Recent content by timmy84

All of our cots care Hill Rom "Rugged". They work well. 3 long board, 1 KED, an ancient Ferno stair chair, and a Rugged bariatric cot and an isolette at the base. Oh, and a car seat.

It is probably a mix of how often you are available and how many clinical spots the sponsoring hospitals have open. My school actually assigns them to me, so I have no say when it comes time for that, some of the other programs in my area let the students pick from a list of open times (first...

+1 Even with a glove I wouldn't! However I would be more than willing to drive you to the doctors office, better before they do it than after the home surgery too. One has to wonder about the mental state of a person willing to cut into their drunk buddies skin with a knife without taking...

I was just reading about the S.A.L.T (or SALT for anyone searching without the periods) today. One of my instructors mentioned it about a week ago, and was not able to fully describe it, so I assume it is not all the way out there. Seems like a pretty good product, I wanted to know if anyone...

I love not being stuck in the hospital all day! I also enjoy most everything about the actual job. I do not like the lack of understanding of the job to lay people, and even some people within the medical community (seems outside the ER and critical care areas we are considered taxi cab...

The ADSCOPE 609 is only 17 bucks, i say just buy another.

on my partners waist... my service requires the medic to wear the radio on ALS trucks. When I work basic-basic shifts I tend to leave keep it in the jump bag in the little empty pocket on the front, or if the clip is not broken, clipped to the strap

I still work part-time as a nurses aide on a med/surg floor (I cannot afford to quit that job, and my EMT job pays significantly less, and paramedic school is not free), and I am mistaken for all sorts of health care workers. Doctor, Nurse, RT, even housekeeper, whoever the patient is expecting...

I personally like a scope that has binaurals that curve anatomically into my ears. Most of the companies out there seem to do this now, but the straight kind works just as well, I suppose I like the comfort factor. I use the Adscope 609 (cost 17 bucks), and a Littmann Master Classic (given to...

Everyone in EMS seems to be cocky (at least a good number of them). First responder to paramedic to ED nurse to ED doc to medical director. Granted I have only been exposed for a short while, but it is not something one needs to observe for a long time to pick up on. The paramedics resent...

Agreed adolescence is a pivotal stage of psychosocial development. Teens are often focused on doing "what is right" or at least what they believe to be right. This can lead to many psychosocial problems, not to mention to the decreased/absent peer interaction. During the teenage years one is...

I wonder what the other M&M colors will do? :ph34r:

We have had three patients who started off on my floor before coming back h1n1 and sent to the ICU for some vent time. Makes you think... how many people came in contact with them before they came to the hospital, even in the hospital. EMS/Family taking them to the ER, everyone in the ER, from...

The local Mexican restaurant here sells Mexican Coca-Cola in old time glass bottles too. I always order it when I go.

My instructor once told me that that a man of Romani (more commonly known as a 'Gypsy') descent pulled a knife out on him and told him to deliver his baby, but not to look at his wife's vagina. Fortunately another unit was dispatched with a female medic.