BushyFromOz

Good Call!

this from someone who's never had 3500 of his countrymen killed in a single terrorist attack. Hypocritical if you ask me.

just as well i didn't ask you then eh? Is hypocrytical like what your president is trying to do to whats left of the geneva convention?

You should see it from where i am!

Seriously mate! the rest of the world is constantly preached at about the problems of the US of A, and how EVERYTHING that the US of A does they simply justify and throw it under the banner of september 11?

Arn't you sick of those 3500 people being used a political scapegoats?

DAMN! i missed my 6 am morning root!

GEORGE

GOD how easily you people are offended, take it for what it is, a stupid computer game!

Keep a memory but get on with life for gods sake!

jeez...thanks for voting guys.........

Classic 2 SE why? Three words for you....TAX WRITE OFF....

Besides, we got a group rate and i only paid 60 bucks for it Au...not bad seeing you pay 130 for em here.......and when i get my return ill have paid like 40 for it....

Oh how useful it is when your mates mum owns a pharmacy....

So does anyone have one of the electronic scopes for EMS? cause if you do you need to prioritise man

Just thought id see how the attitude in here stacks up against the research .......bit ironic isn't it?

glad i dont live in illinois...........

Do we want to start the Methoxyflurane nephrotoxicity debate again? Oh wait! that was a different forum

Penthrane was outlawed by the FDA because of its nephrotoxicity in high doses in the 70's (i think) it was used as an induction anaesthesia for minor surgery for up to 5 hrs, which is far removed from the 90minute recommended exposure time. As far as im aware, Aus is the only country still using it, its has TGA approval here, but the long term effects on exposure to ambo's is undocumented, and our max dose per day is 6ml, which is arounf 40 - 50 minues...........

what in the list dont you recognise, just outta idle curiosity?

i cant figure out whats wrong with the MICA drug list dust? whats made up?

MAN! why am i the only person who said the didn't know if they were credible!

i guess the answer is a feel credibility is an opinion others have of you, and not one you have of yourself

Ruffems

The point i was trying to make (and a rather poor effort it was though) was that just becaus somone chooses to have a piece of kit that is different from the norm, or not what you personally carry, it does not necessarily make them a whacker - theres a lot of blanket coverage going on here that if you dont need it, then no one else does either

Someone said it somewheres else theres a lot of "its my way or the highway"

Now dust (no attack mate - i just dont have the brains at the moment to come up with a better example ) said that in 30 years hes only used a punch a couple on car wrecks, i did 3 alone on sunday...but because i have a different circumstance it makes me a whacker? or anyone else a whacker?

i just figured it out, its assessment week, im tireded, running on empty and im a bit cranky!

sorry... :oops: :shock: :x

Im about to buy a window punch for my job - does that make me a whacker?

i got in one convenient little pouch, a bit bigger than a thermomug that like i said stays in the truck unless i think i need it...

trauma shears

scissors

mini maglight

tweezers

leatherman - i dont know why i have that actually - but the little scredwiver has come in handy

Stethoscope - if im the treating officer i put this in my access pack

Kelly forceps

Probably a window punch (and yes i will use it.....)

the only thing i carry on my person is a penlight, pen, notepad and my mobile phone

so again people...am i whacker?

yeah okay - im a whacker by the standards in here....generally i have what VS suggested but i do have a pair of hemostats, tweezers and a leatherman so if im a whacker now well, whatever man....

OOooo get this i also have it in a holseter, with my littman stethoscope!!!!

so when i feel i dont need it, i leave it on the dashboard of the truck, and when i feel i do need it, i put it on my belt!!!!!

OMG!!! im a whacker to the extreme now.....................next thing you know ill be thinking a window punch may not be a bad investment, sure beats hunting around for a rock or a tyre iron, especially for 10 bucks.....

I also have a trauma bag i used when doing volly first aid work, i MUST be a whacker.....

P.S. you take what you need to do the job, and ill take what i think i need to do the job and when you aske to borrow sumthing down the track, i'll tell you to bugger off:D

they dont actually call it a "Heart thump" in class do they?

NREMT - i think you took mothers post a bit to personal mate, i think you'll find that was a gerneralisation, not an attackon you.....

People frak at the term "orthostatic hypotension" i dont know why, think of it as "postural hypotension"

"whats that? feeling dizzy while sitting? (take B/P) bit low..... here lay down and stick ya legs up Take B/P) bit of an improvement, that feels better? cheers!"

Its all basic dudes and dudettes - little jug full of water, pour into big jug...low volume, stand a long time at attention and the blood pools at the extremeties oops! hypotension, syncopal episode. I think some people are over thinking this

Heck, I'm just happy to see a new EMT who can actually take an accurate BP at all!

AAaaaahhh mother! you crack me up.........

like mike said - witnessed monitored VF arrest

Does the PCT have a similar effect in the myocardial cells as a moderate impact on the head does the reticular activating system?

My understanding (recalling lost info from a class a long time ago!!) is the joules of energy expended on the tissues pushes the voltage gated ion channels to their threshold potential quicker and inducing a hopefully near normal action potential. In head impacts, the joules cause the pre synaptic bulb to dump neurotransmitter into the synaps and cause a brief period of confusion or unconciousness?

Am i in the ball park?

dingo eating baby

OK - but i need to be able to cite specific examples - and i cannot seem to find anything

Ok, its probably the wrong place to post this, and i didnt know where to post it so i threw it the place with the most topics..

Can someone fling me some info as to where to find evidence on the effectiveness of evidence based practice?

specifically anything dealing with pros and cons would be good

cheers

while i can understand some (particularly newbies) people using the old addage of the "protocol told me to do it", there is no excuse for not knowing, or finding out the rationale of why you are doing it