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well, i got some super extended family south of the border, sure! why not! i'll leave 2 christmas hampers

if he was trampled.... traumatic code..... really? run a trauma code? but, if this was immediately after his injury, then possible chance of ROSC.... it does appear that the individuals trying to help the deceased are police what i find truely disgusting is a) there was a deathcount of 3 for a big shopping day. wow people. really. c'mon now, is a new toy for little johnnie worth someone's life? isnt there something wrong with people dying for christmas shopping when christmas is the celebration of the birth of a man who supposedly died for our sins?? people would actually video tape (cell phone or otherwise) and others giggle while watching people trying to help a person who's dying/dead. how surreal.........

although allowed by ACP, it seems a more and more medical directors are taking charcoal off car (for all providers). they feel a) its too rare that we truely get charcoal in the stomach in time; potential airway compromise.... not in that we're giving charcoal to obtunded patients, but that if there is any discrepancy in the time frame given by pt and bystanders, you may give charcoal to someone just before they go down and can no longer protect their airway; and c) its a b*tch to tube someone who has had charcoal

i'm not certain of the legar stuff exactly here in alberta, but the rural areas i've worked have given me fresh drivers while making me continue work,..... although i'd been up just as long as my partner. i have taken myself off car once (we get 8 hrs) and have swapped drivers a few times, as well as having my partner drive cuz i just couldnt anymore. that is certainly one thing that sucks about rural, when it rains, it pours, and you usually dont get an umbrella.

lol shane! yes, you do know me. we worked together in Th!!! we have a car there too lookin for staff....

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RSI without paralytics. most protocols i've seen up here have *sedate, *attempt, *paralyze if required, *attempt, for the flow chart.

take it! add to my zoo my orgb books (organizational behavior - specifically, history n implementation of canadian health care system). seriously, i will mail them to you!

nope.... i gotta convince myself that its time to go. i hate mornings almost as much as i hate the gym. i dont necessarily hate working out, and one of our local rc's has been getting me n one of my partners in the gym with him. we all seem to have better workouts that way. hell, i even willingly did bench presses!! and now i'm sick, so thats my excuse for the next few days.

very intersting. what i've been taught, and as our protocols up here go, RSS first, and if that FAILS, then RSI. what a horrible horrible thing to do to someone. must be certain grounds for suspension or something!

oh, and i supplement with carbs, protein, sugar, whatever. i like my see-food diet. i am STARVING whenever i leave even a light workout. or up past midnight...... but i also rarely eat in the mornings too...... makes me nauseous but seriously, i beleive in supplementing your diet with fresh food. not crap pill junk. i also refuse to eat anything that has the terms "lite" "light" "low fat" "non fat" "dairy substitute" or anything like it on the label. *low sodium is a good thing!

new to this myself i hate the gym i hate cardio even more i really dont like weights, but they're not too bad i guess but.... its the healthy right thing to do eh? so: when i get motivated....... *cardio on treadmill or elliptical or bike or rower for about 30, i have to watch my heart rate, or i get chest pain/dizzy/nauseated.... not your normal good workout stuff. :oops: *right now i'm wanting more strength than bulk... dont like bulk on girls. so 3 sets of 10 reps each: arm curls, butterflys, over-head press, tricep whateverthehellitscalledbehindyouthingy, leg extensions, leg press, shoulder shrugs. with moderate to light weight (most big boys would laugh and call me a pansy, i dont care) *i'm learning how to do chin ups *yoga is great throughout the workout to keep limber and not get board. *found a nifty 7 minute gluteal program on the elliptical that i like *about 50 crunches, split between straight n L n R obliques (i actually love doing core strength anything) i like inclined crunches better, not available at gym i've been going to though. *starting to do lunges with weights as well, and some squats too.

