Just Plain Ruff

Having worked now with both an android versus a IPad, I think that the IPad in my opinion wins but the only drawback like I said in a previous post is that the ipad doesn't do flash nor does it allow a sd/mini sd card slot. I give the ipad an A- and the android tablet a B+++ If you can live without youtube and flash then you should get the ipad.

Hey give your fellow break the ribs I'm cool student my phone number 1-800-boot to the head and he and I can chat. I'm sure he's an idiot but I'll let him disprove it.

Update to the baby saga Jennifer's hemoglobin dropped to 6.2 overnight from 8.4 She started out with 10.1 due to her chronic pernicious anemia. She looked very pasty and if I saw her as a trauma patient I'd be very worried. But they gave her two units of blood and she no longers looks like the walking dead (her words not mine) but now just puny she says. We are all doing well and Jenny got a good nap today while waiting for the blood to transfuse. She really needed the rest. Thanks for all the well wishes. Cigars all around.

Here is the link to our picture page on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150410404201163.414339.673191162&type=3 Some really great pictures of the baby and mamma.

So maybe next time you should take a video with your cell phone, make sure to catch all the unprofessional activity and if it's not involving a patient nor the patient isn't seen or identified, post the video on Youtube. then send an anonymous message or phone call to the ambulance service supervisors and give them the link. I wonder how fast they get discipline going there? Or don't post it on Youtube but send it to the supervisor or boss at the ambulance service email. Let them know the next time that you see this level of behaviour it will be posted on Youtube and broadcast to the masses. Tell the person you are talking to that you hope it won't go viral.

Fair enough, I really actually need to get some because if i'm going to be mandated by Crotchity to stop because it's in the bible, then I better get some. I do have some pretty significant psoriasis that causes splits in my fingertips and other areas on my hands so gloves would be a good idea. If I'm alone in my car then I'll stop (all dependent on the situation) but if my child is with me, and now with my newborn coming today, then I'll call 911 or pull to the side and give advice to bystanders. But remember in my area where I live, an ambulance is less than 10 minutes away from any direction in my area. If I'm rural then that's a different story. And you are completely correct, the end of civilization will be when a distracted driver causes a wreck with a Fed Ex truck that is carrying a dirty bomb laced with some biological weapon.

hey, just wanted to let everyone know that a new Rufflet will be born sometime this afternoon. We are going in at 10am today to start the inducement process which the pitocin will be started about Noon today. The sex is a secret to all but my wife, me, my son and daughter. So I will be either announcing the arrival of a boy or arrival of a girl. keep tuned to this thread for more details. ruffems

I wonder if the kids featured in the billboards and their parents were fully apprised of what their picture would be used for? One would hope that yes they were but it makes me wonder if they truly were informed. I am quite skeptical of parents doing the right thing. They need someone else to blame other than themselves for all the ills of society. Since we are a blame free society by what I mean is this, many out there do not take responsibility for their actions or their behaviour so they have to have someone else to blame. It's not their fault their kids are fat, it's the fast food restaurants, it's the government not paying them enough to be able to afford good healthy food, it's this or that or this and that. People want someone to blame, no matter if it's their fault they want someone else to blame because that takes off the pressure on them. If they can find someone else to blame then they can continue to make bad decisions and feel good about them. It's so much easier to blame the other guy, to blame the fast food restaurants but the change is really easy to do. Just drive right on by them and head home to cook a low fat, low sodium dinner or lunch. Is so much easier to sit on the couch and watch tv than it is to get up, walk a mile or two and come back and then watch tv. You can have it both ways. Just take the time to do what you know is right and stop the blame game. There is enough blame to go around, just ask those who blame everyone for every problem they have. If you want to know who those people are, just turn on daytime television or look at the news. Heck, I'll bet if you look in the mirror you might find out it's also yourself, just like I did when I looked in the mirror one day. Not saying that anyone here blames everyone else for their problems but maybe, just maybe, we can see ourselves in this societal problem just a little.

I agree Asys, but for the times that you are waiting for the coroner to arrive after you've determined the baby non-viable this is where your communication skills are tested the most. In all the viable pedi arrests I've been to I've always grabbed the baby, started compressions and run to the ambulance. Do all the resus in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Many times the baby has been waiting at the curb on our arrival.

Why the big deal over swapping linen. You bring a patient into the ER with a bottom sheet, a top sheet and a blanket and pillowcase. You are giving the hospital everything but probably the pillowcase so why not just exchange one for the other. The hospital still gets a full set of dirty linens(usually not dirty at all) and you get a fresh clean set. Win win situation. I don't see why this is an issue. If it is, then maybe your management should discuss with the hospital that doesn't allow you to exchange linens a linen exchange program. The services I've worked at we just exchange like for like. But we do have a supply of sheets, pillowcases and blankets under the bench seat.

where is peru? Oh yeah a country in South America. I'd stay depressed Asys, that way your wife can't harp on you for going and having a grand ole time in Wee Peru. I wish my wife would tell me she was sending me to a foreign country.

