DesertMedic66
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I believe the hours I listed are california standard
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SandpitMedic
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dudes, i freaking hate the new IOS. it is terrible. i cant even senda message properly.
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SandpitMedic
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dudes, i freaking hate the new IOS. it is terrible. i cant even send a message properly.
weak!
weak!
SandpitMedic
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see what i mean... doubles and stuff.... UHGGGGGG!
TransportJockey
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I thought they pulled iOS8 from circulation to fix issues with it?
DesertMedic66
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They pulled 8.0.1 because it had a lot of bugs and then released 8.0.2 which is supposed to fix the bugs that 8.0.1 had.
I'm not having a whole bunch of issues with the software but there are some. I'm beta testing the new software for the macs and haven't had too many issues (only 2 that I can name).
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Ah ok. I haven't had an iphone in almost a year when I went back to Android, so I haven't kept too up to date on the software issues. I know my Mac has had no issues w/ any recent updates lol
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Three more days of work until I'm out of here... I have yet to finish packing.
DesertMedic66
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Your probably on the Mavericks operating system. I signed up for the beta so I am "helping" sort out the bugs with the new operating system, Yosemite, which in all honesty isn't much different at all
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Hmm...it's 11 o'clock, I have to wake up about 5 tomorrow morning for a 24 hour long shift at one of our busier stations, and thanks to being left in the dryer, my uniform is in desperate need of an iron, why am I playing Plants vs Zombies 2 on my phone instead?
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I haven't had any issues with iOS 8.0, a few apps have crashed but that happened with the last version I had which was the most current until they released 8.0
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The current California Standard for a field internship is 480 hours and 40 ALS contacts. An "ALS contact" is when you perform one or more ALS skills, other than cardiac monitoring, on a patient. That is the absolute minimum. Schools can require that their students exceed these minimums to ensure that the minimums are definitely met even if some patient contacts end up being not counted as an ALS contact upon review later. If I recall correctly, my program required that we could only count patients as an ALS contact if we performed more than one ALS skill that wasn't cardiac monitoring and we had to get 40. By my school's measure, I'd made about 70 ALS contacts. Using the California minimum standard, I probably would have had somewhere near 120. I estimate that I'd had somewhere near 250 patients during that internship. It's been 14 years, so I don't quite remember the exact numbers, but they're pretty close, that I am certain of.
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I believe the 480 hours and 40 'ALS' contacts is a national standard, potentially required by CoAEMSP for accreditation but I'm not totally sure.
40 contacts is nothing but it really depends where you do your internship. I had something like 130ish ALS contacts and 200+ BLS/ILS contacts in mine if I remember correctly but I'm a black cloud and we're a "high performance" system. Also, we counted anything that requires a Paramedic attendant as an 'ALS' contact. By the way Akula's school did it I had somewhere in the range similar to his 70. Luckily I didn't have to worry about whether we transported or not since we're the sole ambulance company and are the medical authority so when we show up whether the apparatus beat us or not it's our show.
Hoping I found a roommate finally. Only thing that'll blow it is if our dogs don't get along. He's got 2, a young adult Husky and a middle-young aged Border Collie mix. Benzo gets along with most every dog but her 10 month old puppy energy and playfulness can be a bit much for older dogs.
Cross your fingers for me. I can't afford to live in this house alone anymore.
Also, not being able to sleep sucks. Started taking nortriptyline a week ago for C/T pain and for sleep, it hasn't helped and I don't really think they can go up much on the dose before it starts acting as an antidepressant rather than a sleep aid.
40 contacts is nothing but it really depends where you do your internship. I had something like 130ish ALS contacts and 200+ BLS/ILS contacts in mine if I remember correctly but I'm a black cloud and we're a "high performance" system. Also, we counted anything that requires a Paramedic attendant as an 'ALS' contact. By the way Akula's school did it I had somewhere in the range similar to his 70. Luckily I didn't have to worry about whether we transported or not since we're the sole ambulance company and are the medical authority so when we show up whether the apparatus beat us or not it's our show.
Hoping I found a roommate finally. Only thing that'll blow it is if our dogs don't get along. He's got 2, a young adult Husky and a middle-young aged Border Collie mix. Benzo gets along with most every dog but her 10 month old puppy energy and playfulness can be a bit much for older dogs.
Cross your fingers for me. I can't afford to live in this house alone anymore.
Also, not being able to sleep sucks. Started taking nortriptyline a week ago for C/T pain and for sleep, it hasn't helped and I don't really think they can go up much on the dose before it starts acting as an antidepressant rather than a sleep aid.
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http://www.ems1.com/amputation/articles/1996035-South-African-medics-amputate-leg-in-50-hour-rescue/
Did anyone else see this story yet? Pretty amazing!
Did anyone else see this story yet? Pretty amazing!
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A few hours late home but bed makes it all worth it; I love my bed .... I just wish it loved me, maybe it does, who knows???
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Cabelas is a dangerous store...took every ounce of my self control to not get a credit card there today as well as not spending all my money.
Bought myself a little early birthday present though, I couldn't help myself. Never been a knife guy but I like this little guy. Wish it was assisted opening but at $25 bucks I can't complain. Was actually going to buy a boot knife but they didn't have one that would fit in my 5.11s and I didn't like any of them that they had anyways. Call me a whacker but I already have too much crap in my pockets at work.
Next on the list is a small flashlight that has a pocket clip since mine does not have one.
Bought myself a little early birthday present though, I couldn't help myself. Never been a knife guy but I like this little guy. Wish it was assisted opening but at $25 bucks I can't complain. Was actually going to buy a boot knife but they didn't have one that would fit in my 5.11s and I didn't like any of them that they had anyways. Call me a whacker but I already have too much crap in my pockets at work.
Next on the list is a small flashlight that has a pocket clip since mine does not have one.
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Cabelas and REI [emoji21]
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Went to Cabelas last week and narrowly avoided buying quite an expensive item. Then I went home and ordered it online anyway, so I don't know how much it really helped in the long run...
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Sigh. Just heard a cardiac arrest dispatched on the radio with a <1 minute ALS scene time and only 4 minute scene time for BLS. Rapid emergent transport of the still arrested patient to a hospital 6 minutes away. Sometimes I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle.