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It wasn't the person with no training either...

Pretty much this. I've been on scene once since starting medical school... and that was a roll over incident in the middle of nowhere (about an hour from anyplace) on the freeway that runs between LA and Vegas. There ended up being 1 person with no training, an off duty paramedic, an EMR, and...

Something something, first responder version of The Onion, something something else.

Right, wrong, or indifferent, you friend is a "sex offender" and good luck getting a job, and in many places even licensed, with that on your record.

Cough... http://photographyisnotacrime.com/ ...cough

What they don't want people doing is reaching behind to undo a gown with contaminate gloves or removing goggles or a mask with contaminated gloves. The gown is much less contaminated. However, another option would be to put on two pairs of gloves on so you can remove the outer contaminated...

No... it's a question of legality. Legally, I can mandate an exemption area for public safety (say, landing a helicopter) and an exemption area needed to be able to work. These zones can't be unreasonably large. These zones also can't discriminate. You can't say, "You can stand at the line and...

It depends on what I'm doing. Working a code? Nope Discussing end of life/DNR options? Yes.

You smile and wave. Period. What ever you do, do not engage the photographer unless you're willing to do the same to everyone else. You can't simply tell a photographer to "leave."

Here's the catch 22 with equipment when you're new. On one hand, you don't want to buy something too advanced for your own need (I'm a doctor and I don't even need the $700 electronic Littmann...). On the other hand, if you buy a $40 stethoscope and end up buying the $200 Littmann Cardio 3, then...

Sometimes it's a few minutes of BS talking to other crews. You did talk to your coworkers in your last job, right? Sometimes it's a few minutes of BS talking to that hot red head RN. Sometimes it take a few minutes to finish up the report and decon the rig and reset everything. Sometimes...

1. Are you seriously concerned about mad cow disease? 2. Do prions qualify as being "alive"?

Technically call team. Interns on IM call go until 10 with night float going from 10pm-7am (and then doing floor work until 11am for their patients).

Nope... I'm too busy responding to BS rapid response calls (no... I'm not going to update a family on a patient I've never treated at 9:30 pm because... I know nothing about this patient) or BS calls (The patient admitted for sepsis today and on antibiotics had a fever when he came in... you...

Philosoraptor asks, "Is it possible to withhold something that isn't indicated?"

Sigh... Dear EM intern that's on the medicine team with me... keep thinking that busting into a room yelling out orders is the same thing as actually treating patients... because, you know, your attendings do a ton of yelling in the ED...

Oh, well, in that case it's a "good" stop by a saturation patrol (I'm not a fan of pretense stop, but I won't argue that they aren't illegal).

I don't want a plumber practicing medicine.