the 100% directionless thread

[ACoston]

I didn't get it at first when i clicked on the link it all clicked.

 

[StCEMT]

Man....its been a minute since a pt pulled a fast one on me. Damn...

 

[EpiEMS]

So I took TECC this past weekend. Very fun class - somewhere between high-speed PHTLS and mass shooter response awareness, with a bit of terrorism awareness sprinkled in. Probably the biggest lesson is that it is *hard* to even do the most basic of BLS when it's dark, loud, and you're amped up. The class gave me a lot, lot more appreciation for what combat medics must go through.

 

[Lo2w]

ETA:
Considering that people that have influenza can very easily match SIRS criteria... and suddenly that patient you were just going to say "you have the flu, stay home and rest, drink plenty of fluids..." now ends up in a transport and possibly gets admitted and along the way may have a definitive influenza test done (test run by hospital's lab if they accept your sample). "Rapid" tests usually aren't definitive and have false positive and false negative rates that may require a more definitive test that's much more accurate but these take time and if the process of doing a "rapid" test destroys the sample, then another must be obtained...

So what I'm actually saying is that it's probably best to not worry about doing POC influenza tests in the field and just look at the overall clinical picture... because some of these patients may be a lot sicker than they look at first glance.

You don't want to be on that crew that suggested staying home because of a positive POC test, overlooking the other signs and later have a bad outcome.

I don't necessarily disagree with that but there's got to be a happier medium between telling someone with flu like symptoms to ride out for a few more days and transporting every flu-like symptom.

 

[ViolynEMT]

A fire captain friend of mine was shot and killed over the weekend while off duty. I have no more words than that.

 

[Jim37F]

A fire captain friend of mine was shot and killed over the weekend while off duty. I have no more words than that.

certainly doesn't quite convey the feelings here, but I'm not exactly a poet....

 

[Akulahawk]

A fire captain friend of mine was shot and killed over the weekend while off duty. I have no more words than that.

 

[StCEMT]

Get to have some Australian students ride with me. Looking forward to this, time to round up my favorite partners.

 

[RESCUERANDYEMS]

A fire captain friend of mine was shot and killed over the weekend while off duty. I have no more words than that.

 

[Jim37F]

Well, on the lighter side of things at least, I can confirm the NREMT computer test still rattles ones nerves like nothing else lol....30 min in, cut off right at 70 questions, guess I'll know by tomorrow whether I did good or completely bombed it haha

 

[CALEMT]

Well, on the lighter side of things at least, I can confirm the NREMT computer test still rattles ones nerves like nothing else lol....30 min in, cut off right at 70 questions, guess I'll know by tomorrow whether I did good or completely bombed it haha

At least you’re not asking if you passed/ failed. Like we’re supposed to know...

 

[CALEMT]

In case you didn’t know, hot things can burn you. The person running the social media profile(s) for Cal Fire is top notch

 

[Akulahawk]

Well, on the lighter side of things at least, I can confirm the NREMT computer test still rattles ones nerves like nothing else lol....30 min in, cut off right at 70 questions, guess I'll know by tomorrow whether I did good or completely bombed it haha

Congratulations. It's a squid...

 

[PotatoMedic]

Did you know if you use a hot spoon on a mosquito bite it stops the itching! - brought to you by Johnson's and Johnson's burn cream.

 

[CALEMT]

Congratulations. It's a squid...

 

[DesertMedic66]

I swear I’m not a drug user/supplier Amazon. It’s for the EMT class..

 

[RocketMedic]

#2 in PUBG. Beat a man to death with a crowbar while my teammate frantically loaded our pistol. Grenaded a pair of women in an attic. Watched my teammate bleed out mere meters and a staircase away for want of cover and a Monster. Survive, he said. So I did. I avenged him, and as the zone contracted, I hid in the brush. Panicked shotgun fire saved me, but then my luck ran out. #2/96

Usually I'm the bait, but not today!

 

[StCEMT]

#2 in PUBG. Beat a man to death with a crowbar while my teammate frantically loaded our pistol. Grenaded a pair of women in an attic. Watched my teammate bleed out mere meters and a staircase away for want of cover and a Monster. Survive, he said. So I did. I avenged him, and as the zone contracted, I hid in the brush. Panicked shotgun fire saved me, but then my luck ran out. #2/96

Usually I'm the bait, but not today!

That's a pretty cool game. I liked how much of that game is just luck of the draw. Like that rare time you get in the center of at least most of the zones.

 

[RocketMedic]

That's a pretty cool game. I liked how much of that game is just luck of the draw. Like that rare time you get in the center of at least most of the zones.

I play on Xbox with a few Army buddies who enjoy the hunt. You?

 

[EpiEMS]

I swear I’m not a drug user/supplier Amazon. It’s for the EMT class..

For some reason, I don't think Jeff Bezos cares...you can buy some real dangerous stuff on Amazon, for better or for worse.