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Do not let this sound like I support the BC Gov, but with H1N1 and the Olympics coming it was bound to happen. I think that it was the governments plan in any case.

CANADA NEWS ** A Maniwaki, Quebec paramedic has been killed in a crash with a stolen vehicle near Bouchette. Le Journal de Montreal (August 3) said the accident, which occurred early yesterday morning, was a head-on collision. The EMS worker has been identified as Marilou Dubois. Extrication crews took one hour to remove Dubois from the wreckage;she died a short time later at Maniwaki Hospital. Responding crews, who knew Dubois, are receiving counselling support. PNN will keep you posted as more information becomes available.

Hi Gang; I thought this would be the best place for this discussion. I am an EMS Instructor and we are reviewing the various EMS Texts out there. I am interested in what present and past EMS students thing of the texts they are using or have used in the past. I am mainly interested in the main texts, but if you wish to give comments on other books, A&P, Medical Terminology, that you have used during your EMS education please feel free to do so. If you are going to comment on a particular book please give pros, cons and the name and publisher of the text in question. I look forward to the comments. Owley Ian

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This is not a joke but all you can do is laugh at it. I am sure many of you have experienced situations that make you shake your head in disbelief. I am refering to the times when someone (Usuallu anorther health care provider) states things like "The Ambulance Drivers Are Here !!!" or Asks " Do You Have Oxygen On The Ambulance? " But today I was asked a question by a, I assume educated, Recovery Room RN, "Do you take Vital Signs?” This is realy not a joke,but it is so rediculious you have to laugh. I am sure the look on my face expressed my absolute "disgust" at the RN's ignorance about what we do. In my 20 +++ years of working in EMS I have never heard of such a ridiculous question. It would be just as ridiculous for me to ask this RN "Are you allowed to empty that catheter bag?"[/b] :evil: :roll: :x Owley (and I Do Mean OWLEY)

Again an assumption it was "intentional" you should know me better then that so I will ask for it to be removed, less i offend anyone else.

Not everyone reads every group. Sorry if I offended you

Interesting studt, worth a look at. http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStorie...ramedics_070523

I agree with CC, In the big picture, "A" comes before Pacemaker... Owley

I have just posted the Patch worn in NS Canada.

Thanks Pal What have yoiu been up to anyway?? ian

Has any one taken an CCEMTP Course. I am paticulary interested in anyone who has done the one at Center For Emergency Medicine in Pitsburgh. I would like to know any information on what you thought of the course. Owley

any new takers on patch trading???????????????

finzat: I stand corrected, I did in fact have it mixed up, I was speaking off the top of my (Empty) head. LOL But you are right. After i posted that I looked into it further , today at work, and inlightened myself. I did have it mixed up. I knew the atropine issue and mistakenly thought that it MIGHT be as i mentioned. Thank you for clearing that up for me. (us)

I think it is because Calcium channel blockers work directly in the heart on the cardiac muscle it self where as Bata blockers work on the sympathetic nervous system via the vagus nerve which is disconnected in transplant patients. Has the same effect as atropine for brady cardia we do not give it for transplant patients with brady cardia. This is a bit of a guess on my part but i will look further into it. Ian

Hay Dust, good to see you have arrived there OK. Be safe man and keep in touch.

This is a article that appeared in recent news papers. I thought it might be of interest. Owley =========== ========= Paramedics more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress, says Canadian study The Canadian Press(CP) Copyright 2006 Press News Limited DARTMOUTH, N.S.- Paramedics are at an increased risk of suffering from post-traumatic stress, but not enough is known about how best to help them cope, an emergency medical services conference heard Friday. The first phase of a three-year study into the stress of first-responders was presented at the Emergency Medical Services Chiefs of Canada conference in Dartmouth, N.S., on Friday. The study is looking at prevention and management of post-traumatic stress disorder. While post-traumatic stress affects seven to eight per cent of the general population, it's up to three times more likely among paramedics, lead researcher Vince Savoia said. The Tema Conter Memorial Trust called for and funded the study, now entering its second year. Little information has been available on the best course of treatment for acute and long-term emergency personnel stress, said Savoia, who is also the trust's founder and executive director. And suggestions for coping are often questioned. For example, Savoia said there is little agreement over whether it's better to immediately debrief a responding medic or if doing so would simply serve to repeat the trauma. Savoia, a former paramedic, said one bad call can stay with you for life. "It's a reality of the industry and of the profession," Graham McAllister of Nova Scotia's Emergency Health Services said of on-the-job stress. "I think all responders, when they respond to these tragic types of incidents, suffer from post-traumatic stress every day. It's a matter how you manage that stress and how you cope." McAllister, a 20-year paramedic, manages the service's critical incident stress management program. The peer-support program helps responders deal with the trauma of being involved with other people's traumas all day, he said. "A lot of times people will assume because you're a paramedic in emergency services, 'Well, you deal with that; that's just what you do; so it shouldn't affect you,' but the reality is that we're all just human beings just like anyone else," McAllister said. "It's a normal reaction by normal people to an abnormal situation." The first phase of the study used Toronto paramedics for its sample, but Savoia said the work would be applicable for any part of the country. Research co-ordinator Paulette Brazeau hopes to expand the sample with a web-based questionnaire and produce results for a general standard of intervention across Canada by the end of 2007. For now, she said, emergency medical personnel need to be aware of how common stress is and how important it is to deal with it immediately.

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Hammer would get my vote too

My real name would be: Posco Sandybanks My Nick name: Marmadas Goldworthy of Michel Delving

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