Recent content by wvditchdoc

In case I missed it? Really? It also said that the family was Are you saying cramping does not constitute being "symptomatic" for a dialysis patient? Since when? I've work in a hellish dialysis center as a tech and I've also worked in a few very good ones. It takes a very simple...

Just like the other site... It is 110% possible that it's related to the treatment. It is a very common after effect for dialysis patients. The effect will happen very suddenly in these patients. It is a system wide, massive fluid shift. Every single drop of blood is run through a filter...

Phenergan is classed strictly as a Antihistamine, it is not classed as an Antiemetic. Just one of those gee whiz nifty things it can be used for. Promethazine (Phenergan) Class: Antihistamine (h1 antagonist). Actions: Mild anticholinergic activity, antiemetic, potentiates actions of...

Yes I am........

And you are posting (rather smugly I might add) on an EMS Forum. EMS, Emergency Medical Services, Pre-hosptial care, something you admittedly want nothing to do with???:wacko:

The Flu-mist is a live vaccine. Not surprising. Not getting the vaccine is stupid in my personal opinion. Even if the nastiest strain isn't specifically included in the seasonal cocktail, if contracted the symptoms stand a chance of being significantly lessened. Getting a Flu Shot does not...

I do believe I will have this put on a T-Shirt, after 15 years as a Medic it absolutely floors me the amount of people that don't get this. As a sidenote, this would apply to all providers, not just EMT-B's. ABC's are done in order of importance, if A cannot be positively controlled...you stop...

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Absolutely...:ph34r:

Recently had a patient found unresponsive, GCS of 3, and hypothermic (under a running AC unit, no clothes or covers). Upon arrival to the Military Hospital, his BGL was found to be over 1000. Official DX from the Doc was DKA, right before he got on the C-17 to LRMC. I wondered about it so did...

So it's that cut and dry huh? :censored::censored: Have you ever hit/run over and seriously injured a pedestrian? I did, almost 15 years ago shortly after becoming a Paramedic. The details of how it happened aren't important, but suffice it to say this young lady was seriously injured. She...

I say go for it, if it's what you want to do then do it! Good Luck!

Hate to leave the station? Seriously? Talk about inflammatory. That is a very broad, and incorrect, generalization that I doubt you have any real evidence to back up with. According to the article, the location was passed along to them by their dispatch as "near" the station (as this is what...

While I agree with a little Napoleon Syndrome for certain situations, it is not a widely accepted method of instruction. That being said, I do feel we need more stringent criteria for graduating EMS Students (A or B). There should be no gray area in EMS. If that means "washing out" the...

Shouldn't, just don't go wearing your Batman Utility BElt to the ER. <_<