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[/font:2a7131e27d] I hope i am not the only one who got "another satan" :twisted:

To learn not to judge is a lifelong lesson. Any Hunter S Thompson fans out there? I quote "The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over it." Applies to all kinds of situations, food addiction, alcoholism, insanity.

we had to cut a hole through the outer wall of a manufactured house because our pt wouldnt fit through the door. she hadnt left her house in 5 years.

I laughed so hard I almost emptied my winnebago sized bladder into my pants.

Absolutely emergency medicine in a nut shell! I vote for bringing back Johnny and Roy, at least they looked 1970s cool at all times

Karate Kid the first and still the best "but Miss Scarlett I dont know nothin bout birthin no babies"

Once when my partner and I were trying to convince a cardiac pt to go to the hosp. with us the fire chief stepped in and told the patient "how bout you go for a ride with these nice girls?"

:oops: Tapped out code three for a 90 y/o female cc numb feet. Turns out her water pipes had burst earlier in the day and soaked her entire carpeted house. With nightfall the water in the carpet began to freeze and the womans feet went numb from walking around.

I love the ones who constantly diagnose undiagnosable things in the field by starting every sentence with yep, seen this before and then going in to a long list of all their many grand accomplishments.

What an back twisted assward way to run an agency. Any chance you can get a job in an agency that offers a supportive "it happens to all of us" environment? I don't know any medics who aren't carrying something. Good luck to you and keep fighting the good fight.

Dont worry, I'll never tell them where we put the stiff. Remember a friend will help you move but a true friend will help you move a body! TPBM carries their stethoscope on their rearview mirror and a window punch on their belt.

Looking for any advice on making medical and trauma case reviews interesting and educational without the normal tedium of just rehashing old calls. Has anyone tried the approach used in morbidity and mortality conferences where everyone picks a call and presents it from beginning to end justifying their choice of treatment and outcome? Has it been effective?

low blow lisa

:roll: could have went my whole life without knowing that!

Well Said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMEN AMEN AMEN

I work for the local police department as a CAHOOTS medic that deals with high risks groups; drug addicts, homeless, runaways etc. and the rise in the number of untreated cases in this population is frightening. Recently my partner and I arrived for a police assist at a local run down motel. When we pulled into the parking lot an experience officer was leaning out of his car vomiting. He told us "this is the worse thing I've ever seen." My partner and I tried to imagine what could possibly be wrong. Our patient was alert, oriented, in good health except that both of his arms had been eaten away down to the bone. He was an admitted IV drug user and had been for years. A few months back he developed an abscess that went untreated and eventually spread. He reported no pain, just a general irritation and a constant weeping which was actually the flesh turning liquid and sliding off his body. I cant possibly express what this looked or smelled like in words. My partner and I did everything we could to get him to go to the hospital with us but he refused care and the police eventually arrested him for public health reasons. Get this, the guy was working detailing the interiors of cars and didnt want to miss a day to go to the hospital.

Sorry it took me so long to reply, i couldnt get untied and then I was all wet, well you know what I mean. The person below me enjoys pina coladas and gettin caught in the rain

I cannot stop laughing. F*&^%@g funny