Recent content by Smoke14

Stick with your attorney and work through this.

Introduce yourself to the patient and then ask what they would like to be called.

What race track was this? I crew at several local tracks and although the equipment is minimal, everywhere I crew has at least two BLS techs on the truck.

Hang at cat out of the window, scratch his backside with a corn cob and pour turpentine on it. :rofl:

I am not going to speculate on the events of Sandy Hook. I will say that both of our SWAT teams have two armed medics as team members.

Fear comes from a lack of knowledge. Study what spiders are in your area and which ones to avoid. I personally think spiders and snakes are cool.

Unemployed?

Anyone who has ever spent any time in law enforcement or the military knows how to look real busy doing something they know nothing about. :blush:

I have been very lucky because I have never dropped a patient. To the OP, what kind of cot was your patient on?

I really don't remember because that most likely would have been in 1978. :blush:

We also have a zero tolerance policy for backing accidents. If I run into something without a spotter, I am done.

On the Stryker power cots, the manual release is on the right side of the stretcher as you are facing it while removing it from the bus. On the manual cots it could be on either side.

Very solid ideas have already been given. I always ask the patient what I can do to make them feel better. Even if you can't deliver, they feel like they are in control. I try to involve other family members in the process of patient care. Just before I break contact with a patient, I ask...

This place has a product called "Bug Off" that works quite well. http://www.craftlabs.com/

Zoll's customer service is second to no one and the X is real easy to get along with.