the 100% directionless thread

So....

Shift ended.

2 hours late!

No chickens, planes, or shark attacks.

Disappointed.
 
Ugh. I'm freaking nervous about the written test for MCHD... I'm looking over the standing orders just to make sure I know what EMT-Is are authorized to do.
 
I hate those 0300 calls where dispatch apparently didn't do their job 100% correctly and you only get half the info? You know, paged to a mechanical fall. Show up, 70 YOF who got up to go to the bathroom, passed out on the way back to bed. Conscious, responds to verbal, breathing fine, great pulse, bp a tad bit low. Leave basic partner to do vitals, go to the next room to get my IV/drug bag. No sooner do I grab it then I hear my parter holler, "Uhhhhh, Joe! Get in here, she isn't breathing!" Start bagging her. A minute later I feel for a carotid, get two beats, then nothing. Crap. No pulse, apparent PEA, (why don't I ever get to shock anyone???) no heart sounds. Ugh..... Load up and transport 5 mins to hospital. Called after two rounds in the ER.

Don't you love those calls?
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
I hate those 0300 calls where dispatch apparently didn't do their job 100% correctly and you only get half the info? You know, paged to a mechanical fall. Show up, 70 YOF who got up to go to the bathroom, passed out on the way back to bed. Conscious, responds to verbal, breathing fine, great pulse, bp a tad bit low. Leave basic partner to do vitals, go to the next room to get my IV/drug bag. No sooner do I grab it then I hear my parter holler, "Uhhhhh, Joe! Get in here, she isn't breathing!" Start bagging her. A minute later I feel for a carotid, get two beats, then nothing. Crap. No pulse, apparent PEA, (why don't I ever get to shock anyone???) no heart sounds. Ugh..... Load up and transport 5 mins to hospital. Called after two rounds in the ER.

Don't you love those calls?
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Sounds like they got the fall part 100% correctly. :lol:
 
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*sigh*

You ever get stuck on a never ending argument that the facts prove youre right, yet people still proclaim youre wrong?



Yeah....spent 30 minutes arguing about P waves this morning....
 
Linuss said:
*sigh*

You ever get stuck on a never ending argument that the facts prove youre right, yet people still proclaim youre wrong?



Yeah....spent 30 minutes arguing about P waves this morning....
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Let's hear about the argument
 
According to some people I work with, p waves are the result of the SA node, and the SA node alone.


Despite being asked about multifocal atrial tachycardia, how they can tell the difference between the SA node and another foci firing, and what other factors.



People, I dont argue that which I can't back up with facts. Yet, another medic with 20 years experience has GOT to be right compared to a relatively new medic...right? .
 
Linuss said:
According to some people I work with, p waves are the result of the SA node, and the SA node alone.


Despite being asked about multifocal atrial tachycardia, how they can tell the difference between the SA node and another foci firing, and what other factors.



People, I dont argue that which I can't back up with facts. Yet, another medic with 20 years experience has GOT to be right compared to a relatively new medic...right? .
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Older medics...hell many NEW medics are taught in terms of absolutes. If you fail to think in absolutes, then you must be wrong.
 
You are correct Linuss but at least you did not experience what some of the intense hatred and abuse that our Degree Ambulance Officers did when the BHSc first came out.

Some of the old vocational Post Proficiency/Advanced Ambulance Aid or National Diploma (Ambulance Paramedic) Officers absolute hate Degree Paramedics and do not hide it. Why? Because they feel threatened and probably inferior due to the disparate knowledge base between the vocational qualification and the Degree.'
 
Linuss said:
According to some people I work with, p waves are the result of the SA node, and the SA node alone.


Despite being asked about multifocal atrial tachycardia, how they can tell the difference between the SA node and another foci firing, and what other factors.



People, I dont argue that which I can't back up with facts. Yet, another medic with 20 years experience has GOT to be right compared to a relatively new medic...right? .
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Please inform them that not only are they wrong, they must also be concurrently stupid. How could they not have anything since they earned their patches
 
There are at least two festivals in town and it's beautiful outside...yet only one call today for a sprained ankle. Are there no more sick people in the world?
 
fast65 said:
There are at least two festivals in town and it's beautiful outside...yet only one call today for a sprained ankle. Are there no more sick people in the world?
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You're in Oregon for God sake man, that's one step above Tumbleweed Pines, Arkansas or Podunk Corners, Kansas ... what do you expect? :D

Oh BTW Oregon is pretty.
 
