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Posts posted by nikipoo
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Had another guy I saw in ER rotation that tried to off himself with entire lg bottle of tylenol all cuz he got a DUI. He ended up in liver failure and no chance of getting another one, he is or was only 21
And no the GF is not hot
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My understanding is that if we are called to this guys house for..... for the sake of simplicity, unconscious pt. We roll up and guy is out, we need to wait for the vest to do its thing. (the article said there is an audible alarm) If said vest is not working, then we undo and move it and do our thing.
I dont know bout any of you but my first concern is I DO WANT TO GET SHOCKED. So Im gona pick the other guy to remove it.
I may not post alot but when I do it is usually interesting one.
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Again as said above, check your monitors settings and check that they are calibrated to the wrists or the torso. That will make a difference. Its down to an eye to see as well and being aware of transient acute coronary syndrome symptoms *such as apical ballooning and coronary artery spasm*.
It's not all about the STEMI either, its all about your systematic review of the 12 lead and following a sequence to interpret it.
Scotty
Im sorry, I understand about the "monitor" thing, I was thinking about actual EKG machines, like whats at the hospitals and dr. offices. I have looked all thru the manual for the one I have and it doesn't say anywhere in that thing about limb lead placement
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I suppose it didn't make matters any better that by the time we were called he was already vomiting. Thanks for the info on drano, I try to stay away from that kinda crap.
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Is there anyone out there that has ran across one of these? http://www.zoll.com/product.aspx?id=902.
We recently found out that a member of our community has one.
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Over the weekend we had a 21yo try to off himself by drinking Draino. This was a new one on me. He had a fight with GF and after a night of drinkin' he decided to down about 12oz of Draino. I just found out that he has 50 50 chance and if he does pull thru he will not be able to talk or eat. He will have a feeding tube the rest of his life, will need liver transplant (as there are tubes there to filter already) and right now the surgeons have stapled his stomach closed and have moved his esoph. from the inside of neck to the outside. (this I have never seen or heard of) I am feelin' horrible cuz the only thing I can think of after this is that commercial for orbitz gum, "Gota dirty mouth" All of this to get attention from GF. On the bottle of draino it said to consume liquids to dilute, but wouldn't that cause a foamy reaction? (I dont mess with draino)
Sorry there was really no point to this story other than fact that I am just amazed at some people.
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So does it matter whether or not you place the RA/LA leads on the upper arm or by the wrist? I regularly do EKG's as part of paramed PE with two different companies, one comp taught us to put them on the upper arm, the other taught us to put them by the wrist.
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I live in a small town in central IL where there is nothing to do and nothing much happens.
But we do have a smiley face water tower and a Giant Man holding a Weiner http://www.atlantaillinois.org/
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Wish granted but you owe the paramedic profession 10000000000000000000 bucks!
*umm no one takes MY flight medic
I wish Joesph was a hot flight medic....
Wish granted, but unfortunately you do not have fire extinguisher to put him out
I wish i had a bigger house
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Hope it gives you Hell by all american rejects for todays theme song
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OMFG!!!! that was just toooo.......icky. Can you say transfussion????
Wearable Defib Vest
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It was a hint of sarcasm. Sailed right over the head of some i suppose