scubanurse

I live and work in the BEST county in the world!!! NOT!

There were at least 4 other people in the van who were viable though...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=artslot I was still out of town for this call...but surely not a call any of us would want to be on A mother and her daughter were killed and there were several other children in the car coming home from swim practice. Photos courtesy of http://www.thewatchdesk.com/forum/showthre...6048#post556048

You say it's just a turtle??? PETA released a press statement to President Obama when he swatted a FLY on television, asking him to take a more humane approach to dealing with the common house fly... I'm all for treating animals properly but you have to draw the line somewhere!

you'll probably have a hard time getting any job requiring you to drive an ambulance as you generally need a clean record. a DUI doesn't look too good to most employers as we are public service people and need to be able to set a good example. I know a big part of my job is speaking to kids about NOT drinking and driving, I would find it morally difficult to stand in front of them if I had done the same thing I was lecturing them not to do. Why not stand up and take responsibility for your lack of judgment instead of trying to lessen the charges??

I heard both of the call (looks just about the same as every other series of its type) and of him joining the White House... I don't know much more than that but I will ask around and dig up some research on the White House part

http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1702179 Some more local news... I know my county sent at least a two medics, a rescue squad and our Medical Ambulance Bus which was received through a COG grant. It transports 25 patients I believe and the support unit with it can treat 100 patients on each side so 200 patients total I believe. This was DC's first big Mass Casualty and from what I hear from command post and the field, it went fairly smoothly and efficiently in the triage stage of the event.

I got to mess with one at the EMS Today conference in Baltimore and spoke in length with the distributor about it. It is a VERY nice and adaptable system, but it's cost is in my opinion really high. The feature I particularly liked was its ability to adapt to angulated fractures with minimal effort and creativity on the providers part. The other downside to this product is the number of knobs and such which I know can be distracting to some. The hare splint is nice as it only has one place to adjust, but again that severely hinders its adaptability. Just my 2 cents worth on them ...

no video?

We are allowed to reduce I believe if no distal pulses, but I would be very hesitant to do so. I have some extensive training in wilderness and ocianic medicine (as extensive as they can provide... two two week courses in each) and with such have been trained in the reduction of numerous scenarios. I have also witnessed them both in ER and OR and I still would have a problem doing it myself. Without x-rays it is sometimes difficult to know which way the bones need to be manipulated and such. I also work in an area where I can be at a Level II trauma center in <10 minutes and a local ED with Ortho in <5 so I would have to seriously weigh the risks and benefits of attempting to reduce in the field. I have however "assisted" a baseball player with reducing his own shoulder. He threw it out at a game, had dislocated countless times before, and knew how to do it himself, I just assisted when he asked me to and that I felt comfortable doing. I also have a habit of reducing my own joints on a daily basis, so reductions of dislocated joints I'm pretty darn good at Shoulders, knees, and jaws are my specialty as those happen on a daily basis... fingers are starting too... lol but that is a different story... it is on my own body and I fully consented to myself For those of you in a more suburban/urban setting would you actually attempt a reduction? I know protocol says so, but I have never been the type of provider who will blindly follow the "book" with out using my own brain as well.

typical... relying on a woman to care for you boys... from cradle to grave you'll always need us women to care for ya!

That's really great that you've found something that has worked for you! Maybe they can do the same for my nail biting?! Or they can put electrodes on my fingers so when I go to bite at the nails I get zapped.... lol

epic fail.

that's cute! I'm glad they're learning a lot! Give them applications to the local firehouse to take home to mom and dad for when they're old enough...we should start breeding medics at 4 and raise them to be the worlds elite paragods...

If I get my canadian passport before then I'll make the drive... If I get my canadian passport before then I'll make the drive...

I can't believe both sides just acted to unprofessionally blatantly in front of the public. IMHO they deserve whatever punishment/bad press comes their ways after this.

IFT is inter-facility transport.... moving patients from one health care facility to another... use those resources I gave you before and ask questions, go and talk to people, state ems websites... I'm not going to do the work for you.... but I will point you in the hopefully right direction...

Banana Pancakes---Jack Johnson What do you want to be when you grow up?

Flight medic... you'll most likely have to be an EMT-P with a lot a lot of field 911 and IFT experience... I think it's usually about 5 years minimum before a flight program will look at you... also just as an FYI... they require height/weight proportionate... so if that is something that could be a problem...start working out now.... As far as learning more... I know firehouse.com and emsresponder.com have forums listed by state... and thewatchdesk.com has them by state and county if might be good to check those out. But nothing will really beat meeting people and talking with them directly. State EMS websites can also be a useful resource for locating different companies as they usually have to be registered with the state in order to provide EMS care.

Sorry to be a bit off topic... but those two should be reversed in my opinion.... hundereds of dollars and thousands of hours... Good luck on your training, read through the boards, use the search function on this site and you'll do fine... I don't know much about Americorps, but you would probably get better experience with an EMS agency doing clinical work in the field. Don't know about Chicago, but I am in a suburb of DC and we are a fire/ems department. All career folk are a minimum of Fire/EMT-B, all volunteers are a minimum EMT-B... to be a Fire Fighter, you must have EMT-B though which I support. It works for us, and I like it a lot. Those who are happy doing both, can do both in the same department, yet those who want to do EMS only, are 100% supported as well. Good luck on everything!

pretty common occurrence actually for the every 15 minutes program... I agree though, and being in Maryland which ahs made national news with its aviation program... I see it as an unnecessary risk for all involved.

These girls are the true athletes.... amazing really...

Hmm... try this http://paramedictv.ems1.com/Clip.aspx?key=9B3F60D5E51E0720

http://paramedictv.ems1.com/Clip.aspx?key=9B3F60D5E51E0720

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beating_a_dead_horse