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I have all the incentive I need. My scuba gear is starting to shrink around my midsection for some reason. I'd hate to have to go out and blow another $2000.00 for some new gear that fits.

[web:55ad13e627]http://www.thestar.com/living/article/554219[/web:55ad13e627]

London–In some cities, the sure sign that the Christmas season is in full swing comes when decorative lights are switched on.

In others, it's the echo of familiar, festive tunes or the Santa-themed displays in department store windows.

In London, we know it's really Christmas when the ambulance service erects the drunk tent at the rear of a platform in one of the British capital's busiest commuter train stations.

Hmm, Heliox huh? One more excuse to carry my scuba gear on calls Wonder if I can get orders for that. lol

I am entertaining, but then again so is wrestlin on TV. .

I'd have to argue both of those points.

Sorry, that`s information I can not provide.

There is some research ongoing for manually (or machanically) decompressing the chest externally but nothing conclusive at this time.

I've heard of this for COPD patients, does it work on asthma as well? I didn't think it would because of the different mechanism involved.

Let me see, I've dedicated my entire adult life and even some of my childhood to becoming a more proficient EMS provider. What does a volunteer do when he's not responding to a call? Do you spend your spare time attempting to research new treatments and innovations so you can better treat your patients, or do you go to work at the job you actually get paid to do? Maybe you're in school, I wouldn't know, you haven't shared that information. Regardless, the real issue is that volunteer EMS may be able to claim they are dedicated to their profession because they go to "meetings" once a month and do their 3 or 4 calls a week for free, but they have other priorities in the real world. How often have the volunteers in your organisation been unavailable to respond because they were too busy? I know of many that have had that problem.

I do get paid well for my job, because that is my career, just like any other, one has to make a living. If one excels at his chosen career, one will be rewarded for his efforts. If one moans and complains about his workplace, he is unlikely to excel. A wise man once told me, "If you find a career you enjoy, you never have to work a day in your life." I haven't had to work for decades. Your patients may like you better than those rude fulltime EMTs, possibly it's because of the bill they get in the mail next week, possibly it's because those EMTs are 19 hours into a 24 hour shift and are dead tired but are so dedicated to their patients they don't want to hand them off to a volunteer who is more worried about getting his paycheck from his real employer rather than going to save a life. Perhaps they are ensuring these people are getting a well regulated standard of care than the hit or miss that occurs with a volunteer.

The more I read these posts from Garfield Volunteers, the more I am reminded of a medic I fired a couple of months ago. His ego was far too arrogant and no one he worked with or for was good enough by comparison. He too made sure that others were aware of his dissatisfaction. Interestingly, this individual was fired from his job prior to working for me and fired from his subsequent job, for the same reasons. He has been placed on a black list and will never work in this province again. In his mind he was all about superior patient care and being the perfect medic, but his lack of professionalism undermined all of that and resulted in a level of incompetence in his treatments that he would not admit.

Now he is a volunteer.

CBEMT warned you what was going to happen here in the very first response to Paul's post and now you're mad at everyone for sharing their opinions. It's kinda like the 4 year old who's mommy warns him that the stove is hot, but he puts his hand on it anyways and gets burned. Then gets mad at his mom for not stopping him.

Didn't check the FAQ huh?

I live in another country. Can I apply to volunteer for the 2010 Winter Games?

Absolutely - however, applicants from outside of Vancouver and Whistler must secure their own accommodation during the Games. Volunteers will also be required to arrange and pay for transportation to and from Vancouver.

I believe they are still taking applications. Go here...

http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/work-and-v...0lvx/index.html

It would depend if the laceration is actually located in the temporal region of the head I suppose. The BP could be anything with a head injury. You may want to research Cushing's Triad.

So, I got an e-mail today that I have been placed on the short list as a medical volunteer at the 2010 Winter Olympics and that I will be functioning under the title of a First Aid Provider, Athlete Care. Part of the experience offers an opportunity for training days at the Bobsleigh/Skeleton FIBT World Cup – Feb 1-7.

I'm pretty excited to be involved since this is likely the only opportunity I will have to be a volunteer at the Olympics in my lifetime.

Laerdal has a patient simulator software program that looks kinda neat.

http://www.laerdal.com/Navigation.asp?nodeid=21475622

3 versions include inhospital, prehospital, and military.

