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CBS Evening News did a story on Friday about a still ever growing trend of DXM abuse among teenagers and posting their 'trips' on youtube and myspace to brag about them. When I was still in high school, it seemed to be a pretty mild problem, and I rarely heard about it. How often are you guys seeing this in your service, or have you ever? Are there any protocols established for a treatment of this particular overdose, or is it a standard OD protocol? Here's the story: Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/ma...tml?id=3959430n Article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/21/...in3959347.shtml

I just applied at Louisville Metro EMS 8)

Interesting topic, can anyone expand on this?

..The pitfalls of working for a private service :oops:

You don't happen to work for LMEMS, do you Eric?

:shock: ...wtf

no, knock on wood.

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I have a sticker from our campus EMS service, but that's to support our organization - not to flaunt EMS.

"Basic" First aid is a pretty broad way of describing what you're teaching. How in depth and how long is the class planned to be?

I think it can go either way. People are alleviated when the help they have called upon has arrived. Anxiety and tension may be relieved, even subtly, by our arrival. Afterall, I think all of us get those calls from people who just 'want to talk' when nothing is actually wrong.