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Let me see if I can stay out for a week, when go from there.

I'm glad we got that clarified.

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler

I can see where both were wrong, for whatever reason. The player should have stopped immediately and may have even had a police escort. What's 90 seconds to explain what the situation was/ The officer could have let him go on up to the hosp. room and if he was afraid the player would run off or doubted his story, walk up there with him. Took the officer a lot of guts to quit though, he manned up to that. IMHO

Well folks, I done it again. Wound back up in the hosp. Fri. night. I just got out a couple of hours ago. Let's just say I was doing very well for three or four days then gradually started having problems again. Did all the home stuff I was suppose to do. Didn't help Evidently, even though I was sent home I still had the pneumonia but taking the PO anti-biotics. Well, throw in a case of brochitis and bam, right back in. You'd think I'd get a break somehow. Maybe a third time is a charm. BTW, it's been since the 10th since I had a cigarette.

I don't know if this is late or not, but...HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Haven't they heard of a tail gate net? If the board is too long to close the tail gate, they should have had straps/nets up. That's what we did. Yes, guilty. Actually we were on an oil rig about 300 yards from the road. It was either a 4x4 truck or the bull dozer. Believe it or not, no one there knew how to drive the "cat", but me, and I had to stay with the patient. By the way, I grew up in the oil field. Nuff said.

"Come Together" - Beatles

I sent some of the stuff you needed. But if there is more you want, jusst ask.

"Rock & Roll Fantasy" - The Who

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Have fun, but not too much fun. Hope this isn't too late.

Only to back way, way up on questioning....in what proximity were they laying to each other and how were they laying? With the heat, how were they dressed? Any vomit noted? Like I said, if I got to this thread earlier, those might have been some of the questions I would have asked before knowing the answer.

The lactic acidosis does seem familiar now. Thanx for jogging my brain. But there seems to be some other reaction with adrenaline, I believe. You know that after I stop trying to remember it all this and the thread is deeply buried, I'll remember it or come across my old notes.

I believe Motley Crue or Quiet Riot, but don't quote me on that.

Uh, OK???? I wanted to be a Parmedick, now I are one.

Responding to any fire or EMS call has it's inherent dangers, that's for sure. I'm not sure if the Chief is leaving that out or just not thinking about it. And being on scene, even as just an observer or in a support capacity has dangers. It seems like they are leaving that info out. I'm not against Explorer, or in this case "cadet" programs, especially if the kid is wanting to be a Firefighter or EMT. But according to this article three of them are wanting to go into the nursing field. Nothing wrong with that, but how would firefighting help with that? I can understand if they just went on EMS calls but they are doing the fire biz too. But hey, if they want to be nurses that volunteer to be firefighters, more power to 'em. I noticed it didn't mention their ages, just their classes. I started EMS the summer between my Jr. and Sr. year in high school. I was 17, but would be 18 just a couple of weeks after the class was complete. So surely you would think these kids were at least 17. But I don't know of any dept. or dept. insurance that would let anyone under 18 be on scene and/ or under 21 to drive or do hands on firefighting, especially entering a burning structure. Some Dept's. may allow it, but I don't know of any personally. I think this Chief is really down-playing how it really is. Is he trying to get more "cadets"? I don't like how they are using the word cadet. Cadet implies someone who has just started and is wanting to advance in Firefighting. All in all, I agree with DD.

My luck completely.

"Time in a Bottle " - Jim Croce

I don't think you'll get the same completely identical answer twice. If you went by someone that totally went by "book learnin" it will depend of which book they read, not all the same. And I don't think every instructor teaches the same as all other instructors. I could go on, but.... I can't give an absolute answer on how I would check it. The best I could say is that check it to see if CPR is necessary, after about 2-3 min. of CPR. With ALS, just after intubating, after every defib. Any change in the monitor (treat your pt. not your monitor). 10-15 seconds after each med. administration. I'm not saying that is exactly how I always did it, but it's an approximation guideline I used. Sometimes I might have checked it more often, and others not as often. Look for a wide assortment of answers.

I meant to mention that anyone that is trying to quit smoking becomes a drama king/ queen.

AZCEP, I agree. ST with BBB. Treat complaint(s) And actually, I'd move the lower lead over to see if you can get a more clear picture.

I was at a seminar where this was one of the topics. It wasn't focused on restraint but on the excessive delirium. Now this was a long time ago, before Tazer, stun gun, etc. For no bigger than our city was we saw it fairly often. One thing that stuck in my head was that if severe enough there can be injury to the brain. Not a TIA/CVA, or concussion, but actual injury which is somewhat unexplained. Maybe I missed something about the entire explanation. Has anyone else heard of this?

We had the same exact topic about a year ago. But it's good to refresh some of them from time to time for newer memebers and to keep it fresh in our minds.

"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd

Ridryder said one of the main word, EGO. Too many EMT's and Paramedics are in it for the wrong reason. Granted, some may have started out with their heart in the right place, but after a while they get lax and non-complacency that some get to where they forget their patient is the most important. I've known some who were going to "mess" with the nurses using the patient. The waiting of the Narcan thing is new to me, but we've gotten orders for Epicac which the Medic held off until we were closer to the hospital. On more than one occasion we'd have a patient going through DT's and we'd have them calmed down finally, but just before getting to the hospital or treatment center, he would get them riled up. I would have reported him, but he was the boss.