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Awww...ca'mon AK....I'd like to see you in a crotch-o-tard.... :shock:

*Raise your hand if you would like to see AK in a crotch-o-tard?*

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Ok...anatomy chick and Jake...when's the wedding....you're so compatible.... :lovestory:

LMAO....

(Jake..I'm hurt...I thought I was the only one.... :crybaby: )

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I know...it's not very mind stimulating..guys...but I've had a rough weekend and I need a little fun... Here's mine...what's yours?

Your 2005 Song Is

"Don't Cha...by the Pussycat Dolls"

"Dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me

Dont cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me"

What happens in 2005, stays in 2005!

YEOW! WHOO HOOOO!!!! :pottytrain2:

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What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?

http://www.blogthings.com/whathitsongof2005areyouquiz/

I'm the Kickin Hipchecker.... :shock:

:naka: WHOOOHOOOOO!!!!

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I'm happy I could help.

But really, none of this is what I was looking for. I wasn't asking for people to vent or bitch. That's a whole nother topic.

I am asking for specific points about EMS systems that citizens should know in order for them to understand exactly what EMS, paramedics, EMT's, and all the other components are all about. I'm looking for definitive points. If you were to describe EMS in the encyclopaedia for all to see, what would you write? What are the most important things that the public should know in order to understand the system and us as individual providers?

:oops: Sorry...but I feel so COMFORTABLE with you.....*LMFAO* I get what you are saying now....ok....I think AZCEP is on the right track, maybe. I'll think and then give you an educated response...so as not to embarrass myself again.

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P.S. I still feel better though.... :female:

Wow...where do I begin....there's not enough room, Dust...

1. Please don't yell at me, call me a mother &*#$&*, try to bite me, kick me, or spit on me. I didn't just decide to jump in the middle of your domestic situation or your street fight...you are the one who called ME. You want help...stop being an asshole, and stop abusing me...or you are going to be hurting in a whole new way.

2. Please understand that we can't read your mind. Don't call me to your house for an emergency and then play the mind games when i get there. "No...I didn't take that....well...maybe....I don't know how many....it doesn't matter anyway...blah blah" or "I feel fine...." If you didn't want help, you wouldn't have called...so work with me here...

3. Please, when you see us coming, pull to the right. That's where expect you to go, although it almost never happens. Don't jam on your brakes...we can't stop that fast. Don't fly through the intersection anyway, to "beat" us...don't slow and almost stop, and then gun it after you've changed your mind. And...by all means, when you are all stopped at a red light and we come up behind you, don't freak out and blow your red light into the middle of an intersection. The last thing we need is another emergency while trying to deal with the one we already have.

4. Please don't ask me 20 questions about my job while I'm trying to take care of your loved one or neighbor. Not only is it rude, but it's distracting to me. I'd be more than happy to share the details of my job with you...visit me at the station.

5. Yes...I do see a lot of blood and guts and gore. No, I do not wish to share my stories with you. It's bad enough that I remember them all too vividly.

6. Yes...I have seen dead children. END OF DISCUSSION. (I can't even believe you have asked)

7. Please respect us and understand that we sacrifice our own lives, our family, our children, birthdays, special occasions, holidays, family time, special moments, and higher pay. We have a high stress job/life, all to take care of strangers who most of the time never even say thank you. Yes, I love my job, and no one made me do this for a living. I do it because I love to help people and because I have a big, caring heart, (and I love emergency medicine). I don't want all the glory and the hype...but it sure would be nice for the general public to recognize that we do all this and sacrifice all that for people we don't know...only to usually get shit on in the end. Yet we keep coming back....

8. Please...please...don't call me to your house for your loved one's emergency, and then tell me how to do my job. I don't care what Dr. so and so did 20 years ago in the ER, or what your Osteopathic doctor or Jane the nurse who is your neighbor said last Tuesday....this is MY call, MY responsibility and I will do my job as I see fit for the best interest of your spouse or family member. If you don't need or want my help...don't call me.

wow...I have many more...but I need to go for a walk now....*LMAO* Thanks Dust...It feels go to vent....

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Trauma codes...(even though I love working them...) It would be nice if they always worked. *EASY*.....oh...and

my usual...Peds calls...(because I very much dislike them...) *EASY*.

I think I'm gonna buy one. Not very supersititious, but hey...it can't hurt to try...

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Nice posts, Dust. =D> I agree!!! WHOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!! They were long, but you hit a lot of good points. I feel a little guilty that you did all that typing and I'm just going..."Uh huh....I agree". LMAO!!

But...thanks!

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Hmmm....I don't like it. [-(

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You're very welcome, nsmedic....glad I could be of some help! :wink:

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See if this helps at all.....

http://www.pneupac.co.uk/Literature/paraPAC.pdf

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:shock: ...and he's still breathing?! LMAO.

You gotta love that.... :roll:

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ACK! #-o You did it to me again!....I have now been researching this drug for the last two days to see what I could find. The overall consensus of all the studies done thus far (that I have read) seem to point to the same thing. It, obviously, DOES help seizures. However, there have been many cases where it has appeared to cause them. The idea of whether it helps/hurts appears to be simply situational. Although I'm sure the benefits outweigh the risks....

You're right, Spock. One report from 1994 does not prove anything. However, I'm finding repetitive reports that basically say that during induction with propofol, spontaneous movements can occur without associated epileptiform abnormalities. The movements can/do include dystonia, chorea, athetosis, twitches, opisthotonus, and abonormal movements that may mimic tonic and clonic movements during seizures, (especially during the postoperative period.)...

