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    Motorcycles

    I put 35k miles on a 2002 Yamaha R6. Now I putt around on a XR650R dual sport.
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    Do ski/snow resorts hire their own EMTs?

    haha i've also snowboarded a few times at dodge ridge. nice place.
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    Eyeballing

    I had a friend snort vodka one time. He woke up in the middle of the night with a bloody pillow from a nasty nosebleed. Good times.
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    Selective c-spine - would you c-spine this patient

    Affirmative on the c-spine
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    C02 during resuscitation

    no idea on scene. in the truck, the lowest i saw was 22 and highest 48, probably averaged around 29-32
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    C02 during resuscitation

    I'll definitely do some reading. just for info on the call, we got there very quickly and patient was reported as gurgling when called in. 47 y/o male. no pulse, no breathing upon arrival. monitor showed v-fib. CPR, intubated, and shocked 6 times. converted to PEA with rate around 30/min...
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    C02 during resuscitation

    So, I ran my first code last night. Patient was tubed by a medic and I assisted with compressions and ventilations. He was hooked up to the LP12 for capnography. I believe the C02 reading should ideally be kept around 35mmHg. Just to double check, higher levels mean faster ventilations and...
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    Just a Little Hypothermic Rescue

    I've done Shasta twice before, but never quite made it to the top. Topped out a little above Shastina on the West Face route last year, but we came up with a variety of excuses to turn around. Lassen sounds like fun though, maybe next summer. I'm on the east coast for school, so I'm...
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    Just a Little Hypothermic Rescue

    Sweet, hopefully there's still some snow on Mt. Shasta for me to climb on when I come home July 3rd. Too bad about people getting stuck in it though...
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    Backboarding in a foam pit?

    folks practicing motorcycle jumps use foam pits as well. and i'd imagine they hurt themselves from time to time.
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    Interesting re:glucose

    Interesting findings from my old stomping grounds: http://www.diabetes.ucsf.edu/index.php?section_id=312& http://www.jci.org/articles/view/30077/version/1
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    Littmann scopes. Anyone that has one, how do u like it?

    my $.02. I bought a cardiology iii from a graduating med student who upgraded today for $25. I received a classic ii s.e. for christmas. And I bought and Adscope used for $35. My reviews of each are basically exactly what everyone else says: Adscope - solid scope, hears good, no...
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    Acceptable ID's.

    I also used a credit card as my second form of ID.
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    I might have missed this somewhere, but do they give you any sort of evaluation on your results? I passed, but I'd like to know what areas needed work. This was the NREMT-B exam.
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    passed, but boy did that test make me feel stupid.
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    stopped at 70, holding my breath until Monday
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    NREMT-B waiting for approval?

    got verified today. turns out the program coordinator couldn't figure out the website and didn't care to ask anyone. hard to believe he's never done it before. :rolleyes:
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    NREMT-B waiting for approval?

    10 more days, still waiting... called the nremt people, they seem somewhat sympathetic to my cause.
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    How long to take test after course?

    http://www.nremt.org/nremt/EMTServices/reg_basic_history.asp
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    NREMT-B waiting for approval?

    still waiting, 10 days....
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