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    How much effort do spend on trauma?

    Never eoR, maybe just the grip of the mother tongue. Egg
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    How much effort do spend on trauma?

    Jesu de Christo!!!!!! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot right? Trauma is a cakewalk. It is (mostly) easy to assess. Easy if someone who knows :censored::censored::censored::censored:e from shinola is doing or teaching that is. Not a big deal really. Loads of fluid is not all that helpful. Assessment of...
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    Oral Screw

    Yea, trigger tube does not = nasal tube. No need for a BAAM, but get in where you fit in. If it helps, use it. Used to BNTI A LOT (notice "a lot" is not one word), CPAP has changed that practice a bit. Speaking of changing practice? That screw is dope!!! I have not seen those in forever. I...
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    And they want to take over EMS!

    In my neck of the woods FD is a serious lot of incompetent fools when it comes to EMS. Real real bad in most regards. There are a few souls that have it right, but taken as a whole they are a soup sandwich. Denver Fire got nailed a few years ago due large in part to the fact that ALL (upwards...
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    14 gauge needle (Harpoon)

    14 or 16 2" for "sick" trauma. 10 for the chest if need be (rare). Anyone out there lucky enough to carry the 2" cath packaged with the syringe instead of the flash chamber? Egg
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    things you will never live down

    Drunk para socked me in the sniffer in the middle of a crowed bar. Told him "I will beat your crippled ***!" in front of the attentive crowd. For the tape; I did not beat his crippled ***. Egg
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    About you.

    A touch of grey Jaded Hip deep in this madness to support my European travel addiction. Egg
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    Paramedic to RN

    In some states, the RN can challenge the Paramedic exam And that is a shame. Egg
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    automated cpr

    We use the Lucas Device in the hospital but in the field still do manual compression. There is some debate about these devices causing harm to patients:. It does burn through compressed air very quickly, which is a potential downside to using it in the field. __________________ What kind of...
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    Now here's a toughy

    Boring conversation anyway...Luke, we're gonna have company! Egg
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    A Denver Health paramedic fakes his license, and his boss keeps it under wraps

    He knew he was in deep...never touched a pt after he lapsed though. At least there's that. Not a lot but it could have been much worse. The shame is, the guy is (was) a brilliant medic and has been for a long time. I miss having him around. Egg
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    Medic School in Denver

    Denver Health Academics are about the same at all the metro area schools. The hook with DHPD is that all your rides are done over the summer with Denver. The other schools you land up with privates or FD. I am not going to debate the quality of those rides but Denver runs more calls than the...
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    Tactical communication

    Anyone out there aware of alternatives to Verbal Judo? Not having a lot of luck searching this one. Egg
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    Pediatric: ALTE

    ALTE should be considered anytime you have a kid (birth to 1yoa, typically 6 mo or less) that has a change in color, tone, mentation or anything else that prompts caretakers to call 911. There is not loads of info available, but what is available is-in my opinion-worth taking seriously. Up...
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    Bullet Vs. AED

    Best bet would be not to shock the traumatic arrest in the first place. Egg
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