BushyFromOz

Thres a company called plat-a-tac her in aus, and im sure they make a version of the M5 here - might be cheap after conversion rates for you as well

Another great post........

Excellent post vs!

id say use a scoop stretcher Dont like the one size fits all that appears to be a part of it

THREAD HIJACK TIME! It would appear the government here is going to add to the national vaccination program....wait for it....... A childhood vaccination for cervical cancer! woohoo! Not that this applies to me:D

And then...... LMAO - yall take things way to seriously in here. Did anyone ever stop to think that when dusts says something like the above, that he may actually have enough experience, education and brains to have those opinions? SOme people take it personal...read what it is and its not about you..its about your system lets be cool people, take it easy and things will be all right

Yeah we got that story too, until someone said to the chap that was BS argument because if we didn't look at ways to save money we would have NOTHING to provide pt care with, bank balance is necessary.

i hear ya, but in timmys case, the equipment is supplied by his volunteer first aid organisation, and the cost comes out of their donations, so cost is a factor - its is possible to use more gear than you make in donations somtimes and at 16 bucks a pop, SAM's can send you broke fast

I think there is a OH&S policy that precludes it, so you get your practice in your student years on the road. In class is done on mannikins, but im working on diggin up some experience with a mobile blood collection sinking pins

For some perspective Dust.. Disposable BVM - $35 Reusable BVM - $240 Stiffneck - $35 Stiffneck Select - $44 Sam splint between $14 and $20 Its crimimal, and of course laerdal and ferno are to blame :? main reason is there is very little market for this kind of equipment outside of government contratcs as there are very few first responder or people with whacker kits, the public market is infinantly less than the US

With the SAM splint Timmy, just make sure your guys arn't throwing an expensive sam at everything when a bit of cardboard will do

Are you an aussie echo?

SAM splints are great - but they are exepnsive down here it kind of precludes them Air splint i fin are but are pain in the ass reliability wise, and there is a whole cross comtamination issue there as they are meant to be re-usable, so they do cost Cant say I've used a vacume, but i would think the contamination issue is still there and cost Ferno cardboard are great, i keep 3 short ones in my whacker kit and just cut/tape together and can do a whole leg - cheap disposable and and effective, i like it - besides, I experience with cardboard. I had a party one night and after everyone had left fell over and dislocated my knee in the backyard. Being drunk and in pain i figured i must have broke my leg so i splinted it with a pizza box, my belt and strips of cloth from someones shirt that was laying on the ground - got some funny looks from the ambos

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:lol:/ Thats quality.....

You still have a jordan frame.......

I was thinking in terms of MOI and correlations between between the two. Any MOI enough to cause a loss of conciousness is enough to cause a c-spine injury. I asked this because i had a patient who had a loss of conciousness, regained it for about 30 minutes when he collapsed from a sub arrachnoid and was later found to have a c-spine. As i disclaimer, i was not summoned until he collapsed the second time 8) I guess the answer i was after is in here :wink:

Not nearly as often as i should and always at the last minute..i seriously have to change my ways.. But then again...what do you define as "study"??

"Its not an issue Sir, im actually a lesbian trapped in a mans body, you will only ever see me have affairs with women"

How does this work if they are in the lucid period between the first loss of conciousness and a raising ICP, which can take hours do develope? The MOI would generally [insert varying factors here] would indicate immobilisation, but the NEXUS may clear them? Also - if EMS'ers immobilise due to LOC at scene, how does hospital justify dismissing this exact same piece of information? This is interesting

I see what you are trying to say Michael But i think it is more likeThis

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My Vollie Fire Brigade used to interview potential volunteers when we still had the right to refuse membership. "So why do you want to be a volunteer" "So i can serve my community" "You can serve your community by making sandwiches with the country womens association when they do their knitting classes, why else do you want to volunteer here?" "............................" "Think about it and get back to us" A lot of them never came back

Michael. i find the way you drop subtle hints and links and so forth uber cool!

This is interesting, though they have been talking about ICE since before the london tube bombings. I see some merit in the idea, though there are many variables, the big one being the phone is actually on the pt themselves - which probably makes it fairly useless for mass cas, it also assumes that the phone survives the accident to begin with, and it also assumes those people listed under ICE actually have a detailed history of the patient, and is not just a best friend who know sarah well but still has no idea about pertinent medical history My point is, it should be promoted as an extra measure, but people should not solely rely on this alone, and should make every effort to find further information from other belonging the pt may have, as well as their presentation