the 100% directionless thread

[DragonClaw]

70 degrees and wet in the midwest

High is 82, it's 81 right now

 

[Jim37F]

High of 79°, low is 72°F, gray and overcast and been raining off and on, was raining heavy last couple days, looks like that'll last thru the weekend

 

[E tank]

I got the last three gallons of distilled water at the local Walmart today, pretty happy with that. We’ve got something like four months of food stocked, meds and necessary items, etc.

what's the water for?

 

[GMCmedic]

what's the water for?

Still amazes me that people buy something that falls from the sky.

 

[E tank]

Still amazes me that people buy something that falls from the sky.

or from the kitchen tap?

 

[RocketMedic]

what's the water for?

CPAP

 

[RocketMedic]

I'm getting like double time hours.

 

[E tank]

CPAP

Ahhhhh....try it dry...not the end of the world.....

 

[Seirende]

"Avoid large groups of people," they say.

"Sure thing," I say while glancing at my cashier report showing that hundreds of people passed within arm's length of me in one middling length shift.

 

[DragonClaw]

Me right now

 

[GMCmedic]

Social distancing is difficult during a remodel. I made 5 trips to a combination of hardware stores yesterday, cause im a terrible plumber.

Another 2 trips today and I "think" i have everything needed to complete it if the stores close.

 

[StCEMT]

Work says the beard has gotta go. Haven't seen my face in 3 years. This will be a weekend of mourning.

 

[DragonClaw]

Back to eyeballing gloves. I was going to buy regular military/ police style gloves but then I wondered about getting fingerless gloves.

Anyone have advice for the two options?

 

[NomadicMedic]

Back to eyeballing gloves. I was going to buy regular military/ police style gloves but then I wondered about getting fingerless gloves.

Anyone have advice for the two options?

For what? Anytime you’re making patient contact you should be wearing your standard nitrile PPE.

If you need gloves for vehicle extrication or using tools, mechanics gloves. They have served me well for 20+ years.

 

[DragonClaw]

For what? Anytime you’re making patient contact you should be wearing your standard nitrile PPE.

If you need gloves for vehicle extrication or using tools, mechanics gloves. They have served me well for 20+ years.

Not in place of PPE, just for lifting equipment and such. Hands are getting a little torn up and raw.

 

[CALEMT]

Not in place of PPE, just for lifting equipment and such. Hands are getting a little torn up and raw.

Mechanix or rawhide leather. Used them both, they have lasted with me abusing them on the job. The Mechanix m-pact gloves are legit, they've survived auto extrications, post fire salvage/ overhaul/ clean-up, and survived washes in the extractor.

 

[Qulevrius]

 

[DragonClaw]

Mechanix or rawhide leather. Used them both, they have lasted with me abusing them on the job. The Mechanix m-pact gloves are legit, they've survived auto extrications, post fire salvage/ overhaul/ clean-up, and survived washes in the extractor.

But my original question, fingerless gloves or no? Maybe I want to be able to palpate things with gloves on and not worry about taking them off

 

[Qulevrius]

But my original question, fingerless gloves or no? Maybe I want to be able to palpate things with gloves on and not worry about taking them off

With that mindset, you’ll end up cross contaminating everything and everyone around you. Just ask your partner for assistance with lifting, if it’s too difficult for you. On a side note - not a single female partner I ever worked with, had these issues.

 

[DragonClaw]

With that mindset, you’ll end up cross contaminating everything and everyone around you. Just ask your partner for assistance with lifting, if it’s too difficult for you. On a side note - not a single female partner I ever worked with, had these issues.

Issue... what issue? I don't think this is a female thing...