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It's an actual day. I have to look it up every year. ( I know. Bad Rennie)

Well my bosses said I could give the two local stations "Thank You Books" made by the kids. Went to give the first one tonight. Thought I had some awesome timing. The ambo was pulling in as I rode up. So I thought, "awesome. I'll get to tell them in person and make sure they get the book." No sooner did I finish that thought did they get a call and drive off.. I don't think they even got out of the truck inside the bay area. The driver did see me and saw me put something by the door so hopefullly they will check out what was left. :: crosses fingers::

Sadly not working in the field means I don't get any of the fun stuff. Though I am planning on stopping by a couple of near by stations and just saying thanks. If I was still asigned a room I would have my kids make a "Thank You" book for them too.

Show them some of your equipment. Explain what things are and what they do. Don't get into details. Think meat and potatos hold the salt and butter type of thing. Should they ever see you on a call everything is scary as hell. What things do you know they will see no matter what? BP cuff, pen light, etc right? So bring that in. Heck let them take your vitals! Ok this sounds stupid I know. But if you show them the "scary monster tools" ( to quote Brett Jr a year ago) now while they know they are safe they will be less scared later. When I did my pen pal project my kids loved it. They got to see the tools, learn what they were for, and a few even still remember. We did a few extreme basic drills. One parent has asthma, one smokes, and one of my kids is accident prone. So guess what we did? How to help mom find her rescue inhaler and call 911, how to get out of a house durning a fire and call 911, and how to take care of boo boos. Take in a run report and show them what you are looking for. Always remember to keep your voice lively. Remember your rule of 3: males raise your voice 3 octives ( yes you want to sound like a hyper cheerleader). Jump, skip, run to places. The more cartoonish you act the more they will pick up at the younger ages. Ok I'll take my preschool teacher hat off now.

:: bows at aussie:: Thank you oh wise one for saying what I wanted to say!

Hello everyone. I have a few people from here in my address book so I wanted to warn everyone. If you get an email from Sekhet3 that is lacking a subject line please DO NOT open it. I am very sorry if it went out to you. I got an email this morning from one of my husband's accounts containing a link. Since it was from him I thought nothing of it and opened it. He sends me links to webcomics all the time. I was more than alittle unhappy when I saw the link was for drugs. So please again: email+ no subject= instant deletion and again I'm very sorry. ::sighs::

At least he isn't in Bartow! Now that's a small area.

Dude your like 20 minutes from me! lmao. What part of Lakeland? I'm in Carrolwood just south of Lultz ( it's one street light north of me)

Yikes I think I might go deaf with how loud it's screaming! Yep that sounds like it to me too. My husband had cellulitis after being biten a few times by some unknown spiders. Those were his exact signs and symptoms so ya I would go with you being right.

Actually I almost went to that school and found out in my research the very things he said. The credits also don't transfer if you later want to go to another school to continue onto medic or fire. Thanks for wanting to warn future students hun.

Dear Santa may I have the lego castles ( Wolf clan), the orignal Power Rangers full set with: zords, villians, and the command center, Polly Pockets ( I think that was the one "girlly" toy I had), the 2 story Play Mobile basic house, and and and..... My beads! oh yes my beads that gave me hours of fun.

awww thank you hunny!

The 1% is an estimation. There is actually a way to get into school here in the US without being vaccinated. It's a pain in the neck to do so but can be done. Being that I'm 3rd generation allergic to it at what point to I knowingly comment child abuse? The males don't have much genatic imput in this family tree so if I have a daughter the chances of her taking after Dmitri in any way is slim to none. Heck as it is I have pictures that I don't know if the female in the picture is me, mom, grandmother, or an aunt. The reaction I have now is mild. It toned down after I was about 14 years old found that out when I had to have all my shots for high school. ( My mom didn't take me to get some vaccines until it was forced on us.) When I got the TB test the frustration was in that the area swelled up and I was having a hard time bending my arm for alittle while. Ever tried to ride a bike with your arm hyperextended? It's not easy. That was about 13 months ago for my EMT class and APPLE accredditation at work. if($("bnrTop")){var adTarget;adTarget = topBnr ;document.writeln('');}admeld_publisher = 34;admeld_site = 'dictionary';admeld_size = '728x90';admeld_placement = 'above-fold';

