Looks like a well put together show but I agree with Sandpitmedic. Keep the cliches to a minimum. I like also how they put the human side into it with the lady talking about the 5 year old.
New Christian fellowship site for Emergency Services workers. Free to join
http://mokanfcp.webs.com/
Go there, look around, sign up.
Hope to see you there.
i cannot remember my first fatality accident but I do remember it being a 30 year old pregnant mom. So in essence we had two fatalities instead of one.
took care of a dog one night, smoke inhalation and burns over lower body. Vet came out to scene and euthanized the dog. 3rd degree burns over 40% of it's body. bad sad deal.
our dispatch system does not do pre-arrival. They would not have done any good for my father in law last week as his son was already doing CPR on him.
But pre-arrival ASA and the like would be good at times.
I only stick a patient twice and then I have someone else in my ER do it. I very rarely will go fishing. I've been fished in before and it's not fun.
I find that if you cannot see the vein but feel it is much more reliable than seeing vein but not feeling it.
As for elderly, I find...
I tend to agree with the crutch that many use, the dreaded interpretation.
I interpret my own, I never use the interpretation from the machine.
I also am the only one in my EMS system who does right sided EKG's though.
My god Rid, do you have this reputation here too? I can not count the number of talking to Rid's done with me. I feel sort of a kindred spirit with Rid sometimes.
JP now now, don't get your knickers all in a bundle. I have asked all my friends over in the other ems based web sites to come register on your site, vote on my being kept or kicked off the island here and go from there.
JP, If you think that I'm a troublemaker with only 2 posts to my...
amazing
Wow, I had no idea I was a troublemaker since I've never posted here before but go ahead and ban me. Ban ban ban me. I'll just be back. I'm like groundhog day that never ends.