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Gotta love the old days... bilat 14ga EJs and a few liters.

Let's see, on scene for major trauma... Drop an LT unless you abjectly need to RSI or go surgical, pop the chest bilaterally (if indicated), pericardiocentesis (if remotely applicable), pelvic binder (if indicated), exsanguination control (if applicable), and run like hell. I/O or IV can be...

Still stuck in the comm center reading 200 12lds a night and telling ambulances "No CCP for you, call back 1 month" and occasionally calling ahead for emergent medical, trauma, or cardiac activations. Wheeeeee.

That's why this is such a hard pick. LOL. Especially since I haven't driven a manual since, uh, before I could drive. Over 30 years now. I don't plan to play play or do offroading but, well, I'm planning to drive the coastline and around to a few spots and there are a "few" hills there.

Fiat 500, Vauxhall Corsa, Citreon C1, Toyota Yaris, Chevy Aveo, Hyundai Accent... a bunch. I'm slightly pricier looking for handling, and automatic transmission. It's been waaaaaay too long since an old Toyota pickup with a column mount... and while touring the highlands? That would be a...

Bahahahahahahaa... SUVs: Hyundai IX35 $32/day, Mercedes Benz GLC $60/day, Volvo XC60 $64/day, Volvo XC90 $84/day, Mercedes Benz ML $93/day. Pickups: Mitsubishi L200 $35/day. Luxury: Mercedes Benz C $32/day, Mercedes Benz E $38/day, Audi A5 $46/day, Audi A4 $72/day Normal cars... mixed, up...

Probably just me, unless I find a cute scottish lass. Since I'll likely be shopping, two suitcases by the time I'm done, plus laptop and camera. Pretty much whatever handles decently, is modestly comfy, preferably has built in navigation rather than Waze on my phone, and decent gas mileage...

Their SUV options royally sucked. When I went to Texas last month, there were many options on SUVs and pickups, several convertibles, not so much on economy, midget, and smart cars. Looking at vehicles in Edinburgh is the opposite. No convertibles. One Mitsubishi small pickup truck, one...

If it is a publicly owned (emergency cache of some sort), or the patient's own medication and needs assistance with it, usually a Good Samaritan style law offers reasonable protection provided you act in good faith and do not display a gross negligence. However, if you have "stuff" in your...

Offroading would be idea, but I didnt see a lot of super rental car options. I remember a few had an Audi or two, but I actually don't know the brand. No range rovers, no jeeps, etc. I was pretty surprised how low the rental prices were compared to the US. Midget cars, economy, etc... with...

November vacation.... flights are booked. Working on the itinerary, and trying to figure out what rental vehicle I want. Mercedes C, Mercedes E, Mitsubishi L200 pickup, Volvo XC70, or even a Hundai IX35 crossover. It is winter in Scotland, after all... 7Nov from Doha to Edinburgh, connecting...

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Yeah, that comes down to the training and cultural mentality of the department. Are there there to punch a clock while occasionally cutting a car apart and doing the splash and bash at a fire... or are they there as a "one stop shop" emergency service. Is the bone box a valued (and not beat to...

I would speculate wildly that the majority of ROSCs with "just" CPR were poorly assessed and had pulses in the first case... It's theoretically possible, however unlikely to fix the underlying issues without electricity, medications, PCI, etc... We had one the other night, unconscious...

Sounds like he was a backup to something that didn't work out and now looking at dusting him off on the shelf he was sitting on... That or, hey, she just got paroled and is free again :)

He's next. First we have the Springer moment, the fight, etc. Later we bring in Maury to find out who the daddy really is.

Springer! Springer! Springer!

My class is... well, pretty well scattered all over. Plus a few too many that fell along the way in one (bleep)hole or another. Mostly retired now, I was a young punk then.... as compared to a much older, even more sarcastic and even bigger punk now.

So... Today dispatch sent one of my crews for a maternity/ pregnancy with abdominal pain. Problem. They also said the patient was a male. Now, back home there's more flexibility in saying you're a dude or a chick and what pronoun to use. Here, not so much.

UGH. Probably my most despised schedule ever. Constant sleep deprivation and readjusting to whether I'm supposed to be awake or asleep. Ye old one was probably my favorite for 12s. T, Fr, Sa, Su, M, W, Th (off W, Th week one, then Tue and a four day weekend). If you need, flip it biweekly...