Doctor Death

The hospital finally decided to get ride of the bags from Aussie Disposals and replace them with Neann or Rapp kits. Just thought I'd show off the money I spent on behalf of the hospital 8) My Basic Drug Bag: http://www.neann.com/nsw-adk-7-web.jpg http://www.neann.com/AEK--drug-kit-2-web.jpg My Medic and Everything Bags: http://www.neann.com/AEK--closed-web.jpg http://www.neann.com/fab-4.jpg http://www.dhsemergency.com/images/product_imgs/FB06.jpg Sugical Bag (this is an 02 bag but we got it converted): http://www.neann.com/otk-1.jpg

Phil, lets keep in mind that Timmy is 17, he is in year 11, he’s doing English, he hasn’t even completed his last year of school, what makes you think that he would even know how to reference? Things have changed a lot since you and I left school. While I do agree that this report may be a little on the ill informed/not enough information side, I think Timmy has done a great job digging up this information for your reading pleasure and information. Instead of criticizing the poor kid, why not help him; tell him what a reference is and when to use one. Don’t say that the information is not relevant, put forward your ideas and experiences on top of what Timmy cut and pasted. Please also tell us what part of the information is not to your satisfaction, this can be miss leading to some readers when you just say that some information is not relevant or incomplete. While it is true that you should always reference other peoples work, I think Timmy will learn from this mistake as I have read over some of his posts and have found that he has taken every single bit of advice that someone offered and has used it to benefit his next post. My opinion of Methoxy is it should be the choice of drug to be used in Pre Hospital care. Morphine is a very strong drug and carries much complication which I’m sure you’re fully aware of. To many times I’ve seen paramedics wake in morphine when it was totally unnecessary. If you can use basic analgesics all the better, I don’t like putting patients though invasive procedures when they don’t need it.

Ohhh my good lord!!! My gosh!! Words can’t express what I’ve just read…. Pull your self together man, lord I’m having palpitations. “dont aspire to be a paramedic. Never have. Maybe that changes somewhere down the line. EMS was a vehicle for me. The ride is however almost over. Soon I shall sit in a corner office making butloads of money.” Comments like this; my word is my blood boiling right about now. If you don’t wish to be a paramedic then why are you in EMS?? If you don’t wish to take your education any further I petty you, but it’s your own choice. Dust, what you said is an understatement, this person has no respect for human life! If EMS is all about making the money for you then I find this to be extremely sad. You’re out there to do a job and that’s to provide the best care and compassion to the patient, not how much the pay check is at the end of the week. Good lord show some guts and determination man, if you wanted an office job then why didn’t you seek a employment as an office supply disruptor or something, good lord EMS out of all the jobs to sit behind a desk…

I think Rid, AZCEP and Spock covered it… Well done guys. If you want me to go into more depth please don’t hesitate to ask.

This is not directed at everyone mainly to somedic, I’m assuming you’re a paramedic? I don’t care if your intensive care, trauma officer, critical care paramedic or what ever. The point being you’re a paramedic, you’re at the bottom of the food chain, in a long line of health care professionals. You as a paramedic are the initial pre hospital care provider; you have nothing to do with in-hospital care, your job is to get the patient on the cot and get the patient to hospital as quick as you can nothing more nothing less. I have been a doctor for longer than you’ve been alive. Your not trained in the on going care of a patient, your there to scrap them off the foot path and bring them in, if you have trouble brining them in then you call on us. Being a paramedic you are trained to a certain level. You’ve stated that you have a lot of experience in a progressive EMS system, mate if you haven’t treated a patient that requires more care than you can give then you really haven’t seen much. It’s ok to admit that you sometimes you have no idea what to do. Even now I still have to seek assistance from a professor as the patient is that injured that I have no idea what to do. Professors specialise in a certain area where as I generally treat a patient when they present. I have been a doctor for about 35 years, now a consultant and I still have no problem asking for help, heck sometimes even the nursing staff can help jog your memory. Ridryder 911- As for your comments about doctors not participating in the basics. I am different to most doctors, if time permits then I love setting up an I.V or changing the 02 cylinders I even know how to do hospital tucks. I think it important that doctor’s stay in contact with the basics and patient care is extremely important aswell. Most doctors find this out of the ordinary but I find it gives me better staff and patient relationships. Let me finish off with a immature and inappropriate comment: “if you think your so good, why don’t you become a doctor”!! As for everyone else, you guys seem like a real nice professional ‘down to earth’ bunch of grasshoppers. BTW, Grasshoppers is what we call medics were I’m from. Dunno why we just do Have a nice day all. PS, I do apologize if there a grammar mistakes, but I’m writing this very quickly in much ‘lunch break’ at 5:21PM lol.

Here in Australia, we don’t have doctors on ambulance. I run what we call an MRT (Medical Response Team) Basically we cover the paramedics asses when they don’t know what do to lol… Our team consists of myself (Trauma Doctor) a surgeon, surgical nurse and an emergency nurse. We get called upon by ambulance control, mainly to give a surgical consult, perform surgery in the field, basically any sort of extreme trauma that might happen. We also respond to muti-trauma patient situations. You guys don’t call on us very often, which is a great thing. Back in my younger days I worked as a helicopter doctor on and off for about 6 years.. I also have worked a few rave parties and car racing events along side all sorts different ambulance services. Keep up the great work that you guys do. You have a tough job. We doctors would be lost with out you grasshoppers!