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So it's actually not illegal, provided one acquires the proper permit.

I would have to say that 9 times out of 10 it is someone looking for the gore factor than it is someone actually interested in getting to know what my career is actually like. Perhaps it's how they word the question. "What's the worst call you've been on." Rather than "What's the grossest thing you've ever seen." Either way, I don't let them into that part of my brain. The worst call I've been on? The 2 year old girl who died in her sleep on Christmas night. The grossest call I've been on? The hoarder's house with rotten food on top of stacks of old newspapers. I won't give them the satisfaction of being told about the blood and gore. The friend who self immolated and I didn't even know who he was until late in the call. Doing CPR on my high school crush after she was ejected from the car rollover we were both involved in. (I also had a broken Right humerus, scapula, and clavicle.) Then having some bastard ask me what it felt like to kiss her. (because I had to do mouth to mouth) Taking my father in for a subdural bleed after he fell and he didn't even know who I was. There are so many....If I really get started I just don't know if or when I'd be able to stop myself.

This is graphic, but I think we're all mature enough to handle it. http://mark-vonappen.blogspot.ca/2014/01/daddys-girl.html

If you walk into the burning structure, steal a 6 pack of beer from the fridge, and pass it out to your team as they let the house burn while the homeowner watches. http://www.emtcity.com/topic/21708-well-he-saved-the-beer/

Medic Alert has an interesting App out now. http://premise.medicalert.org/how-we-support-you/premise-application-demo

Or a RIG, or a TRUCK, or a ....

Whoops, you are correct. I misstated the thread title. It should say Full Term rather than Preterm.

this "No IV in 90 seconds = Go IO" concerns me. At what point is the timing supposed to start? From the time you decide to start the IV and begin prep, or the time the IV cath pierces the epidermis? I can see a significant increase in IO if it's the former, but I gotta admit, I've gone EJ before going IO.

On Tuesday, the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology released new definitions for Early term, Full Term, Late term, and Post term pregnancies. http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/nearing-your-due-date-full-term-pregnancy-gets-new-narrower-definition-1.1509645

Only if someone slammed their hand on the back doors after they were closed to signal the ambulance driver that he was good to go, then they drove away with lights and sirens.

It's not a dragster, it's an ambulance. Fast acceleration is not a priority, smooth acceleration is. Your partner and your patient will appreciate it far more.

Yeah, most of us have actually switched to the 5.11 but we have to add the stripe to them after we get them.

http://www.advancedresponsevehicles.com/catalogue.php?cat_id=334&item_id=2956

Mike, I'm thinking an open air fire pit in the back. Yeah, I know Mobes... Diesel, in our environment we typically had to replace a gas engine at least once, and the cylinder heads 3 - 4 times during the life of an ambulance,,,and they were usually rotated out of service at 300k. Worst engine ever was the Chevy 400 small block. There wasn't enough space in the water jacket between the two inboard cylinders for proper cooling and the cylinder walls would melt. We bored one out to 0.060 over before the wall was smooth again, but by then it was too thin.

I had the pleasure of getting to know Mike when he was speaking up here at a conference. A great speaker and a great man.

I'll never go back to gas, but I sure miss the 7.3 engine. I've got one with the 6.0, fortunately after all the computer problems were rectified. I've driven Dodge, Chev, and Ford, gas and diesel. For reliability reasons, I'll stick with the Diesel engines, however, most of our driving is highway rather than tooling around the city. In the low speed start stop start environment, gas is a better option. When I do my remounts...I'm seriously looking at a Hino.

I've seen holier

My thinking is that the saying "You get what you pay for." doesn't really apply here, because it'll be your patient who pays the true price.

Thanks...the driver is my son.

Last Spring we shot a PSA for distracted driving. Here are the completed works. Please share and distribute the links to any you might think would find this of value. The PSA Behind the scenes

I've been a DAN member since I started diving. Calling DAN for a diving emergency should be as common sense as calling the Poison Control Centre for a poisoning or Medic Alert for someone with an ID bracelet. They are invaluable tools.

nice work Ug.

What really bothered me about this call is that the EMT on the call didn't even think to defib the guy or put on the AED, oh, and after we got to the hospital the Doc gave him Adenosine..twice because of the heart rate at 126 bpm. Fortunately the patient survived despite everyone's efforts to kill him.

I am awaiting an authorisation to access the medical records from the family for the other hospital he was transferred to. However the cardio docs agreed.

The old term for his condition is HONK. Hyperosmolar nonketotic state. Now known as Diabetic Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000304.htm