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Joined in January 2006, but over the past several years I seem to go many months at a time without visiting, then I come by for a few weeks before fading away again.

I've already mentioned twice that there is a lot of gear that's advertised as being used by special forces, and I even described how they get away with it. That's not the case here. I never said that this knife was used by SEALs or any special forces, so I'm not sure how that statement seems to...

I want to try again to make it clear that I'm not judging this knife based on the fact that SEALs carry it. In point of fact, I don't know that SEALs carry this knife, and I never said they did. My judgment based on association with SEALs was about the company (Emerson) itself. Furthermore, that...

I guess the bottom line on this subject is that if you don't want this knife, don't buy it. I'm not trying to force anyone to buy it, and I haven't tried to convince anyone that this knife is the absolute bestest thing any rescuer could ever carry. I mentioned it...if you're interested, the...

Seatbelt, clothes, laces, ropes, lines...pretty much anything one might need to cut through. The only thing this knife won't do well is stab someone. Can you please quote where I said trauma shears aren't good enough for anything? Or tell us in what post number I said that? Tell you what, while...

You shouldn't criticize something you don't understand. The purpose of the blunt tip is so that if you use this to slice through clothes, you don't accidentally stab your patient. The specific method is to put the blade edge up (away from the skin) between the skin and clothes and drag it...

I like to collect stuff. Probably my main collection is playing cards. I have both modern rare decks as well as decks over a hundred years old. I also collect knives and flashlights. Another thing I do is make things with paracord, such as the bracelets. I also like to play GTA V, watch stuff...

Not sure what you mean by "real knife", can you elaborate? It is a tool, but thank you for the well-wishes nonetheless. ... On another note, I forgot to mention that for this particular model, EMTs can get a 20% discount. You'd probably need to call for a code.

Let me make it clear that my reasoning and opinion about an Emerson knife is based on my experience with Emerson knives. The SEAL team members who get Emersons are certainly not looking to spend as little of their own money as possible, nor are they looking for something cool. They are looking...

As I said, there's nothing special about the functionality of this knife. I disagree with your other characterization, though. Yes, there are other durable knives out there, but saying they have "the same durability" as this one is wishful thinking. Let me put it like this: A Chevrolet is a...

Some of you may be familiar with the Emerson brand of knives. They make high-quality, very highly respected folding knives that tend to be of a more "tactical" flavor. Indeed,my big part of the history of EKI (Emerson) is connected to Navy SEALs, who come to Ernest Emerson for custom knives...

Today at an ER I saw another crew with a patient using a nebulizer. The corrugated outlet tubing was bent gently such that a U-turn was formed, so that the exhalation was actually directed back at the patient's own nose. Some tape was used to hold the tubing in that shape. Why was that done...

Well, Dr. McCoy did it to Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, so clearly, in the future it will once again prove to be effective. At least on Klingons. Except he didn't survive, so maybe not...

You can keep saying you're not, that it's just what I want to believe...I tend to believe what I see. Earlier you said this MVC, the one described at the opening of this thread, would be documented as a medevac call. Why would it be documented as a medevac call? For it to be a medevac call, the...

You say you're not stereotyping anyone, that it's MSP and MIEMSS. For MSP (and MIEMSS) to stereotype me as a provider unable to provide quality care, they first have to get on scene. And they don't get on scene unless I, or some other provider on the ground, call for them. So you are...

If that's the case then perhaps they didn't need to be flown. Nevertheless, as a provider functioning in Maryland, I detest and reject the notion that we're all a bunch of mindless idiots who automatically call for a helicopter on every MVC. Stereotyping is stupid and ignorant.

I saw your name on some of the articles in the book. The course was informative, but since it covered so many topics in a relatively short amount of time, it was largely a bunch of overviews. I'd love to get more in-depth, including taking one of your full courses. Maybe next year...

The idea that you would say this... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092800416.html) ...is the same thing as this... ...and then say this... ...is revolting and in bad taste, especially given the fact that one of your friends was killed.

Not absolutely correct... The D50 amp is 25g of dextrose in 50mL of fluid. A bag of D5W is 25g of dextrose in 500mL of fluid. Add them together and you have a total of 50g of dextrose in 550mL of fluid, so mathmatically, you now have D9.091W, not D10W. Is D9 close enough to D10 that it...

No, he's not. DT4EMS develops programs for EMS providers to defend themselves against patients (or family members, bystanders, etc.) who are attacking the EMS providers. The program I mentioned, EMS Safety, is a program that encompasses all aspects of EMS operations and ways to make them...