MrBrown said:
You're in Oregon for God sake man, that's one step above Tumbleweed Pines, Arkansas or Podunk Corners, Kansas ... what do you expect? :D

Oh BTW Oregon is pretty.
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very good point sir :P I at least expect some sort of fall or perhaps a case of alcohol poisoning :(
 
fast65 said:
very good point sir :P I at least expect some sort of fall or perhaps a case of alcohol poisoning :(
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If Portland is anything to go by, people in Oregon are too responsible and civic minded to do that.

Oregon, the Canada of America :D
 
Took the kids to see Cars 2 today. I have to agree with the reviews, not one of Pixar's better efforts, but....

...a part of me can't help but enjoy anything involving motorsports that turn right :).
 
Car is almost loaded for the trip tomorrow... Just gotta wire in a power outlet so I have power for the phone and Zune and GPS during the trip...
And this is the PAT I get to do on Monday :D

1. Begin at ambulance remove equipment loaded hydraulic stretcher from ambulance.
2. Proceed to and complete the stretcher obstacle course
3. Proceed with loaded stretcher to the drill tower
4. Remove the equipment from stretcher and place on ground
5. Each candidate will carry a bag and monitor 50 feet and return to the entrance to the drill tower.
6. Candidates while carrying the equipment climb the two interior stair wells within the drill tower to the third level.
7. Set the equipment down on the third level
8. Within 10 seconds begin 2 minutes of quality chest compressions without ventilation.
9. Upon completion of chest compressions retrieve equipment exit through the upper door to the exterior stairs. Descend the exterior stairs.
10. Upon arriving at ground level set the equipment down and intubate the manikin in accordance with Texas DSHS standards.
11. Proceed to the scoop stretcher with manikin secured to it. Pickup the scoop stretcher, carry it to the stretcher and secure it.
12. Move the loaded stretcher to the ambulance
13. Load the loaded stretcher into the ambulance
14. Transfer the scoop stretcher from the stretcher to the bench.
15. Return the scoop stretcher to the stretcher
16. Remove the loaded stretcher from the ambulance
17. Move the loaded stretcher back to the drill tower
18. Reload equipment onto the stretcher and secure
19. Move the loaded stretcher to the ambulance
20. Load the stretcher into the ambulance
 
TransportJockey said:
Car is almost loaded for the trip tomorrow... Just gotta wire in a power outlet so I have power for the phone and Zune and GPS during the trip...
And this is the PAT I get to do on Monday :D

1. Begin at ambulance remove equipment loaded hydraulic stretcher from ambulance.
2. Proceed to and complete the stretcher obstacle course
3. Proceed with loaded stretcher to the drill tower
4. Remove the equipment from stretcher and place on ground
5. Each candidate will carry a bag and monitor 50 feet and return to the entrance to the drill tower.
6. Candidates while carrying the equipment climb the two interior stair wells within the drill tower to the third level.
7. Set the equipment down on the third level
8. Within 10 seconds begin 2 minutes of quality chest compressions without ventilation.
9. Upon completion of chest compressions retrieve equipment exit through the upper door to the exterior stairs. Descend the exterior stairs.
10. Upon arriving at ground level set the equipment down and intubate the manikin in accordance with Texas DSHS standards.
11. Proceed to the scoop stretcher with manikin secured to it. Pickup the scoop stretcher, carry it to the stretcher and secure it.
12. Move the loaded stretcher to the ambulance
13. Load the loaded stretcher into the ambulance
14. Transfer the scoop stretcher from the stretcher to the bench.
15. Return the scoop stretcher to the stretcher
16. Remove the loaded stretcher from the ambulance
17. Move the loaded stretcher back to the drill tower
18. Reload equipment onto the stretcher and secure
19. Move the loaded stretcher to the ambulance
20. Load the stretcher into the ambulance
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They forgot step 21 resuscitate medic candidate after he has a heart attack.
 
Why? It doesn't really sound that bad... However I'm not looking forward to doing it in a place with actual humidity. 100+* weather like we've had here I'm good with... adding humidity to it makes me cranky :p
 
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