TDP

Take a defensive driving course. I think you get points when you complete driver education programs. As for hiring,employers discretion. Goodluck!

Dehydration will also cause syncopal episodes. And alcohol loves sucking the water out of those kidneys

dimebag

dimebag died?

Talk about ending a working relationship with the police. I'm not sure if all of American states are like this,but here Police and EMS work side by side,mutual relationship. I found this very wierd. Thoughts?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31376393#31376393

Why?

Where do you draw the line right?

You might be asked if you have any training for assessing scene safety or if you knew the job posed any physicial risks. Your own physical shape might be called into question as to whether you were physically fit to do the job at the time of your accident. And, are you going to blame the patient for the weather? The patient may have been on the stairs attempting to clear them when he started to collapse. It is too bad the patient coded before he got the stairs cleared for your arrival.

If everyone in EMS or healthcare sued the patient for their injuries acquired on the job, the court systems would be quite busy. Patients would also be afraid to call 911 in fear of being sued by the people who are supposed to be there to help.

There was a case like this in Florida a couple of years ago that did not turn out too well for the provider. Think very carefully and also consider what consequences this might have with your present employer. If anything, I would allow your employer's insurance to battle it out with the person's homeowner's insurance if there is truly an issue of negligence on the property owner's part.

I would agree with this to a certain extent. If an injury was possibly so detrimental that the EMT,or EMT-P could not work in EMS,or had to switch careers because of the injury,or damage the injury may have caused is that really right? If an EMS crew responds to a house call,gets there and sustains an injury because there is ice on the front steps and someone wipes out who's fault is it really? Someone maybe forgot the ice melt. Sometimes shit just happens. I would think ultimately the safety of the crew,is the responsibility of the crew. But cases are taken on as individual basis.

In America,you can sue if someone spills hot coffee on you in Mcdonalds. So I would think your case would seem legitimate. Call a lawyer for advice,it's usually free. It's probably in your best interest to take pictures,and seek medical advice and get EVERYTHING documented pertaining to injury,or injuries that may occur in later years of your life. Remember whatever you tell the doctor hurts,he writes it down in turn your lawyer has this in your pursuit for personal injury/litigation.

Cheers,best of luck.

Someone photoshoppe Segals face in there.....lol

Try getting a job with a goverment agency. Generally,they don't really shaft their employees or atleast in Canada anyways.

Goodluck,its not the end of the world!

cheers

bylaw officers beat up crackheads trying to squeegy windows in calgary thats about it....

Wouldn't it be nice for Paramedics to have some sort of working knowledge of anatomy and physiology of domesticated animals such as dogs and cats to perform basic emergency treatment if need be. That would be an interesting curriculum additive. hmm

Lynyrd Skynyrd - free bird

best song in this thread! lol

Marijuana laced with cocaine and or embalming fluid is pretty common. I'm guessing is it was more than just "green" as stated previously.

http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drugs/marijuana.asp

Like theres nothing else shr could do in the army, first of all what the hell is this old chick in the military for anyway, second there are other jobs, Iam not buying it that you can get so down for a failing a test, its just a test.

That's what I was thinking. Is she really psychologically stable to be providing care to citizens in the community. But who are we to really pass on a judgement and have we really considered all the factors? Suicide is selfish,but to factor in kids to it is just perpetual. I feel bad for them,not her.

Certainly won't be the last pandemic. Atleast I don't think.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/...Name=healthNews

Obesity contributes to global warming: study

Thu May 15, 2008 7:03pm EDT

By Michael Kahn

GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.

Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.

This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday.

"We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture."

At least 400 million adults worldwide are obese. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.

In their model, the researchers pegged 40 percent of the global population as obese with a body mass index of near 30. Many nations are fast approaching or have surpassed this level, Edwards said.

BMI is a calculation of height to weight, and the normal range is usually considered to be 18 to 25, with more than 25 considered overweight and above 30 obese.

The researchers found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 calories to maintain daily activities, 18 percent more than someone with a stable BMI.

Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than rely on cars, a slimmer population would lower demand for fuel for transportation and for agriculture, Edwards said.

This is also important because 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, he added.

The next step is quantifying how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change, higher fuel prices and food shortages, he added.

"Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," Edwards and Roberts wrote.

(Editing by Stephen Weeks)

and stupid people are breeding on a consistent basis,but what can you do right?

So, I was cruising along home earlier, not paying attention to my speed when I saw a cop sitting on the side of the road. I immediately got "that feeling" when you do something like that. That all over the body feeling, like a warm fuzzy feeling... a warm fuzzy feeling of doom.

What is that called exactly, why does it happen? Is is some sort of vagal response?

Maybe a license suspension will slow you down.

I don't know for sure but I would imagine the feeling is mediated more by sympathetic tone than parasympathetic tone. ...More "fight or flight" than "feed and breed."

for sure lol

I already donate to local hospitals and hospital research teams but I hope they can reach 1.4 million.

This is, without a doubt, the most retarded thread I've seen on this board.

'zilla

That's not a nice thing to say..........LOL

EMT city isn't the be all of EVERYTHING you must know or questions you have. Try seasoned Paramedics and EMTs whom you work with,check out other EMS forums,journals,your medical control etc etc etc etc. and last but not least google,the ultimate search power. I have met some awesome people from this site,but there's much out there. happy hunting

cheers rat

Based on what Lone Star posted, I don't completely disagree with the company's position that this medic should have been able to work within that 60 day grace period. The license doesn't "lapse" until after the grace period.

My personal opinion here is that you kinda jumped the gun a little bit on this one. It wasn't really your concern, and there is a chance you were wrong anyways. It isn't your responsibility to police the certifications and licenses of everyone you work with, and without knowing all of the details it seems a bit over the top that you would go as far as to resign to make your point about it. Turning in an official complaint to the state at this point seems to me like sour grapes.

I think you hit the nail on this one. I agree.

Screw em, report it.

This isn't really a senario, just throwing the topic out for debate. This was relayed to me by a friend of mine who works in a large ER.

A 911 ambulance is called to a nursing home, at 3am for a transport. On arrival they are presented with a paitent who was just woken up for an ambulance ride, because day shift forgot to get his labs, and the doc is making rounds in the morning. The RN in charge made the decision to send him to the ER for lab work. No other complaints. Nothing else wrong. Routine old person labs.

How would you handle that call when you arrived on scene?

The bread and butter of emergency medicine,as once stated is geriatric patients........so get use to it bub.