Recent content by plumdragon

I really appreciate that! Exactly the sort of info I'm looking for. Did you get the men's size because you couldn't find the womens? I don't want to get those on accident, the website I'm looking at seems to have both sizes. I am either going to get those, or the Airpower R2's that just...

I'm looking at some Haix airpowers or rescue...Converse and Magnum composite toe...and Thorogood composites. So many choices, so many websites...I wish there was an easier way to just try them all on, this is what I get for living in BFE! Anyone with experience wearing men's sized boots...

here's me. Here's me. Took with my cell phone, about to head off to clinicals. I've already braided my hair up tho, sorry fellas! BTW, there are some GOOD looking menfolk on this thread. Shame I'm in Bama!

*waves* Allo allo. I'm Gwynne, in Huntsville Alabama. Got just a few weeks left of EMT-B training. I already volunteer with the local Rescue Squad. My clinicals so far have either been a waste of learning time with not one thing happening, or... a large caliber GSW all the way complete with...

Ladies, I need assistance. I've got really tiny feet, and I'm having trouble locating some nice boots. I'd really like some composite toe, rather than steel. Waterproof if at all possible. I need a zipper on the side for quickly getting them back on when I've been sleeping during an...

...wow Just got back from classes and find 5 more pages of replies. That was unexpected! My response remains the same. I don't *ever* want to end up not caring about my patients. I realize that not every broken leg is going to pull at my heart strings, but I AM in this to help people. If I...

I don't plan on visiting the patient. I'm sure that he wouldn't remember me among the bunch of other people working on him. If anything, I already know they won't tell me something on the phone, but thought perhaps the ICU or medflight staff may be able to tell me a basic outcome. I also don't...

Not here to be a hero. This was my first trauma, and a touchy one at that. The guy had 3 young kids and his wife there when it happened. I care about the situation, and would like to know if the thoraseal actually managed to keep him alive.

Papabear, I happen to work (day job) for the charge nurse on the cardiology floor at that hospital, so at the very least I've got a road into the ICU should all other attempts fail. As to the other poster on "why do you care..."? You know, firstly, I don't *ever* want to turn out with that...

That's pretty much what I'm trying to avoid by asking you friendly folks first. I had a feeling this was the case. I will try to get in touch with the medic from last night at some point in the future. I don't have another shift there, so it's going to be chancy. However the trauma center is...

I am in EMT-B school right now, and had my first clinical run last night. Very bad GSW to the chest, serious trauma for little bitty county ambulance service. ALS unit, tho, and they medflighted him to the nearest trauma center. I want to check up and see how the guy is doing, if he made it...

Alabama We're not *all* animal freaks in 'Bama. At least in Huntsville...we prefer rockets here, they last longer. On the story sharing note, however, a nursing student friend of mine related a story from a good lady friend of his, who works as an ER nurse in NYC. She was working the...