shortbread
4. Your mother? Love
5. Your Father? :evil:
6. Your Favorite Item: computer
7. Your dream last night: insomnia
8. Your favorite drink: Gatorade
9. Your dream car: MiniCooper
10. The room you are in: bedroom
11. Your Ex: None
12. Your Fears: Snakes
13. What do you want to be in 10 years: Somewhere
14. Who you hung out with tonight? Cashy
15. What You're Not? alert
16. Muffins: stumps
17: One of Your Wish List Items: RN
18. Time: 1818
19. Last thing you did? wrapped
20. What You Are Wearing? Metro
21. Your Favorite Weather: Blizzard
22. Your Favorite Book: Nonfiction
23. The last thing you ate: fries
24. Your Life: dull
25. Your Mood: Blah
26. Your friends: Who?
27. What are you thinking about right now? Sleep
28. Your car: Escape
29. What are you doing at the moment?: DUH
30. Your summer: short
31. Your relationship status: prolonged
32. What is on your tv? Newswatch16
33. When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday
34. last time you cried? funeral
35. School? yuck
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Where do you practice?
Location: Vermont :roll:
Maybe he's jolly from an OD on maple syrup?
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Made by the same people as the UniMed bags, only has a different Mfg. stamp.. Everything I could possibly need while QR'ing under dept. SOP's.. is in this bag. Nothing extravagant.. just the basics.
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We don't often have SAM Splints, they do get expensive, having to constantly replace them. They are common around here, a lot of calls take crews "off the beaten path". Small, fits in a jump kit or in a jumpsuit pocket, etc.. It's almost as nice as the cravat, useful for darn near everything. If you don't mind the black & grey, buying them from a US Military contractor will save big bucks on the bulk cases.
My first choice in splinting is a padded board with a roll of Kerlix or two; the orange morrison splints work nice, and they are easy to clean. We don't have vacuum splints, the ER didn't understand how to remove it, and it was cut; two more were never returned from patients who were flown. There goes a whole set of them. I'm not fond of air splints at all, and a few ER docs will bitch about them being used, but it seems we can never "lose" them.. always find their way back. Probably have three or four kits of them stuffed under the bench.
Also quite fond of the FOX Splints, and the Ferno splints that are orange with the velcro straps, but again, they are usually stolen at the ER and never returned. Pillows are okay for lower leg & ankle injuries, in place of an air splint; or stabilize it w/ a sam, and put a box splint on it. Then of course we have the Adult & Pedi MAST for splinting, another item that always finds its way back home.
I'm just starting out and have a question...
in General EMS Discussion
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I bought the local EMT Text, Brady Seven, and workbook about six months before I took PAEMTB. Since I had to wait for the class anyway, I decided to expand my field of knowledge. I already had first aid classes in the past, so I came in pretty familiar with splinting, bandaging, Signs & Symptoms, CPR, etc.. But this gave me time to read through various chapters, and go through the work book on a sheet of paper. In the end, I didn't use the workbook for the class, and passed it off to someone else the next year. I don't know if it helped me or not; I'd been reading Prehospital Care texts and old Brady books since I was eleven. I had an odd facination for EMS since syndications of Emergency! had been on WGN Chicago since the late 80's.
Buy a pocket mask, you'll need one (if not, buy some alcohol wipes, Resusci-Annie's lips shouldn't be trusted.. ha ha.
); the text book that will be used in the class, a couple highlighters, a short stack of legal pads and few good pens.. Look over the book, but don't get too far in, read it when you cover it in class. Highlight important stuff in the book, and look it over before the tests.. Practice, practice, practice.. I don't know about ride alongs, I'm not too keen to allow a new EMT student ride on a complex call.. In case we don't do things the way the instructors want them to, or the course requires them to learn a specific skill. But, that's just my opinion.