this is definitely one spot where my school got things right. (not that there were many wrong, dont misunderstand me!!!) i did the zero-to-hero program in alberta, which included a psychology class. so insightful and useful. the therapeutic communications class was pretty lame, but there were a few gems for how to truly listen to people and actually hear what they have to say. i've spent many many hours with a psychiatrist and councellors, and luckily never harmed myself beyond moderate anorexia. i've been stable of mind for quite a few years now, and feel quite comfortable with myself. i also feel that maybe i can relate somewhat with these patients, that it helps me to be able to connect with them so that i can get them into the unit and to the help they need. an illness of the mind is still an ailment, which can be fatal in some cases. i've been in the back with people post attempt, and their eyes are almost lifeless when they're that depressed. but i've never had them not agree to come with me and get help. even if they wont speak to me alot, i'm glad i dont just give them the cold shoulder in the unit, its the last damned thing someone in that state needs or deserves! i do wish it were easier to get ahold of outside help, but i think i'm pretty lucky in alberta. if needed, i go to my doc, he refers me to shrink, and work doesnt even need to be involved if i so choose. and we have a lot of kick ass benefits without referals (even massage!!!) so i just cant see mental health not being included. slowly, emergency services are seeing what they're doing to themselves by not supporting the mental health of the practitioners. i really think things are a changin'.

interesting....... my new count sheets do not include my benzo's, as they're not controlled, only semi-controlled. but its been bugging me a bit. been thinking of taking the sheets (i have the master on my computer at work) and throwing them on, making it work for me. i think i would just feel better. its honestly not often i haul out the heavies (rural can be boring at times) but i need to ensure i feel comfortable with the maintainence of it since i'm also the supe.

leave it (the stings on my guitar are pretty new still!) leave: my blasted cold!

i love the idea of an alberta forum!!! especially with the changes that our province/services will be going through!! i also like the idea of a union for us.... look at the strength is has given nurses!! we could be strong as well, together. i am not normally a union supporter, simply due to the fact at times they seem to get greedy and forget the reason people are in their unionized jobs - usually for the job itself! teachers need more $$, but teachers strikes always made me angry when i was in school... but i digress... yes AB forum! yes union! and well yes, 2009 shall be a very, VERY interesting year!

me being just me, i would quietly cry/mourn/pray for the loss of their young lives, then move down the beach and see if i could continue my day (good posibility i wouldnt be able to). allow room for the family to be around the bodies of their children/friends/etc. i'm not sure if moving down the beach would be more our of respect for the dead, or those mourning the dead... prolly the latter.

well, some of us here have similar bits of lists!!! *skydive *bungee jump *ride the giant swing at the bungee zone on vancouver island *be a kick ass mom, you know, the cool one that all your kids friends want as their mom too (i dont even have kids yet) *be that grandma that fills the kids with cookies n sweets n sugar then sends them home with the toys that make the noise *visit so many places: china, UAE, australia, new zealand, emerald ilses, greenland, antartica, south america, germany, and all points in between *finish my degree *teach EMS *be a flight medic *own a goat *own a baby cow that never grows up (baby cows are so cute!!) *own bunnies *make my husband the happiest man alive i bet there's more, but thats all from the top of my head

i agree. its your job, your responsibility, your neck. be polite, thats all that should be needed.

congrats! (psst: we need medics up here, and we pay more!)

fantastic! congrats DocZ!!!!! where will you end up for your practice/attending etc?

i would have gone over the docs head, irregardless of what my protocols say. its my unit. he can have care responsibility, but by passing all those hospitals makes me question the docs judgement. call my medical director, find out what hospital he/she wants me to go to. prolly the ped hosp. that would be my first choice. but you dont want codes in the back. we are not a hospital, plain and simple.

ah damn, too tired to figure it out a second time! but i still didnt get denmark! i think it's me bedtime now folks!

adrvar(k) in Dubi(a) eating kiwi fruit. lol. i didnt even think of denmark! lol. but now i realized that i spelled dubai wrong in my head. how about, hmmm.... crap i'll be back!

we still have the 'zero-to-hero' program in alberta. i am a graduate from that myself. i liked the well-roundedness of the program, and luckily alberta's registration via ACoP allows those who cannot make it all the way through a chance to work in EMS as very valued members. i would hate to see PCP's removed. on the other hand, i would like to see all cars be ALS cars, ACP/PCP mix. however, i am a firm believer that you can only get so much from books. working as a PCP made an immense impact on my skills, techiniques, confidence and so much more. if a school is going to have a 'zero-to-hero' program, they should have siginificantly longer and more stringent practica.