Recent content by BruceD

I can't believe no one has brought this up. A person registers 2-6-10, posts THIS topic and is never seen again. -TROLL- That is all.

One small suggestion - You said your apartment doesn't allow dogs considered vicious. I myself consider the chiuaha (whatever) as vicious. One thing I suggest to all who are getting a dog (even though you already have one), is to get a book about raising dogs. There are some real pearls out...

If you are asking what you would use it for, you would need to read and follow your local protocols. Nitropress where I am at is used for control of hypertensive crisis, to create controlled hypotension during surgery (I think), and for certain/specific types of acute congestive heart...

** I'm not a medic, you'd be a fool to use my information in the treatment of any patient without finding resources yourself. ** Nitroglycerin I'll use Ng to save typing... Clinical Pharmacology: Relaxation of vascular smooth muscle. Affects both arteries and veins, but has a more pronounced...

It depends on your style of learning really. If you are a visual learner, try sitting down with a blank piece of paper, draw a heart on it, then start drawing and labeling the arteries starting there. Keep going until you can't name one or can't remember where one goes or you miss one...

I don't believe that you'll find a specific ratio. The number (and type) of extravascular leukocytes will be dependent on a multitude of factors. Among them, duration of infection, type of infection, location of infection, and immune status of the patient (including genetic conditions)...

Holy cow, never thought of that for gun bores!!

The hydrogen peroxide trick is one I hadn't heard of before. I had always heard the lidocaine bit. I don't believe we carried an otoscope in our truck, if that's how the roach was visualized, kudos to you. For those who have never worked with the ear, be gentle with the patient as the ear...

That is probably area dependent. In my area, only the supervising/attending ER physician can photograph any part of a patient and only after getting a written waiver signed by the patient and witnessed by another. However, that being said, the plastics people seem to photograph everything...

I do carry mine around my neck, however, what I wear has a collar (thankfully, because I hate the feel of a steth touching my neck) and I constantly and consistently use the sani-wipes. Speaking from experience of someone who has had to carry one for long periods of time, it's quite likely...

But what if they had a particular allergy to decapitation and you missed it due to loss of the tag? Wouldn't you feel like a right fool? I wonder if Epi is first line rx for decapitation analphylaxis... Sometimes, occasionally, I wonder if my work hours are too long or if my sense of...

I dunno about a necklace.... What if you were wearing it around your neck and your head came off? The medic alert could easily get lost before I got on scene...

Hmm... After reading this, I think I want a new emt partner. This is the one I'd choose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdkt7yIFLY -B

Most martial artist instructors are very careful to instruct/show you to just how badly you can be hurt by even an unskilled assailant with a bladed weapon. The defenses you are taught in class are not meant to be used if you can RUN AWAY, these moves are for last-ditch "save my (insert...

Ya.. but did you rule out sarcoidosis and Wilson's disease