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All the time. Did RAGBRAI for the first time this past summer.

I couldn't imagine working in a system where I had to call like that. 20 mg of morphine 200 of fent 20 of valium 8 of ativan In any combination we feel needed. Also etomidate for procedures.

Exactly how do you plan on administering this? Give them a straw or rolled up dollar and have the patient do a line of it? Please get some note cards and a medication guide. Not your EMT book. A index soley of medications, such as lippincotts nursing drug guide. Use the guide and write down the...

Why all the hate for the MRx? Lots of options, nice large screen. I've found it to be just as reliable as the other popular options out there. Have those hating on it spent more than a few shifts using it?

..you've seen quite a bit for a 17 year old student..

Anyone going? An EmtLife meet up one of the nights would be cool

Not my patient, But not all that far from me (in the grand scheme considering other emtlife members locations at least..) BAC .627 once he arrived at the hospital..

"Several law enforcement officers were among the people shot, Rhonda Seaton of the College Station Police Department told CNN. She didn't have information on how many people were shot or their conditions" Full story here

You mean University of Iowa. ISU does not have a medic program.

One of my favorite sayings involving self defense "The only time you should be involved in a fair fight is when you are in a fight thats ok to lose" As linuss said. Fight dirty. You do what you have to do to walk away afterwords.

Want to unload those clubs?

For us that gets classified as "Incentive pay" which translates to: This sucks for you, we dont have anyone else who is willing come in, so we will throw extra cash and vacation at you and hope you will not be too disgruntled." You can choose to either take double time and have your next...

Have never watched it.

(abckidsmom) Please dont take any of the following comments as criticism. I'm still 'new' as a paramedic (by my standards at least), so just curious of a few things. You pushed D-50 through the IO? Im assuming at this point she was not conscious? Was there a need to push further meds after she...

An quote from the AHA's 2010 update study. "One multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing load-distributing band CPR (AutoPulse®) with manual CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest demonstrated no improvement in 4-hour survival and worse neurologic outcome when the...

Where do you live? If you are a paramedic, i know a service theat serves multiple states around here that would give you a chance, I have never worked for them, but they seem to have many of the same problems that plague all private IFT services

Apparently..

I think everyones entitled to their own opinion though. This is a public forum. Apr gave one on a subject being discussed. You gave one on that. Besides, doesnt this dude live in NZ? Is it that hard to ignore someone that far away? Now you have my opinion thrown in as well :glare: :ph34r: :P

Some do. Its no longer a requirement though.

Falbos? Mesa? thats not pizza. Its all about Pagliai's! Followed by Gumbys (love me some pokey sticks) and the wedge used to be decent as well. If you venture away from downtown Bob's your Uncle is pretty good for the money. Man I miss Iowa City