Just wanting to add a few points to the topic that vaccines bring their own problems. I am 23 years old and have already told my husband when we have kids I don't want them vaccinated. Why? Because I am that 1% of America that would be hospitalized after every shot as a child. I am speaking from personal and family experiance. My mother and grandmother also had these side effects to any vaccine: Swollen injection site ( sometimes as much as 3 times normal size) Fever that would peek at 103-104F for 48 hours. Fever reducing medications do not work in my family. "Spider veins" radiating out from the injection site Injection site was hard and HOT to the touch if fever was not present Children as of at least a year ago have these reactions. Had a 3 year old last year the day after her shots had those signs. All the teachers are freaking out and I look at her and say, "just call her mom and have her taking to St. Jo's Children's. She's fine." Sure enough mom came back the next day saying, "My daughter is allergic to vaccines!" Even to this day if I get a vaccine I'm looking at a low grade fever, swelling, and a site that is hard to the touch. Getting the TB test done was fun. The site instantly reacted and I'm sitting there sighing in frustration. So ya do you think I rushed out and got the H1N1 vaccine? Nope. ON the topic of the volly though: She's an idiot. She puts herself at risk all the time. Just follow BSI and wash hands constantly.

Happy Birthday!

14. May the candles on your cake burn like villages in your wake! Happy birthday <thud> Happy Birthday <thud> ( This filk is very common in the SCA and other recreation groups. There is no one version of the song and my last check it was up to over 40 lines. hehe The candles happen to be my favorite one.)

Happy Birthday guys! I hope you get to do something awsome today.

Happy Birthday!

:: chuckles:: A uniboob is what happens with sports bras. They tend to smash a girl's breasts together forming one massive (unattractive to say the least) uniboob.

Ya I agree with you. Sports bra, danceskin body suits, one piece swim suits, etc are all ment to: absorb sweat, keep you dry, and not let anything show. On the down side of those though there is a highly annoying rash that a girl can get from sweat being held close to the body and those can make it worse. Personally if I'm working out or when I was doing clinicals I wore a sports bra for a ton of reasons. On the job is no time to be thinking, "Does this give me a uniboob?" because who gives a damn? What does matter is confort.

I would notice it but I don't think I would give it any thought. Lets face it alot people get tattoos not knowing it's meaning. They just like the design and wanted it on their body.

Woot another Floridian! Hiya

To play slight devil's advicate: Is it a bad show to us only because we know how things *should* be? Or is it a bad show to anyone regardless of any knowledge of emergency medicne? This is something that I long ago had to learn. Personally I feel professional wrestling is awful and I can't believe it's been on TV for so many years. Though I had to realize I feel this way because I could see the faults. I went into stage combat at the way too young of age of 4. ( My mother and step father were both in the group and I joined to help grieve over a loss in the family.) I have tried more than once to watch pro. wrestling such as WWF and all I can see are mistakes. So I end up getting disgusted and turning it off. I can now watch it and use it for ideas when I go to plan a show. I will admit the Rock has gotten me out of some rock and hard places in my "fight dances" when I find one person on their back and I somehow I have get across a stage to their weapon of choice Could we as an EMS community doing the same to Trauma? We have been there, done that, or at least read the books so we see the problems and loop holes in the show. As people with knowledge we're getting frustrated, ranting and raving saying how bad this show is when in fact it's not all that horrid?

It has been a few years since I last went into a West Marine, Boater's Word, or a boat show for that matter but back when I was at them on any given weekend they had special kits made just for sailors. These kits were mini trauma packs and ment to keep a person alive and stable for up to 3 days. I can't remember the item list that would be in one off hand ( or how much they were I was a kid at the time and didn't think of money). I just remember having 2 kits on the boats I grew up on. One was the basic kit and the other was called the Coast Gaurd kit because if you needed that one you were also on the radio for the CG. I very vaugly remember the CG kit having some auto-injectors in it. Again I was a child the last time I saw it. Things most likely have changed.

No epi-pens we can give. My director thought the seizure medication was the same thing like an epi which I knew it wasn't. zippyRN I know which is something that bugs me when I hear them talk. I"ve been trying to get out of this school for a while.