Doogs for this post and I don't know you from Adam or Joe blow but you are a tool.

Got this unsolicited email with the following job description. I will provide the email of the person via PM"s only. I would hope that AK or others who have been over there and worked for companies over there chime in here to give their opinions of this. Ruff Below please find the following Job description: follows: 4 weeks R&R during 12 months of continuous employment $2,000 airfare travel allowance for R&R Health insurance Life Insurance DBA Insurance 401 K Base Salary Ranges (final salaries will be dependent upon government approval). In addition to base salary, employees receive 70% uplifts on base salary and a 10% of base salary completion bonus after 12 months of continuous employment. Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMTP) Job Description The Health Care Service Support – Iraq Program Manager establishes a clinically safe and professionally managed healthcare environment and provides primary health care as well as resuscitative surgical care in accordance with U.S. or equivalent medical standards on a 24-hour basis, 365 days of the year to Chief of Mission (COM) personnel U.S. Embassy Baghdad, serving a population of approximately 14,000 adults. SCOPE: The EMT is clinically supervised by the site medical director or other physician extenders on the work site and ultimately reports to the HCSS-Iraq Program Manager The EMT will be assigned to treat patients in one of three settings: (1) Field Health Unit, (2) Small medical/trauma hospitals, (3) Large medical/trauma hospital and assists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician or physician extender. Interviews patients, measures vital signs (i.e., pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height), and records the information on patients' charts. EMT may be required to draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis. In some settings the EMT-P may be assigned a leadership role as Lead EMT-P. The EMT-P will perform emergency skills, such as managing respiratory, trauma, and cardiac emergencies, and patient assessment. Typically, an EMT will deal with bleeding, fractures, airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, and emergency childbirth. EMT will use and maintain common emergency equipment, such as backboards, suction devices, splints, oxygen delivery systems, and stretchers. EMT-P provides more extensive pre-hospital care than do EMTs. In addition to carrying out the procedures of the other levels, paramedics administer medications orally and intravenously, interpret electrocardiograms (EKGs), perform endotracheal intubations, and use monitors and other complex equipment. All services shall be provided in accordance with established standards, principles and ethics of the profession, applicable professional specialty organizations, and the high-quality standard for which CHS is recognized. All health care providers and medical support staff must have recent clinical experience in patient care for at least 6 months out of the past year REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, QUALIFICATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE: High School diploma, GED or equivalent education required. Completed an approved Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course, and certification as a Paramedic. Received additional education and training in anatomy and physiology as well as advanced medical skills. Associate degree from a community college or technical school sufficient to prepare for the NREMT examination is particularly desirable. Clinical and EMT field experience. Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular medical care field. Sufficient EMT or related experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Certification by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) PLUS a State Paramedic License OR State Paramedic License, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS and CPR. Equivalent non-U.S/Canadian education, certification, diplomas and experience may be qualifying, after CHS/DOS RMO review. Maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). Experience as a Combat Medic or Navy Corpsman is desirable. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients. Provides care to patients. Assists patients with personal hygiene, nutrition, comfort, and safety. Maintains comfortable, orderly, safe, and clean environment. Prepares patients for examinations. Provides routine information related to medical treatments and procedures. Measures and records vital signs, collects specimens, and escorts patients and visitors. Prepares examining rooms, selects and lays out medical supplies, maintains medical equipment. Records and reports patient information. Retrieves laboratory test results and patient files. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. Performs clerical functions related to medical activities. OTHER DUTIES: All Health Care Providers (HCPs) will document care delivered and follow up care required. Attends and participates in a variety of meetings and task force groups to improve quality and outcomes, communicate issues, obtain approvals, resolve problems and maintain specific level of knowledge pertaining to new developments, new task efforts, and new policy requirements. Maintains the highest regard for patient dignity and observe the precepts of the American Hospital Associations Bill of Rights for patients. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: EMT-P will require a favorably adjudicated Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) investigation conducted by the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security. EMT-P will sign a CHS HCSS-I Foreign Service Agreement (FSA) and is bound to the terms and conditions of the FSA. The normal workweek is established by the DoS Chief of Mission. Non-U.S. citizen assignments under this contract in Iraq must undergo, and favorably pass, an Investigation conducted by the Iraq Embassy Regional Security Office (RSO). 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