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Are you sure that tick wasn't a burr and it has been there ever since? :roll: [/font:9004c1628b]

Being fairly new to my community (out in the boonies) when I have to ask dispatch for a cross road/lane/trail etc...(when I'm "driver/ALS only") and they refer to a map page! Can't they just give the flippin info out, kinda hard to drive and look at a map book especailly when there's a person down! GRRRRRRRRRRRR :roll: [/font:6c25aecc78]

Down here in the South, I have never been in a home that doesn't have peanut butter and jam (perserves, whatever) make a samich and have a small glass of milk-it works wonders-K.I.S.S.[/font:e32c1e6784] :roll:

No harm intended but, maybe you should drop the "Timmy" and go w/Tim! Good luck![/font:54440e0231]

Passing this information on: EMS and Rescue Technicians (especially, but not limited to, the field of vehicle access) around the globe are safer because of the contributions of this man. Suzanne Prentiss, Chief, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Division of Fire Standards and Training & Emergency Medical Services, NH Department of Safety regrets to announce the passing of Peter D. Hayes of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Tuesday evening, September 5, 2006 at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro. Peter, a longtime history teacher at Kingwood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, was a charter member of the faculty when the school opened in 1964 and teaching there for over 25 years. Actively involved in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Peter was a founding member of the Wolfeboro Police Rescue Squad in the mid-1960's and held the positions of Lieutenant-Executive Officer and Captain for many years. He obtained National Registry of EMT certification in the first EMT class held in Carroll County during the mid-1970's and actively promoted EMT level training for emergency medical personnel. A longtime instructor in vehicle extrication techniques and emergency scene safety efforts, his association with Harvey Grant and Bob Murray provided a variety of training programs to local, regional and national emergency services audiences. He also was a contributor in numerous EMS and rescue journals and textbooks. Most recently in New Hampshire, Peter teamed with Frank Hubbell, EMS Medical Director for NH EMS Region V, and Dr. Murray Hamlet, noted hypothermia expert, in delivering a series of emergency scene safety management seminars throughout the state. He helped found the North American Rescue Institute. Peter's dedication, enthusiasm and commitment in promoting quality EMS care and emphasizing provider safety during any rescue operations has spanned over 30 years of EMS education. His expertise will be sorely missed. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time."[/font:768bf38452]

Make sure YOU check your truck out, do not depend on anyone else to do that for you.[/font:503b283590] First day-ETOH PT, PEDS call and MVA. I lived to tell and went back for more the next day.[/font:503b283590] :thumbleft: Good luck.[/font:503b283590]

It is my understanding there are new protocols for performing the Heimlich maneuver, have any of you had the training?[/font:5cb9c87899]

District of Columbia $18.39...$13.17...$24.73 ??? :shock: DC is a total mess-LEO's, fire and rescue! I think I'd rather go to Iraq![/font:c1d2b09015]

Interesting article- Pain is a mysterious beast; it can feel very real even when there's no physical reason for it. Recently, scientists in Finland looked at how your brain handles psychologically induced pain. What the researchers wanted to know: How does the brain light up in response to physical and psychological pain to the left hand? What they did: The researchers used 14 young adults who scored high on a test that measures how susceptible people are to hypnosis; they also responded to pain suggestion. Before the imaging session, each person was hypnotized. Then they were positioned inside an MRI machine for functional MRI imaging, in which the machine "watches" your brain work. (It detects increased blood flow, which shows what parts of the brain are active.) Then they were subjected to psychological pain, which was induced by telling them the back of their left hand hurt, followed by physical pain, in which the researchers used a laser on the back of the left hand. The subjects had given permission for this before the experiment. What they found: Both laser-induced pain and suggestion-induced pain lit up circuitry in the cerebrum that react to pain. But during the pain induced by lasers, the parts of those pain circuits that connect to the senses were more active. During the pain induced by suggestion, a part of the brain involved in the emotional aspects of pain was more active. What the study means to you: Research like this could help explain the mysteries of pain, which can feel real even if there is not a physical stimulus. If these results hold up, this could even suggest a way to distinguish psychological pain from physical pain.

