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  1. I'm a firm believer in aerial sprayings of haldol/thorazine as needed. Coming from a women's prison, it drives it home even more! I believe they all need that!(little sprayer for air freshener from the bathroom). I'd even settle for an aerial spraying of Prozac.
  2. Go to you tube and search for John Bielinski. He has all kinds of awesome cardiology lectures that are easy to understand. He confirms what I was taught. Atropine usually will not work on blocks below the AV node. In a 2nd or 3rd degree heart block, atropine is considered IIb, meaning it probably won't work, but it probably won't hurt either.
  3. You know, I unfortunately can't change what I did, but someone else had suggested my rant be elsewhere, and he's right. I was just as unprofessional.
  4. And to think, I miss all this inflammatory crap. Wow! A question turned into such drama. I’m not going to discount what anyone has offered, however, I am just saying what I would do and what I was taught. In this exact situation, I would immediately pace. I’m sure IV access on someone in this circulatory compromised state, would be difficult. I’m not about to waste time looking when I can pace within 30 seconds. On the topic of atropine itself, I was taught that is was actually contraindicated in high degree heart blocks, as it could cause significantly worsened rebound bradycardia. But I guess if the pacer is there, it doesn’t matter huh? I’d have to go back to my 10 year old pharmacology book to see if it’s actually listed as contraindicated.
  5. Hugely inappropriate. If the mother agreed to this, then she's trash and probably provides minimal parental guidance if any. If the nurse actually did this, she a piece of shit and needs to be fired and have her license pulled. If someone even THOUGHT about doing that to one my children, I'd probably be arrested for punching someone in the throat. That is absolutely absurd and I pray to God that bits and pieces of this story are even not true, or embellished.
  6. Tammy Tisa, 55, of Cumberland County New Jersey was laid to rest August 11, 2010 after succumbing to cancer. The news of her death was a terrible shock, as she passed away only 8 days after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Tammy was Assistant Chief of Lawrence Township EMS (Station 38) and has also served as President and Treasurer. She was also the Director of Training and Assistant Administrator for the Millville Rescue Squad. Now, on to my rant. I havent posted on here for well over 3 years, but after reading a news article on Tammys passing with pictures (www.1strespondernews.com) I became, I guess enraged is the word. Millville Rescue Squad should be ashamed of themselves. Here was the sweetest women, nicknamed Mamma T for a reason, who gave everything to Emergency Medical Services. You paid tribute to her, by allowing your squad members wear short sleeve shirts and white gloves. Most of your members couldnt even tuck their shirts. Then my rage became worse when I saw the "Honor Guard" WITH SUNGLASSES while at attention! Next, the Chief, of all people, presented the flag that was draping her casket to her surviving husband, while wearing his sunglasses. Even the people carrying her casket were wearing sunglasses and short sleeve shirts. You people are a joke and you wonder why the joke of Cumberland County is Millville Rescue Squad. I cannot fathom the amount of disrespect you just showed for Mike and his family. You cant tell me for one second that you couldnt scrap together some long sleeve shirts at least for the people involved in the procession. I am so angry about this I cant even stand it!!! When I attended funerals for police officers, EMTs, or firefighters, as a stand-by medic unit, not even involved in the funeral itself, I ALWAYS wore a pressed long sleeve shirt and a black tie to show my respect. You people make me sick and Tammy deserved so much better! I hope you are all proud of yourselves for this blatant display of disrespect. Oh, and I forgot one. One picture shows a women at “attention” with her pager on. Why? Were you going to respond to a call during the funeral?? I’m pretty sure Vineland EMS was probably called in to cover the squad so that you guys could attend the funeral. Again, goes to the disrespect and lack of professionalism.
  7. If every other State can do it, why can't they? Well, because of the mental midgets at the First Grade Council. Opps. Sorry, read First Aid Council, my bad. They believe it's perfectly acceptable in this day and age to have volunteers respond who have nothing more than CPR training, ambulances that do not require ANY minimum amount of ANY equipment, and any response time is perfectly acceptable. These numb nuts need to go first. Then maybe we'd make some progress.
  8. You forgot.... snizzle my nizzle fizzle. And can the front legs do that bounce thing, or will it break their legs, and then we'd have a drive-by?
  9. Every place I've worked at has had accountability for all drugs like that. Narcs, sux, etomidate, vec. And down south where I acquired phenergan, we even have to sign for it. For obvious reasons. But everything is lock tabbed and accounted for.
  10. It keeps the leads from hanging down. It makes it easier to obtain the tracing. If they are sitting upright, it will sometimes pull the leads off.
  11. That is in fact a HIPPA violation and they had every right to fire him. The ONLY acceptable time when you can photograph a pt, is on the street. There is no expectation of privacy. You CANNOT take any pictures while inside their home or inside the ambulance where they have an expectation of privacy.
  12. Two more cents. I just thought of this, and it made me chuckle a little. Medics tend to have a holier than thou attitude. Nurses tend to have a snottier than thou attitude. See? No difference...
