Recent content by Firechic

"There is no higher calling than to save the life of your fellow man, or to take away his pain." - Roy Yamada, MD. WTEngel, great quote by a great man. I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Yamada as my medical director when I was with the fire department. He is truly a gem!

It was mentioned that he already had an abrasion to the forehead and teeth missing/ bloody mouth. Besides protecting yourself and your partner, did you think that the patient could possibly have a head injury. That might have caused the unexplained belligerent behavior.

Well..... Damn. Can we not have a little compassion for one of our own? Does she have a pattern of bawling her eyes out everytime? If yes, then she should look into another field. If not, then talk to her or tell her to talk to someone else if it bothered her that much for whatever her...

retval, I think you have a misunderstanding of the EMS system; however, the underlying theme of your first post is that you would like to somehow comfort people in times of the unknown. You want to offer someone else the sense of ease that you felt with that doctor and nurse who were there for...

I would also inform him that he would probably breathe better without the cigarette in his mouth!

How old are these "old" folks you're making fun of??!!

I haven't seen anything on the internet, but I have seen myself a few times in some FETN training courses.

Luckydogg, Just a friendly suggestion, perhaps you should have titled your thread with 'vent' or 'rant'. Base your vents on the specifics of an event instead of generalizing and you'll probably get more sympathy and/or empathy. It appears as though you had a bad experience and needed to blow...

Sorry Raf, I have to call you on this one. Just because you get to the hospital by MICU does not mean that you will automatically be seen ASAP by the hospital staff. The patient you are bringing is still triaged according to their complaint. There have been times where we wheeled the patient...

I vote to drop it also because normally I'd respond to the previous post. :)

Love Potion #9~~~~!!!

Many people were doing other things on the morning of 9/11. So what?, Bush was reading a story until he heard the news. It is my understanding from reading various articles in newspapers from around the NY area that Gov. Pataki has passed legislation for 9/11 workers to receive benefits...

My protocols address the possible CVA patient and administering D50. Hypertonic medications/ fluids are not a good thing for a possible hemorrhagic CVA patient. I thought there was a previous great and heated debate!! :)

So, what is your game plan??

Why do you say that?