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Greetings, for those out there who use the social platform, Facebook, I have created an application called Know-It-All PARAMEDIC trivia challenge. Please do the trivia, and send me feedback on the question quality, and especially appreciated would be some new questions. NJoy...

Your sublingual muscles receive blood from four arteries, and shut down later than your peripheries. If you need to intubate, but don't have IV access, how do you feel about giving s choline IM sublingualy? I know your protocols will be against it, I'm asking your thoughts on the theory?

So, what's the last time you old school CCP's did a retrograde intubation?:) Successful pre-hospital retrograde intubation - patient was a passenger in a truck which slammed into the back of another. This guy had some sort of disease of the throat and visualising the cords was just not...

Electric Mountain Cabbage anyone?

So what are your opinions on the masses of paramedics who act like rally drivers, and die of old age? These are all photos taken during responses in SA.

Greetings, I need to do an article on ethics in the pre-hospital field. Thought I might concentrate on publishings of patients on the internet, and the reason the profession lacks maturity. (Lack of scholars):ph34r: I desperately need information on this? help?:wacko:

Greetings all ye Yankies- I would once again like your opinion. I'm starting with my third year of study in February. (I think you call them Juniors?) I feel I need a solid emergency airway management book, because in the past the questions and orals went far beyond the info that was...

2 Questions i was asked in my viva/oral exam, that I can't find info on: *Both Hyper-and-Hypothermia may result in hypovolaemia. Why? Hyper I can understand, but all I know is in hypothermia two things occur: -Fluid shift into Intracellular space (I dunno why?) -Cold diuresis Its...

Hey all So what are your opinions on a PVA pt with a clenching jaw and a GCS of 5? What happened was after 20mg of Morphine and 20mg of Midazolam he was unconscious, but still clinching too much to get a proper view of the cords. A good candidate for blind nasals, i know. So would you give...

:huh:Hey, what do you guys think about medics trained to function with a tactical team? eg: http://www.tacticalmedicine.co.za/

Not to create any flak or law suits, but this is a clip of my Prac Partner and I working with a paramedic on a response car in South Africa. Thought it might be interesting...:ph34r: It is his scene, so I don't really feature. But fear not- more are on the way. Link removed by Chimpie per...

Hey... I wrote my final EMC exam yesterday, and as soon as i get my results- I can register as ILS! So after the first year of the degree, i'll be ILS, and only after the 4th year ALS. But yeay!

OK. I FINALLY got a few pics of one of our armoured ambulances. This one is the Mfesi, I was coming off an ER shift at Johannesburg Hospital, and I saw it on the accessory Heli-Pad. We use them for the Townships when there is unhappiness among the people. You can fit 5 patients comfortably in...

How does it work at your schools? If a kid has a headache, does he get a pill? Here, pain pills are handed out like sweets by the reception ladies. And today, they handed out ASPIRIN to a 13yo girl, who had a headache and Hx of asthma, and allergic to aspirin, and then of course she got an...

After years of debate, it is now final, and all the RSI drugs and Thombolytics are on the South African ALS protocol. (No online permission needed of course:P ) coz we don't have anyone on the other side!!!<_<

Hey all, I JUST returned from our traditional Petty Coat Lane Rescue Challange. it's like a time for 1st years to get shafted. And man am I sore! We started thursday night 24h, got a brick pet to carry with us for the duration of the weekend, did PT, got in the back of a minivan without...

Hey, does anyone here use the CHAMPLES history? C- chief complaint H- Hx of chief complaint A- allergies M- medications P- past medical and surgical Hx L- last meal E- events previous S- S&S Any others?^_^

1. Grand Mal Seizure pt: Diazepam or Medazolam? 2. Hx of epilepsy pt: Rotators on near the pt, or while transporting? 3. Beta 2's Nebs: Do you carry only a combination UDV, or a variety? like Salbutamol, Ipratroprium, Fenoterol, and mixes? For the kiddies? 4. IV's: Is there any...

Hey, do you guys use utility vests at all? They are very common in RSA. I find them Very handy... Is it allowed with your uniform though? We wear Jump Suits most of the time, so it doesn't look that bad. Utility Vest:

Hey guys. I have this 1st year assignment on ballistics and blast injuries. Now, I'm having trouble with resources. Who knows where I can search a medical journal database? I'll buy them if i must. I tried MEDLINE with no joy. Anybody have a similar assignment of which they very badly want to...