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I was told on a call recently that high flow oxygen has some benefit to postictal patients, namely by shortening the postictal period. Has anyone heard of this?

Well let me preface this question by saying that I've been on the ambulance for about 3 years and I still don't know for sure the Answer to this question. I work in leader type II ambulances (mostly <2007) and in the back there is an AC on/off switch and a separate Cool/Heat switch which has a...

As I sit here at post bored out of my mind, I wonder: What does the "strobe defeat" button do? I've played with it before, but it does nothing so I assume it's been disabled on our rig. Any insight?

How reliably can a Subdural Hematoma be caught in the emergency department within a few hours of an incident? Does a slow bleed like that really show any signs early on? Say you have an elderly person who hit the back of their head on the wall on the way down. Now to my understanding a much...

My partner and I are both casual video gamers. One day while sitting at post, bored out of our minds, we began thinking about how we could set up a console video game system in our type II ambulance while sitting at post. It firt started as a kind of joke, then it evolved into a serious search...

AEDs seem to be a popular subject in the BLS forum at the moment, so that makes me curious...what kind do you use at your service? For the medics out there: What Monitor/Defib do you use (LP15? Zoll E-Series?) For the BLS providers out there: What AED do you carry? (Cardiac Science G3? Zoll...

There's an old saying which states "Doctors make the worst patients." This got me to thinking, can EMS providers be worse patients than doctors? Honestly ask yourself this question: "If I was to suddenly become extremely ill or injured at this very moment, would I make a good patient?" I reckon...

There were a couple posts in the 100% Directionless thread that had to do with personality types. Out of curiosity, I've decided to start this thread and inquire of you all....What is your Personality type? There are many tests that determine personality types but Im mostly interested in...

Is anyone using vacuum mattresses in their service? If so, do you use them often? I've heard that vacuum mattresses have become very popular in European EMS systems and have replaced the backboard as the preferred device for full body immobilization. I obviously don't live in Europe, so I'm...

A few months back when taking a WFR course, I was presented with an unusual scenario: 24 y/o female intoxicated with ETOH was cooking when her stove exploded in her face causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns across her face. After a couple minutes she began developing wheezing due to lower airway...

I had the opportunity to take a PHTLS course recently and found it to be very enlightening...and fun! Since I work mostly BLS IFTs, major trauma situations were not really a strong suit for me and I found the course more challenging than initially expected. Several seasoned medics said they...

Hello everyone! How common is it for a service's medical director to ride along with the service's medics to emergency calls? I've heard of it being done before, but was wondering just how common a practice it is. Has your medical director ever been on scene with you? If so, do they let you...