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    Midline femur fracture not a fracture, even with traction relief?

    I had this recently, so trying to understand, how is it possible for a trauma pt, with 8/10 midline femur pain, some swelling, no contusions, no deformities have pain relief on ktd traction down to 2/10, have an xray and find no fracture/break of any kind on the femur. As far as I and several...
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    What to carry medical wise in a SAR

    I volunteer for a search and rescue team nearby, and we we're involved in the big illinois state search this last weekend(can't really say anymore then that about the search itself). But on this search I did about 10 miles of walking through brush/bryers/dense stuff with the occasional 50...
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    Got my EMT-B, and now nowhere to go, how to maintain skill?...

    So currently I work a standard 8-5 doing web programming work for subpar wages(nothing better around) and it is just wearing on me. I do a bunch of work volunteering for the local EMA, and search and rescue certified and did some cert back in my days and I really enjoyed the medical side of...
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