Hubby and I had a discussion/debate about doing 30:2 vs just compressions just a couple of days ago. He explained that it was not so much that the 2 breaths in the 30:2 were not doing any good, or even hurting, but that in studies John Q. Idiot was taking up to 2 minutes to perform those two...
Awesome job, you are my hero! I'm such an animal lover, and a huge softie for hurt animals. It's nice to know there are people in EMS that care about the furry critters, too. Glad the little guy recovered so well!
I have much more weighty ethical issues to grapple with in my personal life. For example, do I actually reach my hands out and place them around the neck of my husband's ex-wife who treats their 5yo son like $hit, or do I just fantasize about it in my spare time? :P
I knew there was a reason I liked you! :D
Stevo, you've got to be kidding with that calculator. Lets keep this in terms of the medical system, since that is what we're discussing here. Do I really need to whip out all the stats on how much illegals are costing the healthcare system?
TKO, your posts are interesting and thought provoking. It seems there are a lot of benefits to be had from moving to a system like that, but one thing would concern me. I would imagine that instituting federally mandated standards across the board would take control away from the medical...
I was thinking the exact same thing as Stevo on this one. Additionally, you may want to try to get it in the op/ed section of some newspapers across the state to spark a little citizen outrage (that is if the population hasn't become so complacent that they've forgotten what outrage is).
We live about an hour south of Nashville, but hubby works in Franklin County in East TN. Poor guy has to transfer to Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and sometimes even Huntsville, AL. Thank goodness for mileage pay! :D
Wow, that is very messed up. Sorry you had such a bad call.
I've never heard of Livingston, but you can't be too far from my neck of the woods, because my hubby makes lots of trips to Vanderbilt, Centenial, and Baptist.....
LOL......does your service have baseball caps you can wear? Nothing fixes a bad hair day like a hat, and you could stick your ponytail through the back. Let me warn you though, shortly after I had my first child I thought that short hair would be easier to manage- its NOT! Unless you get it...