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Some additional information... The patient was 91. The family was on scene. Did they confirm she was responding normally for her? Was this her normal mental status? At 91, she may not have a lot to say, may not "feel like" talking, or may not be able to say very much. You mention no...

You can be charged with a felony here in Florida. Generally, getting the person arrested is the easy part for us. The hard part is convincing the prosecutors office they want to do anything with the case. "Excessive ETOH" tends to be a contributing factor.

Ahh... Lucky you! We have two trucks in Houston, with plans to swap out on the weekend. I am hoping to be on the next deployment. Be safe.

I was talking with some people about the things we have learned that can't be taught in school.... I'll start, some are mine, some are as witnessed by me... but what are some of yours... You probably should not drive another agencies vehicle. You especially should not drive that vehicle INTO...

Yep....as in the thing that goes Ka-BOOM! Apparently, he had been carrying it around. With the huge military presence in our area, there is often unexploded ordinances found in the woods. So, he decided he would show his buddies what he had.... and you heard the rest. Yea... that set in...

Okay, so I am on a 48 hr shift. Remember the days when I had really "fun" shifts to tell y'all about.... Well... Here ya are. 1 CP pt, HR of 230 1 MVC, 3 pts, 1 Trauma Alert transport via air 1 SO Deputy injured.... kicked square in the kahona's he was. That'll teach him not to wear one of...

Hey! How come your not down here saving the Gulf Coast from its self? I have been in Jackson now for 5 days.

OH!!! SO Rid invented the SOAP and CHART method did he? :P:P:P I use the narrative tell the story version. But it seems to come out like SOAP only without the leading letters.

Definantly! And to your regular tourist crowd you can have the ones that should be here for Labor Day weekend and anybody else that gets smart and leaves here in to get away from the weeks of no electricity, no A/C, no TV, no hot water, hour long gas lines, and all the luxuries that follow a...

AHAHAH!!! Apparently a Jacksonville woman won't be getting her DL anytime soon. This is pretty funny, actually. http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/NEWS01/80828001

Its not the actual price that is so frustrating. Its the obvious jump when they know we are going to be getting it. Take Labor Day, a Hurricane in the Gulf, and another to follow shortly behind it and it won't be long before we are back to $4/gallon. The price gouging hot lines will be...

Another storm is heading for the Gulf. The Gulf waters are warm enough to have this storm be on the scale of Ivan (for us) and Katrina (for NOLA). Oil platforms have been evacuated. Oil is up to $120/barrel. I went into Wal-Mart and gas was $3.42/gallon. I came out less than 1 hour later...

Let me say this..... I, personally, have not done the 14g or NPA or whatever to a pt. I have also stopped another provider from doing the same on a patient I would be transporting. I have also asked more than one person why they would feel the need to further injure someone they were supposed...

It happens. To everyone. If you haven't seen it, you haven't been around very long. If you haven't heard them talk about it, it because its not everyday open conversation. Make a point to ask them if they have ever put a 14g in someone because they were drunk/beligerant/violent/ect. Or have...

So far so good for us. Its only been raining for about 6 hours at this point, but the storm is still 75 miles to our east. Tonight may not be so fun! But for everyone that has ever dealt with any kind of tropical system you know the "Hurricane Parties" that happen..... One of my friends...

Okay.... TS Faye is a real B****!!!! By the time she gets back out into Gulf AGAIN and comes back NW over top of my place, she will have impacted EVERY SQUARE MILE of Florida! I will give you guys updates as I can. My post is in an area that gets some flooding with a good rain storm. I...

Normally you won't just go firing off a list of preplanned questions to determine CAO level with every patient. It's part of your patient assessment technique. Everyone will approach their initial pt assessment a little different..... unlike the check sheet in school. Eventually you will get...

HA!! Thats funny. A tropical storm isn't so scary. We don't even pull our trucks off the road until the winds are 50mph SUSTAINED.... not wind gusts. C'mon Faye... come see me. I need some OT :-)

I saw that earlier this week. Only have one thing to really say.... JOB SECURITY personified!

I am breaking this away from the KED thread. Lets go for a rational, calm discussion on this. I understand the feeling of "Hurry up! This injury happened 15 minutes ago, we have a 20 minute transport time... we need to go." http://www.thomcosafetynet.com/handouts/2007/BryanBledsoe.pdf...