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    You can delete my account. I wont be mad.

    You can delete my account. I wont be mad.
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    You're in a C-130....

    I knew it
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    Why we don't talk.

    I keep messing this up when i edit. Sorry
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    Why we don't talk.

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    Why we don't talk.

    Alot of those people were in psychological pain/hell. I think about it all the time, except i have way better reasons to live.
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    Why we don't talk.

    You wanna talk about suicides? SWIM was a patient at Walter Reed/ Abrams Hall. Ive been around alot of suicides. I never like remember it as taboo, but rather a rational/irrational choice.
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    Questions for Emt, rookies and seasoned professionals and everyone in between.

    LoL,.... Calls me too stupid in one sentence, then comes at me like the forum police about humility and professionalism. Like this forum is the company email or something. Hilarity Ensues
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    Questions for Emt, rookies and seasoned professionals and everyone in between.

    If your in a hospital especially an ED , you certanly use their equip hands down. I mean the mechanic thing because i view being an ambulance medic(thats not a bad thing) is very blue collar like a carpenter, mechanic, a health technician. With the exception of cath lab and RT guys A private...
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    Questions for Emt, rookies and seasoned professionals and everyone in between.

    I feel like im gonna get sniped for anything i say, but this is just my perspective. When i have to scoop up patients, it serves me with purpose when it works. Id say 1/4 of the time they dont work. A large portion of my crowd has terrible circulation. But its very easy to come in, make eye...
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    You're in a C-130....

    Pertinent equipment on hand: CAT touniquet/kerlex/SAMsplints/Israeli dressing. Laid him down. No wreckage or hazards on DZ. Patients screams when you cinch down CAT. Dropzone Medics and PA were enroute and pulling up about 3mins later. Transport to installation ER. Wasnt really alot of science...
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    You're in a C-130....

    Correct and correct. Training.Medics are on the ground but on otherside of Dropzone. Word travels fast.
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    Asymptomatic Bradycardia

    This might be a dumb question, but what was the GCS? I understand she's 90, but still relevant. Was the patient alert?(i dont imagine so) Stranger things have happen.
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    Avulsions!!!

    -Tourny -assess -transport -pressure dressing/large bore IV/o2/Vitals -reasses/get HX -transfer to ER facility
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    Your in a Humvee and its 108°....

    Talking to your squad leader and you having a fck-marry-kill discussion and the rest of the crew is laughing when you hear that zipping-crack and the gunner drops down and yells "Holy fck!" Your squad leaders tone changes, "where'd it come from!!?" The comms start making the distinct beeps with...
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    Questions for Emt, rookies and seasoned professionals and everyone in between.

    I really believe you. But i havent experienced it yet with these private "EMS Taxi's". Im ignorant. I dont know any better/worst. My philisophy in practice is different, thats all.
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    You're in a C-130....

    Cant un-spill the milk
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    You're in a C-130....

    And the signal to stand/hook up/check buddy are going. The pressure change and engines drown out noise.The red lights go green and jumpers start handing static lines to the jumpmaster exiting the aircraft. Your the eighth jumper in your stick and you see the someone ahead of you buckle, fall and...
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    Rapid Application Tourniquet System (RATS) TQ

    Self app of a tourny is extremely painful. This is design is good but for effective self application, it needs a better cranking/cinching system like a CAT
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