Recent content by thatJeffguy

A good watch. That's all that I needed but wasn't provided by the class and, IIRC, it's required to take the state practical.

Two bags of grass, seventy five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half filled with cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two...

They must have sent our county the "slow down near the crest of a hill, then sort of pull over and creep along" PSA by accident.

Do you sign your trip sheets " I AM SPARTA! " ? :-)

If you visit your local Central Processing department at the hospital, I'm sure they'd be happy to package and sterilize your shears. I have no idea why you'd want to to that, but if 270 @ 70 for 15 makes you happy, rock out :)

The OP wasn't born in America?

Buy a flight suit with lots of reflective tape. Wear a FF hat. Wear your steth. Ask if you can use your own defib on duty. Also, lots of Stars of Life. :-) Hard to go wrong with a suit and tie. At least nice trousers, a nice pressed shirt and a tie.

It's for an Associates Degree in Paramedicine. Five days a week, eight hours a day, 1-MAR - 31-OCT.

I can't believe I forgot to mention this but he stated he had nerve damage "behind ... right ear" due to a MVA in 1950. Other than that, no medical history. For the sensory tests I lightly pinched the skin on the top of his hand and asked him what I was doing and to which hand. I didn't...

Dispatched to a fall victim. 70yo W male, had fallen earlier in the day and the ambulance crew provided a lift assist and got a refusal. Five hours later we were sent out again. Entered the house, well-kept and clean, to find pt sitting in recliner with a walker nearby. He was able to tell...

No, just a computer geek that inhabits lots of geeky forums. It's a great symbol, i'm surprised no ASCII character exists.

This interests me. I'm a fan of the (already discounted) theories of a spinal bleed or a slow retro-peritoneal bleed. Other than that I'll revert to my 110hrs of training, give oxygen (15lpm of course) and go to the hospital where the doctor people exist. I'll pray that an actual...

Be thankful that Nashville != NOLA.

I wasn't familiar with the procedure. It seems that a patient, or their family, can easily find out who you are with minimal effort.

Chronic? :-)