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    Running after years of injury...

    Anyone else start running after years of not due to an injury? Tore two ligaments in 2011 in my left ankle. Surgery fixed that, but had major issues with the location of the talus in regards to the tibula. Basically, it felt like when I would try to pull my foot up or impacted on the foot, it...
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    Gave a pt an entire bag of IV fluid the other day

    So I gave a patient an entire bag of fluid the other day. Pts distal circulation was crap, hands and fingers were cold, screwing with our pulse ox readings. Figured giving her a bag of saline out of our warming drawer to hold would warm her fingers up to potentially allow pulse ox to read...
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    Motorcycle helmet removal questions

    So bored, sitting at home, and figured I'd ask and see what kind of responses those of you with far more experience than I have with motorcycle accidents. I know what they taught us in EMT school, but I also realize that what they teach there and what happens in real life is often far...
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    fentanyl question-contraindication with COPD

    Ok, so I'm an EMT-B, and I understand this is completely out of my wheelhouse, however I'm also curious, and I came across a small tidbit of information tonight, and just want to understand it a bit better. I read that Fentanyl can be contraindicated in pts with advanced stages of COPD...not...
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    Saying hi

    Just figured I'd drop a line and say hi...been lurking (non-member) for a few months now, figured I'd register to drop the ads. Newly minted emt-b, working now for Indianapolis. Brand new to the EMS world, spent 14 years in the military, got out, couldn't figure out what I wanted to be when I...
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