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Had a mini meltdown today. We have been so busy.

We had a 17 yom GSW to the chest. Bullet bounced around landed in his lung. He had a hemothorax and ended up with a chest tube in the ER.

As soon as that call was done we took a transfer from the trauma room next to our GSW.

Guy wrecked his motorcycle. He had:

Tib/fib fx
Multiple pelvic fractures and his pubic symphysis was pulled apart 3cm.
L3,L4,L5 fx
A concussion- kept repeating things. Very confused
Pneumothorax with a chest tube.

Transported him and all his baggage. The chest tube box thing was a pain in the *** with the stretcher.

Half way through transport he decided to stop breathing for a few seconds.

Then we were dispatched to a CPR right after that but ended up cancelled.

I feel like I was thrown into the Atlantic Ocean with cement around my feet and told to swim.
 
Anjel, sounds like a crappy shift. Having a mini melt-down after a shift like that is absolutely normal and healthy. It's when you stop having them it's time to go see the head shrinker. PM box is always open if you need it.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Hard water deposits are a pain in the *** to get out. Spent about 3 hours today between a clay bar and scratch remover/buffing wheel trying to get them all out followed by hand waxing to protect. I think I'm a little more than half way done.
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Have you tried something like CLR (http://www.jelmar.com/CLRbasic.htm), or just a diluted solution of hydrogen chloride? That's how we deal with it here and it works quite effectively.
 
IslandTime said:
Have you tried something like CLR (http://www.jelmar.com/CLRbasic.htm), or just a diluted solution of hydrogen chloride? That's how we deal with it here and it works quite effectively.
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I've used CLR before on different objects. I just don't feel comfortable using that on auto paint.

For the windows a very very mild solution of water and vinegar worked amazing.
 
Will someone please tell me why RUQ pain is a sign of preeclampsia? I have seen it in seval books but no reasoning. I'm curious now.
 
TransportJockey said:
Will someone please tell me why RUQ pain is a sign of preeclampsia? I have seen it in seval books but no reasoning. I'm curious now.
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Well, don't hate me if I'm wrong (after all, I'm only a basic :P ) but I know HELLP is considered preeclampsia variant or a different name for it, I don't remember which. I do remember the EL is elevated liver enzymes, so possibly liver distension or the sort?
 
TransportJockey said:
Will someone please tell me why RUQ pain is a sign of preeclampsia? I have seen it in seval books but no reasoning. I'm curious now.
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9D4 said:
Well, don't hate me if I'm wrong (after all, I'm only a basic :P ) but I know HELLP is considered preeclampsia variant or a different name for it, I don't remember which. I do remember the EL is elevated liver enzymes, so possibly liver distension or the sort?
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The ruq pain or right shoulder pain is liver pain caused by HELLP syndrome.

H (hemolysis),
EL (elevated liver enzymes) and
LP (low platelet count).
 
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Medic Tim said:
The ruq pain or right shoulder pain is liver pain caused by HELLP syndrome.

H (hemolysis),
EL (elevated liver enzymes) and
LP (low platelet count).
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Thanks guys. I'm an idiot and didn't put HELLP together with Preeclampsia
 
Oh Flash Pulmonary Edema you are a sneaky sneaky :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored:
 
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Oh lord
 
A lot of those don't even make sense :blink:
 
Excommunicating mangled toes? Lmao I didn't even read that
 
Where on earth did you find that? :wacko:
 
Looks like a, oh for lack of a better word, "hooah" poster on a self congratulatory EMT Facebook page lol
 
Jim37F said:
Looks like a, oh for lack of a better word, "hooah" poster on a self congratulatory EMT Facebook page lol
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It's on your Facebook page now huh? :P
 
What the heck did I just read?
 
It looks like V turned into a whacker :unsure:
 
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