Jeepluv77

You know, I just have to wonder if that's a man or a woman. Just the visual of what the front of that person would look like in that...

OMG! That's too funny! I wonder if they actually walked around like that!

I second that Herbie! It's nice to see someone giving kudos for a change!

What am I looking at cost wise? At this point I'd try just about anything to quit. Thanks for the info and I'll look into it! Glad you're making progress and keep up the good work!

I love hearing of people who help even when they aren't on duty. My instructors and proctors constantly tell me not to but it's just not in my nature. I can't imagine being the arriving medic and realizing it's your grandfather then watching him go into arrest and having to work him. At least it had a happy ending! Kudos to both for keeping their cool and getting the job done!

My boyfriend's mother was recently seen for severe headaches and jaw pain. They said it's probably tmj, but could be something that can result in sudden death. They did an ekg(normal) and her bp was 118/78. They told her what they were looking for but she can't remember. Said it was temporal something. The pain is bilateral, no evidence of bruits. They told her it was an arterial problem and she seems to remember them saying something could rupture. I would think it was an anuerysm, but she said they are doing blood work to rule out the disorder they are looking into. She does have a family history of heart disease, with several family members dying suddenly from heart attacks before age 65. Most recently was a brother not quite a year ago. She said they are doing two blood tests. The first is either ESP or ESR. The second is CRP. She isn't sure of these initials though. You know doctor's handwritting and apparently this one fits the stereotype. Anyway, she wants me to see if I can get more info on the condition as she is understandably scared now. If anyone may know what it is they are looking for, your help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's just the name of it I can take it from there as far as research. And if you have any more questions I can see what info I can get. P.S.- Sorry if this thread doesn't go here. I wasn't sure where to put it. Feel free to move it if necessary.

Omg. A few of those parents just need some parenting classes and a good swift kick in the ass. But a few more should be forced to undergo sterilization before they see the light of day(or street corner lamp posts) again, and of course should have their kids removed from their homes.

A few other factors I was wondering about. Maybe this guy was seriously bradycardic? If he had a pulse of say, 6, you may not feel a beat if you if you only check for say 3-5 seconds. Maybe he was obese? I have had a few patients that were very large and it was quite difficult to get a pulse on a couple of them, radial or carotid. Especially perplexing was the one that had malignant hypertension that I could just barely feel a pulse on after much searching. BP was about 240/160. I'm still surprised a bp can get that high in a patient that appears "fine". I'm sure there are other things I'm not factoring in here, but these and hypovolemia(or any combination) were the ones that jumped out at me. And all of them, in my opinion, would have warranted a better look.

Wtf!? I thought this was part of why we're here. Hell, if we only transported the walking wounded what would be the point to all the training? Anyone that is too lazy, insecure, whatever to work with the near dead probably need to find a new line of work and stop stop stripping patients of their chance at life because they(the EMT) aren't up to the challenge.

I like it. But then, my boyfriend is from Jersey City so it gives me a little prospective into his life before coming down here. I'll pass on all that snow, thank you. Was University Medical Center on there or is that in Newark? I saw the Medical Center Luncheonette. Was that the hospital in the background?

Thank goodness they're okay. I'd venture to say someone was watching over them that night. I can't believe they have to wait for the insurance adjuster to come assess the damages at that point. Now, they'll not only lose the house but also any other possessions that might have been salvagable but have to sit essentially outside for who knows how long waiting. You've gotta love the red tape.

Having 3 little boys it's really not that surprising. Incredibly cute, though! It's amazing how quickly children can learn things that we as adults have to work to remember. I know I'm not the only one here that never had to study in high school, but in going back for EMT several years post high school, feels like they can barely keep up sometimes. Between the boundless energy and the ability to learn with minimal effort, kids have it made!

Enjoy the trip! You gonna catch ya any gators while you're down there? Or do they have crocs in the bayous? I can never keep that straight...

For the record, I couldn't click the picture and the link gave me an error message. Maybe I just wasn't meant to get to this point yet?

You are probably right everyone that said we'll never see that dash cam. From what I saw on the video the paramedic that they were choking wasn't even out of the truck prior to the camera rolling. Either way, this definitely could have been handled after the patient was safely in the ER. I'm sure you guys heard the screaming. So we have a family that's already terrified in the midst of a medical crisis and now the people entrusted with their safety are fighting on the side of the road? Are you kidding me? I'd also love to hear what the trooper's call was that it was so important. It does, however, bring me to a good point to ask in class tonight as far as what protocol here is concerning right of way between two first responders en route to different calls. We have excellent communications here(wonder if the radios were even thought of in this situation) so I don't really see this happening.

How come I still can't see it!?

cold gin- kiss what's your favorite ice cream?

Huh? Any good cardio sites I can look this up stuff up on? I had a couple bookmarked but recently lost them due to having to reformat my harddrive.

Are you friggin kidding me!? Am I the only one that thinks it's absolutely ridiculous for a woman beaten to death and a man shot in the head to have been "mistakenly" deemed to have died from natural causes? Is the ME even looking at the victims or just signing of paperwork? I just don't see any other way for this to happen. And I like how they try to shift the blame to the medic. Here at least, if they are obviously dead the coroner comes to the scene and takes over. So we may not catch the bullet hole because at that point we don't even look them over as we could destroy evidence. Either way, regardless of what the medic said, it's the MEs job to determine cause of death, not the medic.

I just reread my previous post and wanted to clarify. I was referring to FireMedic's story being funny, not the original story. That one's scary, but with an awesome ending.

Wish granted but everyone eats it before you get a bite and you're still left with no cake. I wish I a few hundred bucks for new clothes/shoes and an ems sticker for my jeep.

That's was pretty kicka$$. Wish I could rip that to my computer to burn to a cd. I'd love to blast it in my jeep. Kinda scary though that most of them had on what appeared to be bullet proof vests. I don't think I could run in an area wear it had to wear a vest. Bullets are one of my top three fears. God bless them for it though.

I like the answers being here, too. I'm going to guess it's an an accelerated junctional rhythm with a BBB. I'm not sure where the block would be, so I won't even go there. My reasoning is that I see few if any p waves, but the rate is about 120-130 which is fast even for a sinus rhythm. I was going to call it ventricular(still might be) but I noted the "rabbit ear" and recalled that it was indicative of a BBB, and would account for the wide qrs. Thanks for posting these. I'm learning alot! Just hope I'm not driving y'all up the wall in the process! On a side note, the view from v6 was on one of our tests and was called v-tach but was represented as being from lead II. What kind of difference would that make as far which lead it's seen in? I don't even think I worded that right, as I know different leads look at different parts of the heart(we learned the SALI mneumonic) but I'm hoping you'll know what I'm trying to ask here. Also, in my effort to more fully understand, are the pt's symptoms more from the lack of atrial kick or from the decreased ventricular filling time? We were told that a rate under 150 usually didn't cause significant symptoms because while you'll have decreased cardiac output it's usually not much till you hit 150.

Hey, I want one! I could count pills, pull cotton out of bottles, ice a cake, and carve a pumpking all at the same time!? Talk about multitasking!

To my not quite trained eyes it looks like a 2nd degree type 1. Hard to tell because it's so slow and there are only 2 p waves and 2 qrs complexes. But I did noticed the second pri was much longer than the first. However, I could see it also being a 3rd. Those that are more experienced will probably be able to tell, but this is when I'd be hitting the print button on my monitor and getting a lead II print out. As far as treatment, would you pace? I'm guessing atropine wouldn't work if it's a block. We were taught it only works for brady originating above the av node.