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With limited resources , I've had good results with an "anesthesia bag" consisting of ketamine, (go figure) vecuronium, and versed, hung at a weight-specific rate. Had propofol, but no I.V pump :( I've never even HEARD of the drug in discussion. Then again, Army and expensive isn't even in...

Daaaaaaaamn.

The biggest threat will always be IEDs. There's EFP's that can defeat tanks. So the vehicles make little difference. The best way to mitigate that is stay off the roads. Dominate the terrain. But that also requires you to be able to manuver at altitude with heavy, cumbersome armor, and...

Hemostatic, you're missing a.very important rule: know your operational environment. You will never, EVER "kill all the bad guys", or "crush the Taliban." Know why? Because there is an almost limitless supply of foreign fighters with an infinitely sustainable source of income and...

Before rubor/dolor/calor set in? Or is that nonspecific?

It wasn't always that way. Www.militaryathlete.com Check it out. Legit.

It's all about the ego. I've seen some peers sit in the bay of the trauma center trying to RSI, with the trauma surgeon staring at them through the window, tapping his foot.

Next, take those maxes to about 80%, and do them in a continous curcuit (start modest, about 8 reps) with 400meter runs in between each circuit, for 35 mins. Let me know how you feel after that. :P

Ever seen a medic get puked on, then puke right back on the patient because he coudnt move in time? Anyone who remembers the 90's, Kodak moment.

When you see lots of blood, chances are you'll be wondering where its coming from, and bot going "eww, icky!"

Daily intake? Maybe as a diluted mouthwash? Gotta be careful with even that... You'll predispose yourself to fungal infections. Oral thrush definately does not help with the ladies.

How is there no emote for popcorn? :angry:

No, I mean was his next closest lymph node swollen? (Brachial plexus?) Induration is important too. Questionable hygeine, plus redness, edema, and (+/- induration)ay suggest cellulitis or another local/regional infection.

What do you mean by "swollen?" Any lymphadenopathy? Any redness or induration?

Etomidate should definately be pushed like D50 every time. I didn't see it mentioned, but fast pushes can also cause projectile vomiting.

Ah, i remember the first time I felt truly gross: going to a "welfare check" in a trailor park, where the guy had expired a week ago and thus was marinaing in the oven-like trailer in the florida summer. And of course, we had to go inside to find some I.D. Looked like a bowl of gumbo. In my...

I've always been taught that beta blockers are cardioprotective in M.I, especially in complete occlusions. Helps blunt the reflex tachycardia from nitro (which won't benefit much in a complete occlusion), which is a slippery slope.

Damn, beat me to it. <_<

Depression might come from early global ischemia due to the tachycardia. In a peri-arrest rhythm, the goal is to terminate the rhythm. In the event it turns into a pulseless v-tach, we not only terminate the rhythm using juice, we terminate it or at least supress with an anti-arrythmic...