Yeah no shirt mate, our fitness test consists of carrying a dummy down two flights of stairs in a stair chair, doing 20 press ups, lifting the dummy into the ambulance and walking a couple hundred meters with the Thomas Pack and a 25kg boxing bag.
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Yeah no shirt mate, our fitness test consists of carrying a dummy down two flights of stairs in a stair chair, doing 20 press ups, lifting the dummy into the ambulance and walking a couple hundred meters with the Thomas Pack and a 25kg boxing bag.
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Holy hell... You aren't kidding.
That just sounds nuts. I wouldn't be able to do it I don't think.
I have never even seen a scoop stretcher lol
OMG Brown feels sorry for you, Brown loves the scoop stretcher, it's just absolutely fab
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Read this to my sister today...
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No kidding!! I agree with angel, I am not sure I would be able to do it without being totally wiped out at the end.
That is a lot of steps to remember, or are you told every few steps what needs doing? Jw
Read this to my sister today...
Damn straight!
Mrs Brown would disagree probably ...
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I just took a PAT that was called a "functional job assessment" of what we do. Treadmill and stair stepper with loaded medic gear bags, 2 minutes of CPR, push and pull some weight on a sled to simulate a stretcher, walk with gear bags on a trampoline to simulate the beach. And throughout there were manual dexterity tests to see if you could intubate or start a line after vigorous activity. Not hard, by any stretch, but still kind of nerve wracking with all of the events stacked up and a constant HR check after each event.
It was a strange PAT.
MEDIC in Charlotte has an interesting one too. There is a video of it on the website, www.medic911.com. It's called the MedPAT.
It was a strange PAT.
MEDIC in Charlotte has an interesting one too. There is a video of it on the website, www.medic911.com. It's called the MedPAT.
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That sounds kinda fun too... but the HR check would kill me. I'm in decent shape (or at least I rarely get out of breath under exertion), but my heart rate is usually high to begin with.
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Same here. I started the test, at rest at 90. Yikes.
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90?? Yikes man. Guessing it was just nerves? I sit in the low 60s with a bp of 100s/60s, but I also have mandatory physical training every day I am at work and I am young so that might have something to do with it...
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Yeah, I just turned 42 and I'm still pretty active. I've just always been tachy. :/
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Is there a top end number you have to be under at the conclusion of the test? I would assume it would be a percentage above your baseline but I haven't ever been through a PAT besides swim/run/paddle tests that had no HR check.
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When I was in top running shape I had a resting HR of 40. I'm not nearly in as good of shape anymore but still sit low 50s. Unfortunately I was blessed with the genetics of hypertension, so I have to fight to keep my systolic below 130 (a fight I usually fail...), though diastolic stays in the 60s
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Just cause we are sharing
My resting HR is usually around 80-110. It likes to bounce around a lot.
Highest it ever was when I was laying in bed was 168.
Docs have no idea why. lol
I dont have hypertension, high cholesterol or anything like that. Started when I was 19.
My resting HR is usually around 80-110. It likes to bounce around a lot.
Highest it ever was when I was laying in bed was 168.
Docs have no idea why. lol
I dont have hypertension, high cholesterol or anything like that. Started when I was 19.
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It's a gift and a curse. If I stand up too fast I get light headed pretty easily. Haven't hit the floor yet, though. (knock on wood) But did scare the EMT in the one nasty MVA I have been in.
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What I can't figure out is how my resting HR is like 54 but my BP is typically 130/90ish. :wacko:
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Smoker? Not accusing, just a thought. arteriosclerosis can cause elevated BP even with a low resting HR.
I smoke, worst habit I ever started, and hardest ever to get rid of.
I smoke, worst habit I ever started, and hardest ever to get rid of.
Mrs Brown is Browns best, and worst, habit
*Ducks flying skillet, phew!
Brown's resting HR is like 60 and BP eh .... maybe 100 on a hypertensive day
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One of these days she's gonna catch you with that skillet man haha.