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Here's the fixed link. http://media.americancomedynetwork.com/FILES/MexTourism.swf

That makes it a little more understandable; however, I would still want a live course.

Uh, yeah, what he said. I'm all for online CE classes that build on already obtained schooling, but learning something new by sitting in front of the computer and hitting a few keys is wrong.

I second that.

I work with that unit at EMT, Inc. There have been some issues with the electronic lift gate, but they are infrequent. There is a manual system as well that always works. I will try to get some pics and video of the lift in action for you. My next unit day is Sat.

Eclampsia is most definitely an emergency. My biggest question would be, why didn't they fly her out if the hospital was 100 miles away. My ex-wife nearly died of eclampsia. She seized one time and her HR and the baby's HR dropped so drastically that she was in the OR in a matter of seconds and was having a c-section. Is it just me or is this systemlord a wanker?

I would have to agree. I would research information for public grants for schools, malls or any other public gathering place to receive free AED's. Now that's customer service. We did the same thing for strip malls (not the adult ones) and were able to help them get free AED's. We haven't had a need for them yet, but they're there if we ever do.

I love you sig. You don't mind if I snag that do you? Doc

1. I despise cats. I hate them. I loathe them. What you can't see is the big, bad dog with a BIGGER gun just off the screen waiting to blow away all 9 lives of that cat. 2. Yes, I help people. I know it's hard to believe and they actually pay me to. WOW!

It was in the FAQ's. This is a good place to check BEFORE asking questions. Canada to US Employment FAQ

That one is easy (the kids watched this today)...it's from Jurassic Park

That would be Tombstone. He also said, "I'm your Huckleberry." My favorite part of that movie is when Val Kilmer and "Ringo" banter back and forth in Latin. Ok, here's my submission to the game, Actor 1: What's your contingency plan? Actor 2: Contingency plan? Actor 1: Your backup plan. You gotta have some kind of backup plan, right? Actor 2: No, we don't have a back up plan, this is, uh... Actor 1: And this is the best that you c - that the government, the *U.S. government* could come up with? I mean, you're NASA for crying out loud, you put a man on the moon, you're geniuses! You're the guys that're thinking s**t up! I'm sure you got a team of men sitting around somewhere right now just thinking s**t up and somebody backing them up! You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here, that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me? Actor 2: Yeah.

I'm usually not hard on new nurses. I understand that you have to start somewhere and beginning your clinical career is a hard thing. However, I expect a nurse, new or otherwise, to treat me and my partner with respect. Doc

We had a run the other night for a CHF pt. If I were a "by the book" man, I would have given NTG before I gave Lasix. Our protocol specifically states that NTG is the 1st round med for CHF. Well, I bypassed NTG and went straight to Lasix. Why, her b/p was 102/something. I gave report to the nurse as to why I didn't give NTG and she gave me the nastiest look. I am fortunate that I run with a good Basic. I trust him and he trusts me. Before I could open my mouth, he "informed" (in a not so loving way) about the pt.'s b/p being close to being under our protocol limits. She proceeded to instruct me that she knew my protocol better than I did and that I should've given NTG anyway. It was at that point that she said that I should have tried a 500cc bolus to increase her b/p. The doc had made it in before I got out of the room (which is unusual at this hosp). I gave him a brief rundown of what happened and that I withheld NTG. Moral of the story....protocols are guidelines. EMS is not a by-the-book field. Oh, the nurse was a new grad. She came up to me and apologized for her mistake. She said that she was nervous because this was her first "critical" pt., although it is the norm for us anymore. In regards to her knowing my protocols better than me, she has never seen my protocols.

Are you permitted to carry O2 in MS without a valid prescription by a physician? If not, I wouldn't even think about putting it in a jump kit. I'm not familiar with MS law, but I don't think O2 can be carried by an individual outside a medical directors approval. That being said, here's some information for you. Statpacks I own 2 Statpacks myself and love them. I also bought 8 of them and equipped them with gear for all of the security/first responders for the retirement community I teach at. I've had good luck with them. They are a little higher priced than a cheap bag from Galls, but you get what you pay for.

I do it all the time. In fact, I picked up Subway for the wife and me about 17:15 tonight. On my way home, there was a Ford Tempo that had 3 kids, the oldest about 10, in the front seat. You may or may not know, the Tempos had the automatic shoulder belts, but you had to buckle the lap belt manually. I dialed the direct dispatch line and told the cops where they were. We live in a smaller town, so the cops didn't take too long to get there. Lo and behold, there were 5 other kids in the back seat and the oldest was about 8. I didn't stick around to see what citations were issued. I'll give them a call later and find out.

Here's mine, 1. Have all the answers 2. Treat/heal any problem 3. Alyssa Milano in an EMS uniform :twisted:

That was by no means a silly question. At least you were mature enough to admit there was something you didn't know and wanted to learn about it.

Ironic that you brought this up. We were dispatched for resp. distress. We get there and the pt.'s O2 sat was 80% on 15L. You can tell he's having serious difficulty breathing, +3 pitting edema, lungs were wet and had crappy central skin turgor. I gave him an Albuterol/Atrovent breathing tx. and his sat came up to 86-88%. He said that that really helped him. His highest B/P was 102, so I didn't really want to give any NTG. The only access he had was a PICC line and we can't access them except in a code. When we got to the hospital, the nurse was upset that I didn't give him Lasix. I explained to her why I didn't....the possibility for hypovlemic shock. She was torqued that I didn't give any. I explained to the doctor why I didn't give NTG or Lasix and he was fine with it. I don't know whether the nurse was pissed because of the pt. not getting NTG/Lasix or the fact that a medic showed her up. Normally, the nurses there at that ER is wonderful, but that nurse was an agency nurse.

Right before the stand-still, she would say, "Uh, oh." She would get quiet and would nod her head when I asked her questions, but she wouldn't talk. As we were pulling into the ER, she said, "I wish they would just fix this." Sweet little old lady.

We get called to transport this lady to a heart center because she wasn't doing all that well. It was the coolest thing. She could feel the ventricular stand still coming on. The trip took us 40 minutes and this is what we saw the entire trip. [web:e921a61d98]http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=6/16722323584.gif&s=f5[/web:e921a61d98]

Here ya go. Daffy Duck Parachuting

Why is it that people who code have just eaten some sort of pasta dinner? Why is it that most of the S.O.B. calls we make are to homes of people who are on O2 @ 1 l/min with 100' of tubing and continue to smoke like a freight train? Why is it that frequent flyers know more about the pain medications than ANY doctor alive and are allergic to all of the non-addicting ones? Why is it that the 30 year old with a hang nail thinks comes in to the ER crying like a little bit*h and the little old lady comes in apologizing to you for "bothering you" and she is 1/2 a heartbeat away from coding? Why is it that when parents bring in their kids with a 112 degree fever, they fail to have given then Tylenol and bit*h and moan when that's all we do and it works? Or they thermometer they used at home reads 110 degrees and when we take their kid's temp. it's 98.6? ------on a side note to this one, why is it so dang hard for people to read the old fashioned mercury thermometers? People are too dependent on technology.