The case studies also stated that cortical epilepsy was activated during electrocorticography, with epileptiform activity beginning 20–30 seconds after a bolus of intravenous propofol. Seizures generally were recurring for about 7 to 23 days after propofol anesthesia.... suggesting a proconvulsant metabolite. This was basically already posted before by someone else. Probably the same study....

However, the studies also stated that Propofol had anticonvulsant effects in animals and humans (duh, we already knew this :roll: )....and that continuous propofol infusion terminated status epilepticus.

I'm not sure I really have an opinion either way. Especially after everything I have read so far. It sounds like it's still up in the air, although...it's obvious it can cause seizures in some cases/situations...and not at all in others.

?? I'm still looking...and will report back if I find anything really interesting... (since all I do is work and in between...I have lots of time on my hands. LMAO.)

I have a few other links where I found some of the same information supporting what I had written above...I will post them as well... At this point, I'm looking for some actual percentage numbers. I would be interested to see those...

Thanks, Nate....for starting this discussion. I have a great interest in drugs/medications....

PS...LTAC is a Long Term Acute Care hospital....

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Luv,

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Hmmm....no knowledge of it myself...but according to this....it can.....

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...p;dopt=Abstract

Convulsive/seizure phoenomena? :-k

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Barbacues in the basement, wheelchair races, hide and go seek, scavenger hunts...

....yep....night shift was the place to be...*tear*

OOOooohhh....yeah....I remember the scavenger hunts TOO! THOSE were FUN!! :D/

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:roll: Hmmmm....I'm not saying anything.....

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.. Almost pee'ed my pants !... Yeah, and the chances of that is higher than me winning the lottery on the first draw.... oh, if you believe being an EMT wil help you into medical school, then you would buy this slighlty used car..... only drove on Sundays by a little old lady...

R/r 911

Did she smoke in it?

LMFAO!!!

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ANyways, did anyone notice Medik * said she will try anything these days....HMMMMMM

ok , lustful thought moment over with.....

:D/ MMMmmmmm......:oops:

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I'd like to be an Indian Chief too, but I sure wouldn't wasted any time or money going to school for it. There aren't any openings.

You WOULD? Can I be your squaw? LMFAO!

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I'm Tigerlily GaMgee - Took of Bywater

WTF??!!

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Depending on the guy...it can be sexxaaaayyyy.....and for the record....I'd shave my head. LMAO. It grows back....it's no big deal. It's just hair.

I must be going through a midlife crisis...I'm willing to try just about anything these days... :roll:

If everyone shaved their head, we'd be used to no one having hair. Sure would make life easier. LOL.

(Can you tell I'm a little grouchy today? Sorry...I'm tired).

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Meh...I know what I am. That's all that matters to me. If you call me because you can't breathe, or you are a code, and i save your arse, it's still a save. What you call me doesn't really make a difference at that point in time. Yes...it is a little degrading due to the way we've busted our butts to get where we are, and to try to maintain some level of respect, but most people call us ambulance drivers "ignorantly".

When you save a woman's baby, and she says, "The ambulance driver saved my child"...is that meant to be deroggatory? I think not. She's still grateful her kid is alive, whether it was because of us, or because Joe the flower vendor happened to know CPR and was nearby. It matters not at that point.

I am more frustrated by the medical professionals that call us an ambulance driver. Those are the ones that I have an issue with. They know better for sure.

In either case, I am confident when who I am, and what my abilities are. What you choose to call me rolls right off...its not worth the frustration...

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Look, let's stop wasting time discussing it.. She was nuttier than a fruitcake. The motor was running but no one was behind the wheel. The elevator doesn't stop at all floors. A couple of bricks short of a load. A couple of cans short of a six pack. Looney Toons. Scooters.

:shock: Put the medic on the stretcher....sit her slightly upright...place her on 15L via NRB.......and tell her that Medik8 says that SHE needs the 02 to feed her STARVING BRAIN CELLS!!!

WTF??!!??! :roll:

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Now I only dream of large-breasted brunettes.... Excellent trade off. 8)

:shock: How YOU doin.....? LMFAO!.....

Ummm...yeah....I have dreams about my calls, but specifically, I have the same dream over and over and over.... It's a head-on collision I worked. Only, in my dream, I am working the call, but I am first IN the accident...am IN the car, and I feel, hear and smell the whole thing...it's horrifying. Then...(as dreams often do) it takes a twist and I am now the Medic. Every detail is there, just as it was that night. The only difference is I am now working the accident all bloody.

Psychoanalyze THAT one.

Since I am a victim and a rescuer in the same scenario...does this mean that I can multi-task...or does it mean I'm SUPERWOMAN?! LMAO!

xoxo... :wink:

Luv,

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Transported a guy a few years back...both legs amputated. En route, of course, as we turned corners, etc...he was moving all over the place and I kept having to "right" him. At one point...he fell against my legs and looked at me, as I pushed him back up yet again...I stated with a smile..., "It's ok...you can lean on me if you need to." (Not like he was enjoying it, or had a choice in the matter. :roll: ) No sooner than that was out of my smily mouth....I was horrified. :shock: The guy obviously didn't find it too funny either, and proceeded to call me a smartass. (I honestly wasn't trying to be mean...it just slipped out).

Way to go, Einstein.... :oops:

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