Thanks Dust! :salute: We'll keep the light on :headbang: [/font:ae55610607]

Hey vs-eh, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger! [-X The J in EMT-J does stand for Johnson-Linda G. Johnson-NREMT-P Ms. Johnson's bio: Has been serving with the TJEMS Council since 1989, Ms. Johnson has been a very active member of the TJEMS regional system. A Life Member of the Charlottesville Albemerle Rescue Squad, Linda also serves with the Scottsville Rescue Squad and has served with the Western Albemerle Rescue Squad. Awarded the Governor's Award as Outstanding Pre-Hospital Instructor in 1999, Linda works to provide continuing education and advanced skills training to all BLS providers in the region on a monthly basis. IMHO-I agree-way too much responcibility for a basic+! [/font:d34bc5221d]

EMT-J's are EMT-B's with capabilities of giving certain medications without medical command. Albuterol Diphenhydramine Epinephrine Glucagon Ipratropium Naxolone HCL Nitroglycerin Nitropaste[/font:35a688b706]

Our county has paid EMS services 0600-1800 and again 2300-0600. The paid folks cover Monday-Friday, with the night medic covering Sunday-Thursday. I should also add, just recently an EMT-B was added to the daytime paid crew, normally they run 2 medics to a truck, with 2 crews during the day and 1 medic w/a volunteer driver at night. Paid medics are not allowed to respond to “off hours” calls, yet volunteers assist paid medics 24/7! My particular squad members cover Sunday 0600-1800 ALS & 1800-2400 BLS (EMT-J), Monday 1800-2400-ALS, Tuesday 0600-1800 BLS to assist paid EMS & 1800-2400 ALS, Wednesday 1800-2400 BLS (EMT-J), Thursday 1800-0600 ALS, Friday 1900-0300 ALS, and Saturday 0600-0600 BLS. Our squad expects folks to run 24 hrs a month, most do. I should note there are 5 other rescue squads as well as numerous first responders in our county. We have a population of less than 30,000, in a rural location with the closest hospital 35+ miles away. We also have mutual aid from surrounding counties and "birds" available for rapid transport. There has been a push to go to full time paid EMS, a vote more than likely will be cast next month to move in that direction, without much say from the volunteers. Our county has been going through the biggest growth spurt in 30 years-the board of supervisors are saying-"People moving here expect the same amenities they had where they lived, we have to go paid". [/font:2d0ed8f131]

To those that ordered EMS Week kits...did you receive them? Mine never showed![/font:f1337fb28e] :roll:

Sorry AZCEP but I take exception to this: Best thing about a cardiac arrest is the opportunity to practice things you don't get to do every day. I see that a lot in the field-practicing on patients. I don't get it![/font:8fb9bfd854]

Maybe some of you received this: A Message from the President of NAEMT As the President of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians I want you to know that I am as upset and furious as you are about the Olympus Stylus 710 camera advertisement campaign that portrays two paramedics stealing a camera belonging to an accident victim. NAEMT was made aware of this advertisement early yesterday morning and immediately contacted The Martin Agency who put together the advertisement for Olympus. We spoke to a representative, sent the email below and wrote a letter. We are awaiting their corporate response to our request that they terminate this advertisement immediately. I was in meetings all day yesterday so I asked Lauren Ostrow one of our NAEMT Communications Consultants to send the letter below on my behalf. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all what you do for EMS and to remind you to stay focused on providing quality patient care. Don't let advertisement like this discourage you from being the best you can be. Remember NAEMT is here for you. NAEMT represents Emergency Medical Service Personnel through advocacy, educational programs and research. NAEMT will keep you informed, stay safe! Respectfully, Ken Bouvier, President NAEMT The following email message below was sent 04/26/06 to The Martin Agency: I am writing in reference to an advertising campaign that The Martin Agency has put together to launch the Olympus Stylus 710 camera. The ad portrays two paramedics stealing a camera belonging to an accident victim. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), which represents more than 20,000 paramedics and EMTs, find this advertisement offensive and urges you to pull it from circulation immediately. NAEMT has worked very hard to elevate the profession of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from its origins in the funeral industry more than 30 years ago. Today, the dedicated men and women in EMS are trained professionals. We are proud of the services we provide, and we do whatever we can to put our best foot forward to the American public. While I recognize that your ad campaign intends to show that even the most ethical people (paramedics, Girl Scouts etc.) are pushed to do unethical things by the great value of the Olympus camera, we nonetheless feel that this advertisement undermines the efforts that we have made to teach the public that paramedics and EMTs are trusted, valued and important members of the health care system. Your advertisement, although intended to be tongue-in-cheek, has the potential to dissuade people from calling 911 in an emergency for fear that the paramedics who respond to their side might be incompetent or untrustworthy. Please consider that your underlying message may be harmful to the very citizens that you are hoping to attract and that we have already heard from some viewers of your advertisement who find it not only misleading, but also offensive. We think the best course of action would be to terminate this series of advertisements immediately, rather than risk alienating potential customers who find your humor untenable. Thank you in advance for considering this request and for replying to this email as soon as possible. Sincerely, Lauren Simon Ostrow NAEMT Communications Consultant For NAEMT President Ken Bouvier[/font:03cff897f2]

