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Clinical gem for the day: Gaze preference / forced gaze deviation points towards infart (Stroke) and away from seizure activity. For example if you have a patient with right sided weakness and a fixed right gave preference then it is most likely not a stroke but rather a seizure with Todd's paralysis.
 
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Should have my exam results in an hour or so
 
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I passed and I am done! So excited.

Bring on the registry.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Good guess. Are you familiar with the Coachella Valley?
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Oh yea. Used to live in San Diego. Spent plenty of time with my Grandparents in Palm Desert. Used to go out to El Centro and the Salton Sea all the time. Dad was in the Navy, so I spent tons of time out in the Chocolate Mountains running around in the hills. Learned to shoot out there. Obviously not the Coachella Valley, but I still spent plenty of time there and am rather familiar with it.
 
DEmedic said:
I just had a hypertensive patient who wasn't feeling well... and only spoke Greek.

I was half tempted to just spray her with windex and call it good.
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HOPA!

Seriously though, that sounds pretty frustrating.
 
Congratulations Anjel! So what's next? Internship?
 
DesertEMT66 said:
I hate slow shifts. I love running 8+ calls in 12 hours.
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Oh, for 12's hell yeah. I love it. But if I did 8-9 calls in a 24, I'd be happier than a clam in the salton sea.
 
DEmedic said:
I just had a hypertensive patient who wasn't feeling well... and only spoke Greek.

I was half tempted to just spray her with windex and call it good.
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I haven't laughed out loud in a while!
 
DEmedic said:
I just had a hypertensive patient who wasn't feeling well... and only spoke Greek.

I was half tempted to just spray her with windex and call it good.
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I don't get it.
 
Aidey said:
I don't get it.
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You ruined the joke... :p

Sounds like the ambulance accident here last night was a result of a DUI driver. Blew a red light and t-boned them at "faster than 40 mph". Medic was driving, EMT, Medic Intern and a patient in the back.

Sounds like the EMT might have a fractured arm but other than that everyone made if out relatively unscathed.

Haven't seen any news articles yet.

Stay safe out there guys, hitting this close to home really makes me realize how real this job is.
 
Just signed up for 16 credits at Rose State College. It's going to be a busy fall semester with Med Term, A&P, Developmental Psych, English II and Computers, but it will leave me five credits from completion of my AAS-Paramedicine (Microbiology and ?).

I have 47 credits now, and need 15 more to hit the AAS minimum. Haven't touched my GI Bill yet either, using a student loan from the feds and out-of-pocket for the AAS.

For those interested in EMSA or Oklahoma, Rose State College acknowledges NR-Paramedic as 35 college credits and counts it as transfer credit in (basically wipes out your need for core classes and useless electives to get your degree), and they don't charge for it. If I were to go out-of-pocket, my AAS would cost around $9000, but with the Guard, it is essentially free.

Once I get this degree, off to a university for a Bachelor's in something.
 
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The on-campus part is going to be interesting- the academic advisor remarked that most of the people in those classes were taking them to become EMTs and paramedics and that I'm in the older half of the class. Joy?
 
Rocketmedic40 said:
Just signed up for 16 credits at Rose State College. It's going to be a busy fall semester with Med Term, A&P, Developmental Psych, English II and Computers, but it will leave me five credits from completion of my AAS-Paramedicine (Microbiology and ?).

I have 47 credits now, and need 15 more to hit the AAS minimum. Haven't touched my GI Bill yet either, using a student loan from the feds and out-of-pocket for the AAS.

For those interested in EMSA or Oklahoma, Rose State College acknowledges NR-Paramedic as 35 college credits and counts it as transfer credit in (basically wipes out your need for core classes and useless electives to get your degree), and they don't charge for it. If I were to go out-of-pocket, my AAS would cost around $9000, but with the Guard, it is essentially free.

Once I get this degree, off to a university for a Bachelor's in something.
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Do you plan on working, too?
 
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