Recent content by goidf

Looking for good als training manikins. What are considered the better brands?

can you send me a copy/link of that protocol? I'm looking for references in writing....

I have heard of medics using a c-spine collar to secure he intubation tube. I am talking about medical cases with no trauma, he collar is only being used to secure the tube. does anyone actually do this? does anyone have any reference material for this?

I’m looking for some kind of list of stuff you’d expect to see at a hard rock concert. What would be the S/S to diagnose, and what would be your treatments?

Albuterol is supposed to be administered so that the treatment lasts 5-15 minutes. What exactly is the o2 flow rate that will fit that criteria, and does that rate change when you add an ipratropium? (doubling the amount of fluid in the treatment)

Horror stories, well every organization has some... some unfortunately true, others not so much.... Hatzalah in NYC has one central dispatch but each neighborhood runs its own volunteers and buses. I believe there are over 50 buses thought the city. Hatzalah here is politically well connected...

Like mycrofft said, when it comes to potential danger to life. Some communities do hire non Jews to do some of the driving, but in most, the volunteers respond like any other day.

Hatzalah Crown Heights Brooklyn, 2013 http://youtu.be/_AaojthvTGo

so any new developments with the mast pants since 5 years ago? I see it is still on the NREMT curriculum and tests...

A real simple inquiry into a term very often used, but there seems not to be a very good understanding of what exactly (rate-wise) it means... googleing kvo, even came across this: http://www.stlouischildrens.org/health-care-professionals/publications/rx-review/no-more-kvo The thing is, when I...