According to *Divers Alert Network's Medical Director, Dr. Richard Moon, there may be benefit in a transient head-down posture for divers with arterial bubbles, but the balance of opinion and data favors a horizontal position. If the diver is unconscious or vomiting, or if the diver's upper airway is compromised, place them laterally recumbent, either left or right, so that the airway can be effectively managed. Divers who are experiencing neurological symptoms of decompression illness must not be allowed to sit up until inside a recompression chamber. *Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a 501©(3) non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world. Founded in 1980, DAN has served as a lifeline for the scuba industry by operating diving's only 24-hour emergency hotline, a lifesaving service for injured divers. Additionally, DAN operates a diving medical information line, conducts vital diving medical research, and develops and provides a number of educational programs for everyone from beginning divers to medical professionals. [/font:4dee08021d]

Thank you VS![/font:f7d75729fc]

Quote: "Preferably, as bad as it sounds, fatals or debilitating injuries. It's also good to have a little blood and gore for the shock factor"! Can hardly have 1 w/out the other! Shozzy, check out www.ogrish.com BUT PLEASE BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/font:819277ce97]

I'D RATHER GO HUNTING WITH DICK CHANEY THAN RIDING WITH TEDDY KENNEDY[/font:d64a1325a2]

yeah and I gave that piece of crap gift back to my partner! The person below me put powder on it and it went away!

Our county is approx. 550 square miles. We have paid medics 0600-1800 Mon.-Fri., volunteers after wards. Some volunteer crews from other squads run till 1200, some till 0600, and many respond from their residence. On any given night there is at least 1 duty crew-ALS or a BLS crew usually w/a tech, plus we have mutual aid w/the surrounding counties and air support. Our closest hospital a Level 1 trauma center w/over 500 beds is approx. 35 miles away. Our county has just implemented a paid night medic who stands by at a centrally located FD. FD's handle all extrication. My particular squad has 4 I's, 1 CT, 1 ST, and 2 J's and 18 EMT-B's, we cover the county 7 nights a week and during the day on weekends.

Quote:"I gave her 7.5mg IM-protocol is 5-15mg (could not get a line) I did not want to totally snow her." And for that you were questioned :?:

For a clinical trial, paramedics in St. Paul and Minneapolis will be testing experimental suction devices on heart attack patients without their prior consent. While informed consent is a staple of most medical research, exceptions are allowed when the consent impedes potentially lifesaving research that can't be completed any other way. Hospital and emergency medicine leaders believe the devices will increase the number of survivors of heart attacks. The tests will begin in September in St. Paul, Minneapolis and three other cities across the country. "The survival rate from cardiac arrest has remained stagnant for the last 40 years," said Dr. Keith Lurie, a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota who co-invented the device. Lurie formed Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc., an Eden Prairie company that now makes the two devices that will be tested in the study. One is the ResQPump, which works somewhat like a household plunger and increases blood flow by manipulating the chest cavity. The other is the ResQPod, which fits atop the device that paramedics place over a patients mouth during CPR. The pod expedites the flow of blood into the lungs by regulating how oxygen is exhaled and inhaled during resuscitation. St. Paul paramedics were testing an early version of the ResQPump in 1992. But the trial was stopped when federal officials discovered that paramedics were testing the devices without gaining informed consent. The St. Paul case inspired new regulations in 1996 that allowed waivers of consent in crisis scenarios. The FDA only allows waivers when the research involves life-threatening health problems that lack satisfactory treatment options. The risks of the experimental device or procedure also must be comparable to the risks of existing therapies. And researchers who choose this method must notify the public before the study begins. The premature halt to the older study in St. Paul was frustrating because paramedics and emergency room doctors believed the device was keeping patients alive, said Dr. R.J. Franscone, medical director of emergency medical services at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The pumping device since has been used in Europe, and research has shown that it doubles the blood flow in patients. When used in combination with the pod, the devices have quadrupled blood flow, Lurie said. That is critical, he explained, because traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, only generates 10 percent to 20 percent of the normal blood flow, and severe brain damage may result. However, a California study published in 1995 found no difference between the use of the pump device and standard CPR, but that study didn't look at the additional use of the pod device. Lurie questioned the training provided to medics in that study. The study will start in September and involve heart attack victims in St. Paul, Minneapolis and three other cities across the country.