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I thought it was suppose to be a dark black or blue tshirt for CAP. I once was in trouble for wearing an EMT shirt underneath by BDUs. I know I seen quite a few changes to 39-1 between my time in CAP between 1994-2004.

Table tops are excellent resources when conducted correctly. One of the downsides is that people do not understand developing exercises, and usually confuse what type of exercise to run and when to do it. We use them frequently in emergency management and they are a great tool. There are also a few computer simulations and there is a program called Code3D where you can create a scenario, timeline, the whole works. I learned a phrase a long time ago that is absolutely true "Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance".

We had and used aloe vera plants too but I had never seen anyone drink aloe vera juice until last year.

We have a considerable Hispanic population here and a trend I have noticed is the use of aloe vera juice. I know aloe vera plants have a lot of healing power, but what I have seen is when a serious or life threatening injury/illness occurs, they drink gallons of aloe vera juice instead of calling us or going to the ER.

That is what super glue was originally made for. Many mechanics or technical type people will put electrical tape over them after using super glue.

The book Incident Management For the Street Smart Fire Officer by John "Skip" Coleman is outstanding as well. It is mostly geared towards FD BUT, there are strong ICS lessons for everyone. We used this book for a few different courses in my EAM bachelors program and I highly recommend it.

Doc, Thank you for reminding us that sometimes there really is something going on, and that we should not forget to treat the pt. Merry Christmas.

I know but we talk about how "dumbed" down the program has become, and how we would like to see it be a year long or so, and here is someone making it 14 days now...

Thanks Dust I appreciate you fixing it for me. I hit ctrl and v to paste at the time I was typing the period after chance and it went to the end of the link. FAIL! Never put a period on the end of a web link. :wink:

I'm with the family today getting ready to have Christmas and while trying to get on the city, I was redirected to this: http://www.unitekeducation.com/index.php option=com_content&task=view&id=127&Itemid=131 Now, I do not know about ya'll but a 14 day basic class scares the shit out of me. This is almost as scary as 3-6 mo paramedic courses...

Richard, most often when one says pedi-mate it is usually one of these http://www.quadmed.com/product.php?productid=611. You guys might call it something different though. This is a good example of how to use one if you never have had the chance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUI2vxORaT8.

I cannot believe that we have allowed him to lead us down 6 pgs worth of posts over his stupidity and arrogance...

Some departments are "volunteer" paid on call and receive anywhere from $5-40/ per call they respond on

there too?? lmao

absolutely priceless!!

lol. Look at the next one there on elightbar that reasons he can break the law in PA due to his dad being a police officer and helping them.

http://www.elightbars.org/bb/post57739.html

http://www.projectresponder.com/

In the story I mentioned in this thread earlier, we did not have a magnet initially, but the guy had a junkyard for a yard so we went and found a five pound speaker and used that. It was the best I could think of never dealing with one before and not having a magnet on hand.

I wonder how many pics of POVs belonging to site members you are about to get...

LMFAO. Thank you Dust I needed that.

Hey guys, I'm trying to find somewhere or someone that has a downloadable mp3 version of O Come O Come Emmanuel in Gregorian chant style. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Veni, veni Emmanuel; Captivum solve Israel, Qui gemit in exilio, Privatus Dei Filio. Refrain Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel, Nascetur pro te, Israel! Veni, veni, O Oriens; Solare nos adveniens, Noctis depelle nebulas, Dirasque noctis tenebras. Refrain Veni, Clavis Davidica! Regna reclude caelica; Fac iter tutum superum, Et claude vias inferum. Refrain Veni, veni Adonai! Qui populo in Sinai, Legem dedisti vertice, In maiestate gloriae. Refrain

Wow, that is a serious amount of resources and manpower. This will be a fantastic test and use of the Incident Command System.

Crotchity, I cannot get a really good answer and since I do not have a Medical Director to discuss this issue with further, I will just digress on this one.

I had my first experience with one last year. We were dispatched to a pt that was continuously being shocked. I had never dealt with one and was not taught anything about them in paramedic school. The guy told me what needed to be done and every time he moved his arm, he was shocked by his implant. When I called MedCtrl and the emergency # listed on the card, all they told me was to hurry up and get to the hospital. When I arrived, MedTronic had a guy there in the ER with his machine ready to adjust it. He gave me some basic info, taught me what to do, showed me why it was going off, and gave us a magnet for future use. After that I had three more in one month. Long story short, there is one on my old truck at the service I use to work for but no protocol.