Jess

I wish I had something intelligent to say that someone else hasn't already mentioned but from my own experiences is the only advice I can give. I had some tough preceptors that were from Chicago. I watched them reduce some of my classmates to tears and put others in pure fits of rage. But in all honesty, how are said classmates going to function under the stress of EMS if they cant handle those preceptors? What I did was just kept my head up and my mouth shut unless spoken to. It wasn't easy but it worked for me. A lot of times, constructive criticism is the best teaching tool and the things i messed up on I can guarantee I'll remember them for life! Keep your head up Dwayne, your very smart and will do just fine! I enjoy reading your posts and have full confidence in you. I send you many well wishes and my blessings! take care!

lol yup seen that commercial a lot. its weird but funny

I like that Wendy. Makes me think of my oldest brother and want he went through in Iraq. He came home from Iraq and 2 weeks later our father was killed in a wreck. He's still tore up over it. But very nice lyrics there

I think the lift is a wonderful idea as long as it's not turning into a habit to use it on every patient. I think it would cut the risk of injuries to the EMT in half. There is always that chance of Lifting someone and boom your back goes out and then you drop the pt. Even though you've never had back problems before. So in that aspect i think it would be pro to have around. But the con of it is people would rely on it too much and 'forget' how to properly lift. If for some reason that lift should fail, you'd have to do it manually, lot of good you'd be if you forgot how to lift properly and you end up hurting yourself. But around here it seems i see a lot of patients dropped because the EMTs aren't helping one another in lifting or something else goes wrong. Another positive point is it would leave every pt reassured that they are not going to get dropped. But i still think its important that EMS crews know their lifting techniques. I know when I got taken to the hospital last week, the EMTs we're having issues with the cot and scared me into thinking they couldn't handle loading me into the back of the truck. Lay on the cot and have a couple buddies try and load you in. its a scary view when your the one laying on the cot :wink:

lol thats pretty funny

sorry I don't use mythbusters as a resource for anything. Its a cool show to watch but when they try to tell you that a cellphone at the gas pump will not cause an explosion? Its been in the news, see article i posted above. SO I dont put much faith into what they say on Mythbusters.

Yes Michael time for you to find a new fetish

Also Michael you need to stop wearing your nylon stockings too because those can cause a spark :bom:

Thats pretty interesting! Its weird how smoking at the gas pump doesn't do harm but just your cellphone ringing can be deadly.[/font:8830ead02a] [web:8830ead02a]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/14/tech/main617547.shtml[/web:8830ead02a]

such anger lol!

wow! :shock:

25....the beer question threw me off.

When i was in the hospital, thats all they gave me was Fentanyl and to me it caused just as much drowsiness, a drop in vitals, and nausea as some of the others. But everyone is different. Just thought I would share

WOW! :shock: nothing like a little chuckle first thing in the morning :wink:

Why am I always attracted to these posts that have "Redneck" in them somewhere? Lol guilty conscious I suppose :roll:

Lol! Thats hilarious! Too bad they dont really talk like that in Tennessee lol! Well wait, i've lived in the Memphis and Knoxville areas and they dont talk like that. Thats more up in the mountains in Eastern TN they talk like that. :roll:

CARTOON- You're a person who can juggle several balls at the same time to complete all the tasks in your busy life. But you enjoy escaping back to your happy childhood for a moment. Only problem with is, my cartoon on my phone is kind of twisted and demented lol! so I'm wondering if the above still applies to me

Wow Lol! too funny! Terri what is it with you and your redneck jokes lately?

Lol girl power all the way! that was actually very touching. I'm very hormonal this week and that made me shed a couple tears. laugh it up guys!

LOL! I think its a bad thing when you mention this and it reminds me of an incident I came across, or maybe it came across me. not sure. :roll:

Oh my, topless model :twisted:

haha thats funny! I guess the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, so my score is 43 lol!

Looks like I'm paying property taxes for HELL!

it may be just 8am but Taco Hell sounds HELLA good right now! I might just go for the border

Lol thats funny! wonder why cats hate water? hmmmm