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DesertMedic66

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Had a pretty good call yesterday for the first time in a while. 2 patients flown from the scene due to burns and another 3 ground transported. One was 90% with the airship doing a surgical cric and escharotomy on the side of the freeway.
 

RocketMedic

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Yeah, as stated previously the outcome was determined before we even got there. It still sucks to lose a young patient. I found out that the patient and I had mutual friends, small world.

It happens
 

RocketMedic

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Had a pretty good call yesterday for the first time in a while. 2 patients flown from the scene due to burns and another 3 ground transported. One was 90% with the airship doing a surgical cric and escharotomy on the side of the freeway.
Ketamine is excellent for pain management on burns....or RSI
 

DesertMedic66

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Ouch...what happened?
Traffic on the freeway was at a dead stop due to a standoff with CHP. A semi driver didn’t see the traffic at a stop and plowed into it at speed (around 70mph). Created a massive fire that spread to some desert brush.
 

CALEMT

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Finally gave special K. Eliminated 10/10 pain.
 

mct601

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Stopping by to say hello. Came by the forum to hunt down study material recommendation. Its weird/cool to come back here. Joined as an emt student trying to get exposure and figure out what I was getting into... now I'm a flight paramedic and most recently, an ICU nurse.
 

Eir

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Finally taking my NREMT-B computer/written exam tomorrow. I know I've prepared as well as I could, but am irrationally anxious about it.
 

Chimpie

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Stopping by to say hello. Came by the forum to hunt down study material recommendation. Its weird/cool to come back here. Joined as an emt student trying to get exposure and figure out what I was getting into... now I'm a flight paramedic and most recently, an ICU nurse.
Welcome back. Tell your friends about us.
 

Chimpie

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So it's May, and there's the chance of a tropical storm this weekend. Great.

Listen Mother Nature, I'm trying to move and get settled in. I can't do that if I'm down in the EOC.
 

luke_31

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So it's May, and there's the chance of a tropical storm this weekend. Great.

Listen Mother Nature, I'm trying to move and get settled in. I can't do that if I'm down in the EOC.
Mother Nature will not listen. I just bought a house myself and am getting ready to move in and it's rained a bit most every day so far.
 

RocketMedic

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@CALEMT Ketamine is amazing, isn't it?

$765 for oil, inspection, and four new tires for Red Sparrow (2015 red Ford Focus hatch). Yey....go overtime shifts I suppose
 

StCEMT

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City EMS can be fun a lot of times, but damn do I hate some of these people I come across. Where's my WWII vet blood pressure check call when I need it?
 

Jim37F

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City EMS can be fun a lot of times, but damn do I hate some of these people I come across. Where's my WWII vet blood pressure check call when I need it?
Coming from an ambulance that routinely posted 10+ runs in a 24hr shift....I may get bored out of my mind on an engine that sometimes only gets 1 or 2 calls in a 3 day cycle, but I don't not love the whole "sleep thru the night" thing we got going on here lol!
 

StCEMT

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Coming from an ambulance that routinely posted 10+ runs in a 24hr shift....I may get bored out of my mind on an engine that sometimes only gets 1 or 2 calls in a 3 day cycle, but I don't not love the whole "sleep thru the night" thing we got going on here lol!
I don't mind being busy since I only do 12's, I prefer it actually. I would definitely appreciate the low volume on a 24 though.
 

CALEMT

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I may get bored out of my mind on an engine that sometimes only gets 1 or 2 calls in a 3 day cycle,

You think thats bad try 1 call every other week on a 72/96... I remember getting forced for 14 days straight at a station and only running 3 calls in a 14 day period... then an additional 10 out of county covering a station and only ran 2 calls in those 10 days.
 

Akulahawk

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End of an era, our last slant side Braun has been retired to the boneyard.
Once upon a time I pulled many a shift in a slant side... naturally aspirated diesel. Very, very reliable but oh so slow... and positively anemic at high altitude.
 
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