Search results

Part irish, but more scottish, as the username suggests.

Wow, that is really weird. Goes to show that the 'gut feeling' we get is really accurate, and should be followed. As to the using NSS to get the bug out, would that be considered a controlled medical act? In our Regulated Health Professions Act, one of the listed controlled medical acts is...

Sounds like a good, cautious course of treatment. No need for the hospital staff to be annoyed (though it does happen), the patient arriving in better condition than they were called in as is a good sign :P. I would have taken similar precautions, since given the patient's age and a potential...

I believe it's already been said, but I've been taught that the use of even numbers when obtaining a BP manually is all about significant figures/digits. Since with a manual sphygomomanometer, we can't guarantee accuracy beyond the nearest even number, it's left at that, and has since become...

With the old names, I used to remember it as the first three letters of insulin shock, 'ins' stood for 'I need sugar', and with diabetic coma, they're dying for insulin. In school, I remember being told that anyone presenting with CLASS (Confusion, lethargy, agitation, syncope, seizure) may be...

Sounds like a good plan. Did something similar to pass my fitness test last semester, where every half hour while studying, I would get up and do 20 situps, 20 pushups, then get back to work. At first, I was having 1-2 word dyspnea and overall out of shape, but it got easier within weeks.

:lol: haven't heard that one before :P. Gonna have to remember that for my next set of ride-outs ^_^

Yeah, I have to admit, it's a bit unnerving to have your 'patient' watching you as you place it, and then give you feedback as soon as it comes out :p 'Tis a great training resource though, I'm a lot more comfortable placing OPAs now :D

For my program (in college now), I have to pass a fitness test (32 male push-ups in one minute; 36 abdominal crunches in one minute; 1.8 km run in under 11 minutes, and flexibility tests) by December, or I will not be allowed to do my ride-outs again. By January, we have to deadlift (I think)...

Since I'm a student, normally sit in the back. Take the jump seat when there's no patient in the back, and move onto the bench when treating for better visibility. The captain's chair/jump seat (not sure what its called but seen the terms used interchangeably for the seat right by the patient's...

Everyone's first code seems to carry a lot more emotion than all the following ones. It's if every code induces that sort of response, you might want to reconsider. My first code, I remember every little detail still (and probably will through my whole career). Got him shockable, but it just...

This happens a lot in the area I rode out of. In that area, english-speakers are actually a minority. After a while, you either pick up bits and pieces of their language, or get really good at playing cherades :P. I don't mind as much if there's just a language barrier, but when they get...

Absent gag reflex isn't necessarily due to brain trauma. A medic I have trained with a lot has no gag reflex, so I got to learn how to place OPA's on him while he was conscious (and get feedback on it as well :P).

haha, done that one many a time, though I haven't thought to keep it warm like that :lol: . I don't know what it is about pizza, but it seems to get interrupted more than any other food. And apparently, it's not as great after the fifth or so microwaving :D

Whether or not I would go for a KED depends entirely on the situation. They can take a while and be intimidating at first (so newbies like me may hesitate to use them :P), but with practice, they're just another (very effective) tool in the arsenal. Instead of approaching them about it...

I think that it would be more efficient to have first aiders on-scene at company events/fairs than to pay and take a truck or so out of service for all the 'what-ifs'. In the area I work in, a lot of events get first aid/first responder volunteers to cover, so they can take care of the boo-boos...

Never heard of Bob Page, can anyone point me in the direction of some stuff by him? I just recently finished reading Rapid Interpretation Of EKG's by Dale Dubin, and it was a really good (albeit slightly simplified) look at lead II and 12-lead interpretation. Uses lots of pictures, analogies...

Had a psych patient who approached me and told me that she only speaks chinese (caucasian lady, no accent whatsoever, said this in perfect english)...Played along with that for a while with my limited knowledge of the language, before going back to using english. She still denied speaking...

[ From a Canadian perspective, I find the system we have here very efficient, sustainable, and ethical. In terms of effects on EMS, I don't think there's any change in call volume (though I have nothing to compare it against, it seems like we get about the same as others from various...

We had a death notification seminar here a while ago, and I found that very useful. I haven't had to do a notification yet since I'm just a student, but I can imagine that it will be the hardest thing to do. In the seminar, they emphasised that when doing notifications, we should use the words...