I know enough to be dangerous. Cycled alot up till a few years ago and now Im getting back into it.
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I know enough to be dangerous. Cycled alot up till a few years ago and now Im getting back into it.
Porta
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Thank you for reminding me that I own an iPad....
Porta
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I'm just getting into it. Did this two days ago. Won't be cheap to fix. Also warped the break caliper and snapped a spring.
VFlutter
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They never work on our telemetry monitors and no one believes the numbers when they are real. Or they call a RRT because its reading 72% yet the patient is sitting in the bed perfectly fine.
If you ever want to confuse a floor RN just start talking about pleth waves, they are clueless. Although not entirely their fault since it is not taught or mentioned in school.
One of our floors is trialing using continues capnography via NC on their patients with PCA pumps. I think this is a much better option. Or I vote ABGs for everybody, I love doing arterial sticks.
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JPINFV
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I ain't no expert in pleth waves, but shouldn't the concept of "is it a pretty wave that doesn't top or bottom out?" really that hard to deal with?
As an aside, reading CT scans follow a similarly simple process. For a lot of things, one side will be normal so it's like the child's game of "spot the difference." For everything else, it's "what doesn't look like it belongs."
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bigbaldguy
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firetender
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Actually, you've just gotten greener, you haven't built anything that rusts yet!
The best you can do right now, since that's where most of your knowledge has come from, is review, review, review. Don't depend on your memory because school is school = take in, regurgitate, take in, regurgitate. You gotta start holding on to your knowledge and begin to apply it.
I'd wish you luck except that would probably fail you unless you strengthen it with consciously WORKING to at least get you back to where you were when you first got out of training.
So, do good work!
bigbaldguy
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You just discovered Dexter? I envy you. I'd love to see it for the fist time again.
DesertMedic66
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Gotta admit that the season premier was pretty good
lightsandsirens5
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Not as of three months ago they are not. I gave nubain multiple times. And the crews complained left and right about the lack of a "real" narcotic.
lightsandsirens5
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In general or at the Green Monster?
bigbaldguy
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Walking dead season two on Netflix I know what I'm doing for the next 9 hours.
JPINFV
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My condolences. The farm story arch was really a dude outside a handful of episodes.
lightsandsirens5
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Ugh....
lightsandsirens5
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Hey hey! Back in business with Tapatalk! W00t! Happy to finally have a smart phone again!
Achilles
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Is your phone smarter than you? :blink:
Siri is smarter than most people but that's also Internet based.
lightsandsirens5
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Is your phone smarter than you? :blink:
Siri is smarter than most people but that's also Internet based.
Probably. Why, what did I do now? I know my phone isn't as tired as me......that's part of the problem.
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Any recommendations on a bike that I can use on in town trails, but still take into the mountains and play around on the trails up there? all the different types of bikes is making my head spin. Hell, if I didnt want to get in better shape I'd just go buy an enduro and call it good lol
That question is to anyone with cycling experience
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Working with a partner you get along with is so much better than one you don't. Everything guess smoother on scene and the downtime is much more entertaining.
Bumpin' country music, singing and doing bag checks to pass the time.
Bets part is he was the EMT on my medic school intern truck. We've gotten quite a few remarks about how we don't have a babysitter anymore.
Too bad it's only for one night
Bumpin' country music, singing and doing bag checks to pass the time.
Bets part is he was the EMT on my medic school intern truck. We've gotten quite a few remarks about how we don't have a babysitter anymore.
Too bad it's only for one night