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Chase said:
Saint Patty's day is only a few days away. Irish Car bombs and Guinness all weekend.

Anyone out there a Whiskey connoisseur?

What is a good Irish Whiskey to try? Bushmills, Kilbeggan, Jameson? There are so many varieties
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Red Breast...
 
Thanks for all the congrats. We actually have some names picked out, and Zofran isn't on the list. :)

Related, we just had a former coworker's wife give birth to twins at 24 weeks. Not a good outcome. One twin died yesterday, and my wife, who's been following the saga on Facebook is freaked out. I keep telling her there's very little to stress over, but trying to reassure a pregnant woman is like herding cats. Very difficult to do, and annoys the cats.

As far as St Patty's Day, I may have a wee taste of the Bushmills, in honor of my grandfather O'Donnell, who came to New Jersey direct from the auld sod. Be safe out there folks.
 
Handed in my last college assignment at Colorado College ever!

Now, about getting a job...
 
Ughh I'm a total white cloud for my 5 call..
 
Tigger said:
Handed in my last college assignment at Colorado College ever!

Now, about getting a job...
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Congrats, dude!

I can't really help on the job front, though. Thinking FT EMS, right?
 
EpiEMS said:
Congrats, dude!

I can't really help on the job front, though. Thinking FT EMS, right?
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That's the hope for a few years!
 
Chase said:
Saint Patty's day is only a few days away. Irish Car bombs and Guinness all weekend.

Anyone out there a Whiskey connoisseur?

What is a good Irish Whiskey to try? Bushmills, Kilbeggan, Jameson? There are so many varieties
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Jameson's is good in a pinch, but its the equivalent of what Jack Daniels is to bourbon(and yes, I know JD isn't truly bourbon). Meh whiskey with a great marketing campaign.

Haven't had Kilbeggan, so i cant comment on it. I will have to keep an eye out for it.

Bushmills is my go to Irish whiskey. The regular is good. If you are looking for sweet and mellow, try the Bushmills honey. If you like your whiskey kinda smoky, the the Bushmills Black Bush(my personal preference)
 
As for the Guinness, it's a good stout, but there are many that are better, if hard to find sometimes.

Murphy's, Killian's, Harpoon, and Samuel Adams, all make good Guinness alternatives. The only issue is that Guinness is (at least IMO) the only stout that you can find just about anywhere. Finding a bartender that can pour it properly is a whole 'nuther PITA half the time.
 
Jameson is my favorite whiskey to drink straight.

Have not tried Bushmills yet, though. It'll be going on my shopping list.

I can't do beer anymore, the taste is horrible to me. Whiskey is definitely my go-to now.
 
Can't even get away from EMS on my days off.

Went riding today with a friend and my Medic Preceptor who's now a Firemedic. It was a pretty nice day, riding in a long sleeve shirt and it was pretty tracked but there was some hidden stuff to play in. Ran into one other group of riders who were putting around as well. It was nice to have the whole area to ourselves and only one other group. We need more snow though, that's for sure. I keep hearing people say "Miracle March" but I'm not sure I believe it seeing as it has been in the 70s the last three days in the valley.

As we get back to the trailhead we run into an ALS engine crew from my riding buddy's department,along with an ambulance and a battalion chief from another department getting ready to head out. They said they were on a SAR for a snowmobiler with a neck injury and asked us if we had seen anyone. Instead of them hiking in or waiting for SAR we had them jump on the back of our sleds and took off to where we last saw them. Find him, turns out he fell ~15 feet to his head off a cliff, C6-7 pain with numbness/tingling x 4 but CMS intact x4. Dug a platform, boarded him, set up an LZ, set up a belay rig, got him down and to the LZ and flew him off.

Can I do this every day instead of sit on street corners!? Unfortunate for the patient but was a cool experience, did similar stuff on Ski Patrol but never that far back in the backcountry.
 
Rob, that sounds like a fun one, man. I love rural medicine. I did some work at a youth camp in the mountains this past winter, it was awesome. Just a PA and myself up there for around 90 staff and campers with transport about forty minutes away (or more depending on weather) and the closest ER about the same distance. The closest trauma center was close to an hour and a half away by ground. That really makes you take a personal inventory.

As a side note, three years in the field and my gag reflex finally met its match today: Weeping ulcers + incontinence of the bladder (which appeared to be going on for quite some time while the patient was unable or unwilling to access a laundry facility) + a really bad yeast infection. Our very own Adrobo can testify that it was horrendous. It put me out in the hall dry-heaving, eyes watering, nose running. Rather embarrassing
 
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Too early not enough coffee... I wanna go back to bed...
 
Back to work today, coming off of 11 days off.
 
adamjh3 said:
As a side note, three years in the field and my gag reflex finally met its match today...It put me out in the hall dry-heaving, eyes watering, nose running. Rather embarrassing
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I'm a sympathetic puker. Partially digested coffee and Chinese food made both me and my partner start gagging. I love the orange scented spray we keep in the back of the truck.
 
adamjh3 said:
Rob, that sounds like a fun one, man. I love rural medicine. I did some work at a youth camp in the mountains this past winter, it was awesome. Just a PA and myself up there for around 90 staff and campers with transport about forty minutes away (or more depending on weather) and the closest ER about the same distance. The closest trauma center was close to an hour and a half away by ground. That really makes you take a personal inventory.

As a side note, three years in the field and my gag reflex finally met its match today: Weeping ulcers + incontinence of the bladder (which appeared to be going on for quite some time while the patient was unable or unwilling to access a laundry facility) + a really bad yeast infection. Our very own Adrobo can testify that it was horrendous. It put me out in the hall dry-heaving, eyes watering, nose running. Rather embarrassing
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Oh yes, I can testify to that. It was extremely bad. First time I felt that way as well. I put so much Vicks on my face everyone was wondering why my face was so shiny.
 
katgrl2003 said:
I'm a sympathetic puker. Partially digested coffee and Chinese food made both me and my partner start gagging. I love the orange scented spray we keep in the back of the truck.
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Oh gosh I am terrible! I honestly don't know why I enjoy this job. So much gets to me.
 
katgrl2003 said:
I'm a sympathetic puker. Partially digested coffee and Chinese food made both me and my partner start gagging. I love the orange scented spray we keep in the back of the truck.
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I'm a sympathetic gagger. Vomit doesn't often get to me, but if I have someone gagging on phlegm I can't stand it. That's the one thing so far that has bothered me.
 
EpiEMS said:
Sounds like it'll be good! Gonna do an AEMT or NRP, you think?
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AEMT is not well used in Colorado as we have the IV certification and some things that go with it. So we have fluids, D50, Naloxone, nebs, nitro without OLMC, CPAP, and depending on where you work, IO access.

I wish we used AEMT instead so I would have gotten more than a 24 hour class on this.

I'd consider getting my medic but I want to be sure that I could find a place for myself where I could eventually transition into a more system wide QA and policy role.
 
So far the only thing that I have found that gets me is when the RT suctions trach patients.

I'm fine with vomit and smells. Although gangrene did almost get me to hurl once.
 
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