MO might play a factor in my decision. oops, cookies are done baking, more later.

Chuckle, yeah, it's kinda easy huh?

$220.00

$2.20/km

$40.00 / half hour waitng time.

Wow, $750 bucks for a transport in the county? We're less than 1/3 that...in fact, I think I'll go start a new thread on this.

I couldn't decide if I should put this in Funny Stuff or here.

http://www.c3softworks.com/JOHN/Santa_EMS_...008/default.htm

lets play a word game what cames to youer mind when i say "yellow"

Ummm, compliance with ANSI Level III visibility regulations?

I'm not sure what it's like now, but 15 years ago I did a ride-a-long with the EMS Service in Auckland, New Zealand. The city population was just under one million and they had 65 ambulances. Nine of these ambulances were two person ALS crews, the remainder were single person BLS units. They would go around picking up clients and transport them to the hospital by themselves. If they needed ALS intervention, the BLS driver would call for backup from the ALS crew.

Oh yes, I get those all the time, then we have the prairie dog. It peeks out then pops back in repeatedly until you can find a restroom.

Just google the words "Bougie" and "intubate", you'll get dozens of sites, many with good research to back you. Take it from me..it took 2 years and submission of over 30 studies and 500 pages of documents all summarised to finally be allowed to use a transport ventilator. Even then, they wouldn't allow it for BLS use, even though studies confirmed BLS providers could oxygenate better when able to hold a vent mask with 2 hands vs. BVM with one during respiratory arrest.

As long as you know your shit, age shouldn't matter.

Well now, let's see. There's:

• •Runny stuff that squirts out when you think you only have to fart and you can't change underwear so you have to go commando.

•The horrible runny stuff that cramps you up so bad and comes on so suddenly that you have to crawl to the bathroom and have it explode out of you, then you're there for 15 minutes wiping the splashback off your entire butt.

•The stuff that hasn't really made up it's mind..comes out runny with a few hard chunks in it.

•The good one where it comes out in one big lump and slides so smooth that there isn't even a residue when you wipe.

•The day after the 5 alarm chili, where it burns once again and nothing short of a maalox enema will ease the pain.

•The ones where they come out and stick to everything so that wiping uses half the roll and is like trying to get playdoh out of the carpet.

•Then those hard little balls that all clump together like gravity pulled them together like a tiny asteroid. Sometimes you're lucky and they are dry, so they just plop out one by one...but...

•There are those that clump together, and you know it has to come out, but you're afraid to push because it feels like a freaking cactus the size of a watermelon and it's so big it won't come out without persuasion. The ones where you'd rather stick a finger up and digitally remove it piece by piece because you know, in the end, if you leave it to go on its own, you'll be wiping up blood from your traumatized anus and dealing with roids for a month.

Yup...I think I know my stuff. Anyone else got more?

One thing to add to Richard's comment. Regardless of who intercepts and posts a wireless signal over the internet...the feed is going to be traced to one source alone. The emergency vehicle that was on scene.

My patient compartment cameras are hard wired and do not transmit, the recorded content is considered a part of the patient's confidential record. The videos in them do not see the light of day or even get reviewed unless the patient or surviving family raise a legal issue. At that point the video is given over along with all the other documents listed in the subpoena. Although it hasn't ever gone that far...it is our policy. As I mentioned before, we've had two accusations which were quickly recinded when the complainant found out they had been taped.

Perhaps they are reticent to permit you to use a piece of equipment when you are unable to spell its name properly, even after several subtle attempts to correct you? Here are some meanings for boujie,

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boujie

Here are some examples of endotracheal bougies.

http://www.metrohealthanesthesia.com/edu/a...asticBougie.htm

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Anesthesiology-...-Intubation.htm

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/inter.../intubation.cfm

Please don't interpret this as a facetious remark, it is not meant to be. I simply want you to succeed in your attempt to obtain approval for such a device and presentation accounts for a significant portion. Consistently spelling the name of the device incorrectly indicates to those evaluating your research that you did none at all, otherwise it would be spelled correctly. Their next logical step would be to prohibit the device being used if even the medic who applied for it to be added could not be bothered to research it first.

Edit to correct multiple spelling and grammatical errors.

Just for the sake of eliminating confusion and because sarcasm does not translate well to the written word, I would like to make it clear that my previous comment was sarcasm and that I am not a proponent of these multiple hat wearing careers.