  13. Here's my two cents : I've worked with paramedics that I would trust my 3 year old with. I've also worked with medics whom I would not let near my dog. I've worked with nurses..........same as above. Stop bashing each others profession. Each has different requirements, educations, and personalities. Neither is any better than the other, education or not. Like I said, I've worked with nurses who have a masters, and I was better off talking to a box of hair. And likewise, I've worked with medics with umteen hours of education and experience, and the same thing applies.
  14. Never eat a meat ball sandwich. It's a code sandwich. Every SINGLE time I've eaten a Wawa meatball sub, it was immediately with a code. And it was always, ALWAYS, a code from hell with vomit everywhere. Maybe it was WaWa.... Hi BOB! How's life up there?
  15. I feel bad for them, but they only want money. They don't care about anything else. If they cared about what happened, they'd sue for laws to be created that would change how the hospital operated. Not just for money. These are some people who lack funds, and saw an opportunity to win money. "We SEEN she wasn't breathing..." That right there says VOLUMES!
  16. It's not at all strange. You made a good argument though. Very thought out. However, this is what people do. Not to mention people in this field. We talk. My life does not revolve around 100% EMS or fire. I want to discuss over topics. Whether or not this is the place to do it, remains to be seen. I post here because I know the majority of the frequent posters. I realize they can hold discussions outside of fire and EMS. No it does not impact my care on the street, whether you think so or not. I treat the pt according to their complaint, not their skin color. I realize that not every black person agrees with Sharpton, I realize not every person from the Middle East is a terrorist. Would I treat Sharton differently? Probably not. And only because I know he he has good lawyers. Otherwise, well, nevermind. But outside of that individual, someones religious beliefs, sexual orientation, skin color, creed, or otherwise, has never been a basis for my treatment.
  17. Sign, curb, those stupid yellow plastic things that stick up from the ground to corral traffic, cones, but no other vehicles at least!!
  18. But I can guarentee you, none of them even know the meaning behind the word "Cracker".
  19. I here ya. Everything they "preach" is about how blacks are oppressed by the whites, but never any references to God or Jesus, or even Allah for that matter. But what gets me is how they went after Imus, but it's all good for Jackson because he apologized!! I don't get why people still support thesetwo ignorant morons!!!
  20. How is it the a white person says "nappy" and gets fired but a black person drops the "N" bomb, and Sharpton doesn't incite a riot as he usually does?? I'm really at a loss here. These two peach about bringing out the best in the black race and yet, they drop the "N" bomb. Both of them have been guilty of this. WTF???? It is so frustrating that what's good for them, isn't good for us. I can guarentee you if a white person said it, they'd be fired! Edited for title - admin
  21. It sucks big time. I think Air Methods (currently runs LifeNet in Tallahassee) was something like $14 an hour for a medic. And they work 24 hour shifts. I don't know what copters do Volusia, but it will probably run about the same. EMS here sucks too. As an EMT, you're lucky to start NEAR $30K and as a medic maybe $35-40 if you're lucky. Go work for the feds in that area. Coleman (corrections) hires medics and sometimes EMTs for 45 a year. And its a cake job. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
  22. scratrat

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    I had a little old lady fall in the parking lot of a well established food store in NJ. She tripped over those concrete bumpers that stops the cars from banging into each other. She was screwed up, broken hip, wrist, and ankle. That supermarket paid for everything. Then she tried to sue for millions saying she tripped in a pothole. When her lawyer contacted me I royally pissed him off. Right on the front page of my report, it says "Chief Complaint" with three little lines. There were also check boxes. Anyway, I was told from school, that you wrote EXACTLY what the pt says is wrong on those lines. Then you also check off the appropriate check boxes for nature. She stated and I wrote "I tripped over the parking bump thingy". He was pissed when I refused to offer a different explanation. I told him that was exactly what she said to me, and it got thrown out of court. And you would think that company would have given me a $100 gift card or something since I saved them millions. And now, I got supoened the other day for August. It was for a stabbing. We were o/s for 3-4 minutes and I drove. FD did most things before we got there, so we scooped and ran. I drove, so I don't have much to offer. I'm waiting to see if the lawyer will let me off.
  23. I like to play "Stayin' Alive" during a code. Or "another one bites the dust". It's a good beat for compressions. I also like to play Ozzie over the radio when the volunteers go to a wreck and everyone's screaming on the radio. Ozzie : "Voices. Voices. A thousand thousand voices. Whispering, the time has passed for choices." That's my favorite one! I love doing that. Especially before they put the identifiers in the radio. Although the dispatchers always knew it was me anyway.
  24. NO! Don't do it! Us northerners are weird... And we tax out the wazoo! That's why I went south.
  25. Nice. That's why I went Federal. Not the glory job, but pays SSSOOOOOOO much better. Then I just work the ambulance once a week or something whenever I feel like it.
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