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Actually crotchity is right, we've never experienced racism or discrimination. And he's also right about the hoods and crosses. For those of you who were coming to the cross burning that I was holding in front of the only black family in town's house, it's been cancelled for lack of a cross, and lack of accelerant, and lack of a fire. In fact, my hood is in the tailors shop getting a new stitch. Was a college student, wanted to work for the police department for the university as one of the guys who gave you your parking tickets on campus. Was told by the captain who was hiring me, he said "we can hire you today because no black applicants have applied. You better take the job today because if a black applicant applies tomorrow then they get the job" How's that for discrimination? I took the test for the Kansas city police department, I scored in the high 98 percentile on the test. This was in 1988. I was able to move forward in the selection process but was told by one of the selection committee that even though my scores were high, my background was stellar and I had no skeletons in my closet (at least that they found) that I'd most likely not be hired because there were many black applicants who were less qualified than I but the department had to hire those applicants because it was the rules. I didn't get hired. I guess that's what's called in the black mindset, getting back at cracker and stiking it to the white man.

But it's a black guy playing a black guy. so it's not racist since it's a black guy who decided to play a thug and the shooter. So how's it racist if a black person plays the role. Oh yeah, I'm sure that he was forced by his overtly racist sergeant to play that role. Not that he's superbly cast by playing that role. I mean come on, he must have been a shooter or a thug before he became a fireman because he had the best portrayal of a black shooter that I've seen since the last episode of CSI. I mean, he must have had prior education on how to hold the gun with one hand and then his package in the other. Did you see how he held the gun, turned to it's side, Brilliant, just like on America's dumbest criminals. I'd like to meet this guy and ask him what his inspiration was? The white fire men played peeing your pants scared so well that I can't wait to see the sequel. They had the same looks as the people who were getting terrorized by Jason in The Friday the 13th movies so they were type case racially as the scared pee in your pants white crackers who get killed. Or maybe they were cast as the ensign's were in Star Trek where they always died.

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I also agree, the picture is of a methoxyflurane administration device. As stated, it's not used in the United States due to the problems with organ damage. I believe the green device is called a Penthrox inhaler.

Yeah that's methoxyflurane, it was used as a general anaesthetic in the 1960s but has since long been banned by the FDA because of its nephrotoxicity While it's not banned here, Medsafe warn against its use in high doses and insist it is used in a well ventilated area - i.e. not the back of the ambulance lol Locally methoxyflurane is only carried where space is an issue and preclusive to the transport of entonox - i.e. Ambulance Rescue (SERT), the motorcycle response unit, rapid response unit and some very rural stations where resupply of entonox is a problem

BLS in the area I used to work was able to use Entonox, and we used to carry it on the ALS trucks as well. However, we didn't use it that often. I think perhaps it was a little underused. A few problems come up with it, as you may have seen: * The pain relief only lasts while the patient's inhaling the nitrous oxide, so once you arrive at a receiving facility, you either have to leave the bottle with the patient (impractical), or take it away (unethical). So usually you end up giving morphine (or another opiate) anyway. * Some people just don't like it. There can be a lot of nausea / dizziness / dysphoria. * There's a risk that the nitrous oxide migrates into air-filled spaces, making it dangerous in bowel obstruction, and you can't really use it in most major trauma, because it can worsen pneumothoraces (or other disease processes involving trapped air). * It just isn't as effective as opiates in most patients. So if the pain is severe, again, you're adding opiates. Now personally, I think that in combination with an opiate, it's a good analgesic for transport / extrication providing none of the issues above apply. It allows you to provide added analgesia to someone while you're moving them around and exposing them to vibration and stress during transport, which can then be d/c'd upon arrival, once these stressors are removed. [For what's it's worth, I also prefer morphine over fentanyl in situations where hemodynamics aren't an issue, as I've had too many experiences where I've got the patient transferred to a bed, given report to an RN, and then had the fentanyl wear off, and been put in a situation where I feel an ethical obligation to provide further pain control, but know that if I do it in the ER, after transferring care, that I'm putting myself in a potentially risky position.]

You can't be offended, you're white.

I`ve always tried learning through understanding, not only through memorizing the information. Of course, you gotta memorize it in the end, but if you try to understand certain ways of reactions, I`ve always found it easier to get to learn the facts. So, instead of only reading through the facts over and over again - try to think them through, like: What does Adrenalin? What effects does it have, what can happen if you overdose? Seeing the way it reacts, what would be contraindications? Etc...

Do you guys really believe that only 2 women have applied in 40 years ? Come on, really ? Really ? Really ? White people are amazing in the lengths they will go to cover up their discrimination.

You are all Re-TARDs. If you are a male waitress, you may not be able to be hired at Hooters, but in any town that has a hooters, there will be several other restaurants you can work at. In most towns, there is only one Fire Department or at best a county fire department and 2-3 city departments. Take your hoods off, douse the crosses you set fire too, and realize that as whites, you can not speak to something you have never experienced --- discrimination.