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mklandrew

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  • Birthday 10/18/1973

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  1. mklandrew

    Fun...

    Very regular, slightly tachy, is that a P-wave or a T-wave? The B/P looks good as well. Ugly Sinus Tach?
  2. Semi driver was doing 72 mph. Both the driver and passenger were fine, walked away. Local protocol had driver airlifted to a trauma center, the passenger, his girlfriend, left AMA from ER after xray and CT showed nothing because she was upset she and her boyfriend were transported to different location. Lotta thanks!!!
  3. I'm a NREMT-B from FL. I can get our FL EMT patch, as well as our medic patch (2months away YIPEE), plus I think one of each title for our Tactical Medic Program here as well. Do you need any of these?
  4. Not an only acronym, but a medical condition; HLS HyperLordie Syndrome Help my son, Lordie, Lordie, Lordie!
  5. Chris, are you telling me you got bad info from dispatch? Unheard of. lol It was true though, he could not walk and maybe he was having phantom weakness and tingling. I have my trophy, my new nickname, Woody.
  6. Thanks. After I got over the humor of being teased, I realized I had made what could have amounted to a huge mistake. Have come to the realization that to impress someone I need to worry about my pt and not showing off. Glad my lesson wasn't life threatening. 8)
  7. I am a volunteer EMT-B with an ALS Fire Rescue Department. I am normally pretty good at what I do. My last shift was with an EMS Instructor who I was determined to impress. We get to a call around dinner time. an 85 y/o unresponsive, but breathing male. We go in and he has 3 family members there. He is a solid V on the AVPU scale, but not very cooperative. I decide immediately to get a 4 lead before doing vitals. I had surveyed everything, just like I was taught, and even noticed what I will reveal in the end, and applied the electrodes. Turn on the Lifepak, and nothing. I adjust the upper leads that my medic said was loose. I simply cannot figure this out. I finally ask the senior medic (the EMS Instructor) for help. He walks up, and says nonchalantly, "You will have a hard time getting a reading from a prosthetic leg." OMG, it wasn't bad enough that I had looked like an ass to him, but the grandson pipes in with "I saw that, but I thought he was checking for termites." Well, I was the laughing stock of the receiving ED staff, then the station guys, finally the volunteer dept training group who was at the station waiting. To make matters worse, I am the training coordinator and a First Responder Instructor. I will be adding my new nickname to my helmet soon, Woody. :? :oops:
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