Medic Students!!!

Linuss said:
I suck with Mac blades.

Long live Miller blades!
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I'm with you there. I don't understand why so many medics seem to prefer macs.
 
Only time I found the Mac blades to be ok was with a huge mouth, otherwise I was having to tilt the head back way too far, as opposed to the Miller where it's like "Move over tongue" and I'm in.

Granted, it was my first time intubating, and for some reason I chose the hardest dummy with the smallest mouth and glottic opening...
 
I'm one of the only ones in my class who uses Macs. Every one else uses Millers
 
jtpaintball70 said:
I'm one of the only ones in my class who uses Macs. Every one else uses Millers
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But why? Why do you liked Macs more? Just works better for your (strange) self? ^_^


I'm one of the only ones in my class to like Millers. Strange.
 
jtpaintball70 said:
I'm one of the only ones in my class who uses Macs. Every one else uses Millers
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Likewise. I prefer Macs because it seems to give better visualization without having to pull the jaw almost out of socket, but will use Miller if I think it would be a better choice based on the individual case.
 
Linuss said:
I suck with Mac blades.

Long live Miller blades!
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jtpaintball70 said:
I'm one of the only ones in my class who uses Macs. Every one else uses Millers
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I hope you have been taught the different purposes of each blade and not let the "I like that one" skew your judgement when another blade is called for. A person educated and skilled at intubation should be able to use whatever blade the patient requires and competency with the diffierent blades should be maintained.
 
Yes, we were told that several times. Made it quite clear that no matter which blade you like, to get proficient at both in case you get handed a blade you don't like and have to work with it.







Doesn't mean I can't hate Macs :P
 
The intubation head is really different than an actual person. It is the same intubation. Every single time. Hard to state you hate macs if in reality you've only intubated one thing, no matter how many times you intubate it.
 
Sasha said:
The intubation head is really different than an actual person. It is the same intubation. Every single time. Hard to state you hate macs if in reality you've only intubated one thing, no matter how many times you intubate it.
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We had 8 different bodies set up, each with different mouth setups.


Yes, I knew it's not the same as a human, but it wasn't just "This tube goes in that hole" either.
 
Linuss said:
But why? Why do you liked Macs more? Just works better for your (strange) self? ^_^


I'm one of the only ones in my class to like Millers. Strange.
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I was too. I had a great CRNA teach me how to use a miller and I was really hesitant with it at first. Macs almost seemed too easy, especially on the mannikins. I reached for a mac for my first few live intubations in the OR and then they started handing me a blade. Made for a good learning experience.
 
Macs almost seemed too easy
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In emergency airway managment, there is no such thing as too easy if it works. ;)
 
I can't find my "BLS for Healthcare Providors" card. I need to go to my program director and see if they'll include my name in the list with the basic class that's about to finish so I can get another. I hope I don't have to sit through that class again. Although, I suppose it couldn't hurt.
 
Ugh... missing three days of internship this week... Stupid sitting in a hospital. Oh well, they'll discharge me tomorrow. Biliary Cholic. Hopefully I can just get them to yank out my damn gallbladder after internship is over
 
That sucks JT... get better quick.




We are doing our Basic skills this week. Talk about boring.

Also have 2 quizzes over math and 1 over ventilation.
 
Fun for you Hotel. Basic skills all last week... boring.


Pt assessment and history taking this week... then our 3rd section exam.
 
I didn't really pay attention in lecture last week, so I need to get in gear and actually study. What fun.
 
Like I told ya before... you secretly want to fail.


I mean, who wants to be a paramedic anyway? End up like medic417 or Rid? No thanks!

:P
 
update from my class. My medic practical is scheduled for august 15th.
Currently I'm at the tail end of my ride time. I got my tube, shock and drip all on one call my second day. We got ROSC back but we never found out the outcome after we got her to the hospital.
basically day 1 first call: cardiac arrest[no tube or shock by anyone, hard tube]
day 2 first call: cardiac arrest.

I have two shifts left down here[tomorrow and monday] and am almost maxed out on my points.
 
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