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Well, by complete chance, Brown found this place again looking for a copy of a Health and Disability Commissioner report for work because someone had posted a thread about it. So, naturally, Brown felt obliged to pop in for old time's sake for a few posts. Plus, it was also opportunity time as...

Actual photo of level of medical assistance required by Brown for his minor man cold because he's a wimp 🤔😢😅

I had a look at the article. The description is a scalp laceration about one inch in diameter that it seems got covered by a dressing and bandaged. That is not a time-critical medical emergency requiring immediate dispatch of an ambulance. It is a low acuity job that could likely be safely...

@DrParasite I won't quote your entire post at length, but needless to say, and this is not a criticism, it shows a very American mindset that I find hard to understand, even after having spent significant amounts of time in the US. There is this entrenched fear or loathing or just downright...

I think this highlights one of the problems of leaving these sorts of things up the local municipality which can usually only raise money through property taxes or user fees suchlike. They are obviously under pressure to keep these taxes or fees down. That. to me, seems incompatible with the...

Big investment from central government to move Zed to all dual engine helicopters. I imagine we'll see a reduction in the overall number but replacement with dual engine all IFR dual pilot large aeromedical machines like the AW169. I'd also imagine they'll get medically-led crewing rather than...

A couple of the ambos I've known have got out. One upgraded to becoming a doctor and is probably a psychiatric registrar by now. The other became a teacher. I used to work with a bunch of docs and nurses who left hospital practice (acute care specs) to work in medical repatriation including...

Thank goodness, some sun for the first time in 10 days means Brown can leave the house without getting wet or just looking at thick grey overcast sky 😍 winter is stupid and dumb :(. I am getting harrassed in my inbox about cheap flights up to the US and Canada and I haven't had a holiday in...

Well, anything is relative isn't it and needs to be considered in light of the entire instant fact pattern. If the patient is quite distant from hospital and very newly onset hypertensive (so otherwise eutensive) I would seek advice about whether to administer GTN or not. I wouldn't randomly...

The most obvious thing I noticed was the treating officer was unrestrained in the back of a moving ambulance. I admit to doing that myself when the old trolley beds were basically used as a bench seat. But that was a good few years ago now and since then the new vans have proper seats with...

@Tigger I am really sorry to hear that mate. Probably opportunistic thief(ves) seeking something to flogg off for coin. Reminds me of a guy that mate was up for a bit ago as I was waiting. A guy who nicked a young woman's handbag for a couple bucks and it had a bunch of sentimental things in...

Preach it bro. Bloody clown pols. My old mate who was a doc used to lament them for meddling in the health system and how the root problems he saw as a doc were all as the result of it, yet, he was basically powerless to change it. What can I say, I am basically in the same position. And...

Just a couple of photos from when I went to visit London HEMS :cool:😍 Bloody awesome. It sure is a great view from the RLH. I forgot to ask why they do not use a winch-capable machine. I would imagine in the very densely built up metropolis of London that would be quite handy cf trying to...

I think it's all relative really mate. So this bloke is an astronaut, and a doc, and some military super fella. Good for him. Those are all notable achievements. Well, who'd want to be a doc, jeez, no thanks. Everyone else achieves things which may, to them or their family or community or...

Certainly not! My earlier explanation on that point was already advanced here https://emtlife.com/threads/brown-from-the-dead.47776/ I was looking for a copy of an HDC report for work and the form of words I searched for showed up somebody mentioning it here. I could not resist having a look...

Brown just chatted up the receptionist and she let Brown back in. Don't mind Brown, just came across a post in a Google search for something for work. Brown is just here for the mental health benefits of something completely unrelated to anything that Brown is now involved in. You know, I...

Exactly. Everyone achieves different things and just because they may be different or "not typical," that does not mean that person is no better than any other person. Such is the individual nature of life really I suppose. I think society has become too preoccupied with norms and what is...

I am bloody terrible at kids. I had almost zero clinical exposure to them. I wholeheartedly agree epiglottis though. So, imagining the child is now in some form of extremis with a poor airway. The choices are (a) stay, (b) go to 10 minutes away big persons hospital, or (c) go 40 minutes to...

Bro, this guy makes Brown feel inadequate. I mean, Brown only has three degrees, is regarded as an expert in Brown's field, can spell suxamethonium and can remember the difference between glycolysis, glycogenolysis, and gluconeogenesis 😅

Yes. Because Brown must be referred to in the fourth person. Come on mate, keep up. Brown does not actually exist and was a bit of a figment of my imagination (certain parts of Brown's persona do exist, however) so it is not actually possible to speak of Brown in the first, second, or third...