the 100% directionless thread

Oh believe me, I've already got a list going! :glare:
 
Aidey said:
Oh believe me, I've already got a list going! :glare:
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Good thing some of us are already CLs :p Hope your thanksgiving gets better :)
 
Aidey said:
Go up a few posts and see how I am spending my day. And then you can come back and apologize.
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Eh, could be worse.


Thanksgiving isn't so happy around my parts. LODD on a local FD yesterday.
Facebook's been rather depressing today.
 
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:excl::excl::excl: Just over a day left to vote! :excl::excl::excl:​
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Head on over to the polling thread and vote!

BBG is giving out free ponies to all voters. Contact him for details.​
 
usalsfyre said:
A 754 still? Surprising. We've had 731s for about a year now. Better, but from what I understand still not an LTV.
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Those (731) are supposed to be coming next year.

I still want an LTV but the big shots were fed a line about them being harder to use, more maintnence/repair intensive.
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
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:excl::excl::excl: Just over a day left to vote! :excl::excl::excl:​
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Head on over to the polling thread and vote!

BBG is giving out free ponies to all voters. Contact him for details.​
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Ponies dead you take rat now.
 
On an unrelated note, I ran this patient yesterday. In my defense, the guy is a raging a-hole and a royal jerk normally. So when speaking to him I had to figure out if he was just being a jerk or if he really was having a stroke. Unfortunately I was right and he was having a stroke, and while he kept offering to box me, I politely turned down his offer of fisticuffs.

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Just had an opiate abuser try and tell me he doesn't use drugs.


Family called 911 because he wouldn't wake up.

He's ambulatory with fire when we get there.

Falling asleep while sitting periodically states he never used drugs in his life. Pupils almost non-existent.

I ask him why he has bleeding holes directly over a vein on his forearm and ask him if he would like to rephrase his statement and come with us or be escorted into the backseat by the gentleman with handcuffs standing next to me.
 
First pediatric arrest today... and it was the first call of the day too. I managed to dodge it for nearly 3 years as a medic, but alas, it happened. No CPR, too much rigor / dependent lividty.



And if it happened the way it seemed to, it was totally preventable too.
 
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Linuss said:
First pediatric arrest today... and it was the first call of the day too. I managed to dodge it for nearly 3 years as a medic, but alas, it happened. And it was the child of a local emergency responder, too, who just got off shift to find it. No CPR, too much rigor / dependent lividty.



And it was totally preventable, too.
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Cause of arrest?
 
Linuss said:
First pediatric arrest today... and it was the first call of the day too. I managed to dodge it for nearly 3 years as a medic, but alas, it happened. And it was the child of a local emergency responder, too, who just got off shift to find it.


No CPR, too much rigor / dependent lividty.
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Surprised you made it so long. I had several early on including a couple that still were workable but they still didn't make it. Seems I have had to tell many parents their child has died.
 
NYMedic828 said:
Cause of arrest?
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The apparent way, without knowing the autopsy as of yet, is falling asleep in bed with a parent leading to suffocation.


medic417 said:
Surprised you made it so long. I had several early on including a couple that still were workable but they still didn't make it. Seems I have had to tell many parents their child has died.
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I joked yesterday with my partner I was due for an arrest, but only if they were 50+. We got an arrest the next call. I kept my mouth shut on pedi arrest, but it chased me down.
 
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NYMedic828 said:
Just had an opiate abuser try and tell me he doesn't use drugs.


Family called 911 because he wouldn't wake up.

He's ambulatory with fire when we get there.

Falling asleep while sitting periodically states he never used drugs in his life. Pupils almost non-existent.

I ask him why he has bleeding holes directly over a vein on his forearm and ask him if he would like to rephrase his statement and come with us or be escorted into the backseat by the gentleman with handcuffs standing next to me.
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Those are the ones I give Narcan too when I find them down and out, and then when they wake up (after the narcan restores respiratory drive, I won't wake em up with it), they swear they've never touched drugs... Sure buddy, sure...
 
Jambi said:
On an unrelated note, I ran this patient yesterday. In my defense, the guy is a raging a-hole and a royal jerk normally. So when speaking to him I had to figure out if he was just being a jerk or if he really was having a stroke. Unfortunately I was right and he was having a stroke, and while he kept offering to box me, I politely turned down his offer of fisticuffs.
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Apparently it is important to be careful of what you post on the internet and acting like a jerk is frowned upon in the eyes of some med schools.

Happy Thanksgiving folks!
 
Achilles said:
Apparently it is important to be careful of what you post on the internet and acting like a jerk is frowned upon in the eyes of some med schools.

Happy Thanksgiving folks!
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Yep, and that's the reason we have this:
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Having said that, we do not remove posts based on user input or feedback. As long as your post doesn't violate a forum rule or law, it will remain public.
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