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Achilles said:
Anyone ever hear of an bousniac mask?
Few questions regarding it:
How is it used?
When is it used?
Why should it be used over other ways of delivering o2?
Can you provide a good link (besides wiki) regarding the device
And what is the correct spelling?
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Boussignac or Bousniac mask is part of a CPAP system. It has no moving parts. Check out this link: http://medgadget.com/2006/02/boussignac_cpap.html

For a video showing the use of a Boussignac mask CPAP system for EMS, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ftWsVGnvQ

Hope this helps!
 
Cpap

Thanks for sharing the link to the handout! It is interesting to see the differences (often slight but not always!) between services....
 
Epi-do said:
LOL! And don't forget, he was THANKFUL!!
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Ahh man I can't believe I left that part out haha. I never had the experience of riding my dinosaur to work :P hahaha
 
Somedays I hate this job. If I could find another decent job working in the media, I'd go back to my previous career in a flash.
 
n7lxi said:
Somedays I hate this job. If I could find another decent job working in the media, I'd go back to my previous career in a flash.
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You're like a PIO or something right now for Sandy relief work, right?
 
I find it pretty funny that in a group of 353 ambulances I can easily tell which ones are from California just by having them turn on their code 3 lights.
 
firefite said:
I find it pretty funny that in a group of 353 ambulances I can easily tell which ones are from California just by having them turn on their code 3 lights.
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No blue lights on Cali units?
 
Jambi said:
No blue lights on Cali units?
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Well that and it seems as if Cali is the only state that requires a steady burning forward facing red light.
 
Lost my phone on a scene this morning. The patient had fallen 30 feet out of a tree stand, was extracted from the woods by her dad in their Yukon. When I was getting her out of the car, my phone fell out of my otterbox clip into the car.

Now I'm waiting for parents of a messed up trauma patient to get to worrying about me and my phone needs to stop by the station and drop it off.

I keep thinking of people I need to call.
 
abckidsmom said:
Lost my phone on a scene this morning. The patient had fallen 30 feet out of a tree stand, was extracted from the woods by her dad in their Yukon. When I was getting her out of the car, my phone fell out of my otterbox clip into the car.

Now I'm waiting for parents of a messed up trauma patient to get to worrying about me and my phone needs to stop by the station and drop it off.

I keep thinking of people I need to call.
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I miss the good old days of no cell phones was much more peaceful.
 
Epi-do said:
We don't have blue lights on our ambulances either. EMS/fire have red & whites and police have red & blue.
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Ditto.
 
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