Recent content by curt

Always have preferred a miller blade.

Unfortunately, Georgia's a restrictive state when it comes to EMS. It's just a crappy state for EMS in general, considering it's got the 3rd lowest wages for EMS out of all 50 states with salaries averaging about 11k for EMT-I and 22K for Medic. Don't come here. Anyway, RSI's a big no-no here...

Interfacility transport on an elderly alz pt from the hospital floor to a nursing facility. When we arrived, we knew we were in for it because the nurses started yelling "Oh thank GOD, EMS is here!" when they saw us. So, upon taking the report, we learn that she's advanced alzheimers, has a...

So I was working overtime not too long back on the supervisor truck for Coweta County EMS. We had gone up to the hospital and were getting some drugs replaced when tones dropped for Medic 1 to respond to a golf cart vs. a boat. Me and the supervisor exchanged looks and he said "You know we're...

I'm in the process of applying for a California license (Medic) and they're not making it easy for me. >:{ So far, though, the biggest obstacle is just getting the appropriate funds and resources built up. That and they require a notarization for photocopies of proof of US citizenship (Yes...

I've been riding for a few years, but I'm a newbie at wrench turning on motorbikes. I recently tried to change the oil in my '02 Honda Shadow (600 ccs, definitely looking to upgrade, it handles like a brick) and ended up adding more oil back than I was supposed to after I was done ruining the...

I see that the international medics have a blog thread going on. Got me thinking- does anyone else here have a blog they'd like to share?

Holy Necro, Batman! I've been looking at taking a SWAT-ready Tactical Medic course (I'm not LE, but I'd love to work with them), but looking at all these TEMS academies is showing me that, even though there's two of them based reasonably close to me, I'm going to have to chase down a class...

My EMT class started with 24, we dropped to 12 in one quarter, and dropped to 7 by the next, and finished the year with 5. Everyone who took the registry passed, but there was one that kind of dropped off of the face of the earth after the class and never took the registry. We had a hardcore...

I think they're talking about that worthless MSNBC TV show that got canceled. (Didn't it?)

I'll argue with video games and movies where horrible CPR is preformed and the person still gets saved. -You know you're an EMT when you make an effort to get a good look at the monitor rhythm in the movies or TV. - You know you're an EMT when you attempt to become the lead medic of a TV...

I run a blog dedicated to public education about the emergency systems in the US and measures people can take both to altogether prevent emergencies as well as to prevent further injury to themselves or others pre-responder arrival. The blog can be found here http://911guide.blogspot.com/...

To be able to do my very best for the patient. Also, decent pay and the ability to travel to/ work in different states as long as I've got my registry/ am willing to pay licensure fees helps.

Now that I consider his positioning in the photo, the abrasions only being on one side of his trachea makes a good deal more sense. Shrapnel from the secondary phase of a blast, then?

I'll agree that it was probably a single-event MOI, but as the neck's cylindrical, not flat, and we're talking about a projectile here, I don't quite follow on how those are abrasions. On the other hand, if it WAS a high-powered round that went through his trachea, something makes me suspect...