Arctickat

Any of these books are great.

To think that started over 50 years ago at the height of the cold war when the local paper published the wrong number for kids to call Santa and they ended up calling the "hotline" for NORAD's (CONAD at the time) Commander in Chief by mistake. He was a good man to play along, thanks Col. Shoup.

Okay, I think we're getting screwed around with here. Either you were there or you weren't. You can't be sure it was VFib unless you saw it, but you claim you weren't there to see it.

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- AVIATION STYLE Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp, Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ. The aircraft were fastened to tiedowns with care, In hopes that come morning, they all would be there. The fuel trucks were nestled, all snug in their spots, With gusts from two-forty at 39 knots. I slumped at the fuel desk, now finally caught up, And settled down comfortably, resting my butt. When the radio lit up with noise and with chatter, I turned up the scanner to see what was the matter. A voice clearly heard over static and snow, Called for clearance to land at the airport below. He barked his transmission so lively and quick, I'd have sworn that the call sign he used was "St. Nick". I ran to the panel to turn up the lights, The better to welcome this magical flight. He called his position, no room for denial, "St. Nicholas One, turnin' left onto final." And what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a Rutan-built sleigh, with eight Rotax Reindeer! With vectors to final, down the glideslope he came, As he passed all fixes, he called them by name: "Now Ringo! Now Tolga! Now Trini and Bacun! On Comet! On Cupid!" What pills was he takin'? While controllers were sittin', and scratchin' their head, They phoned to my office, and I heard it with dread, The message they left was both urgent and dour: "When Santa pulls in, have him please call the tower." He landed like silk, with the sled runners sparking, Then I heard "Left at Charlie," and "Taxi to parking." He slowed to a taxi, turned off of three-oh And stopped on the ramp with a "Ho, ho-ho- ho..." He stepped out of the sleigh, but before he could talk, I ran out to meet him with my best set of chocks. His red helmet and goggles were covered with frost And his beard was all blackened from Reindeer exhaust. His breath smelled like peppermint, gone slightly stale, And he puffed on a pipe, but he didn't inhale. His cheeks were all rosy and jiggled like jelly, His boots were as black as a cropduster's belly. He was chubby and plump, in his suit of bright red, And he asked me to "fill it, with hundred low- lead." He came dashing in from the snow-covered pump, I knew he was anxious for drainin' the sump. I spoke not a word, but went straight to my work, And I filled up the sleigh, but I spilled like a jerk. He came out of the restroom, and sighed in relief, Then he picked up a phone for a Flight Service brief. And I thought as he silently scribed in his log, These reindeer could land in an eighth-mile fog. He completed his pre-flight, from the front to the rear, Then he put on his headset, and I heard him yell, "Clear!" And laying a finger on his push-to-talk, He called up the tower for clearance and squawk. "Take taxiway Charlie, the southbound direction, Turn right three-two-zero at pilot's discretion" He sped down the runway, the best of the best, "Your traffic's a Grumman, inbound from the west." Then I heard him proclaim, as he climbed through the night, "Merry Christmas to all! I have traffic in sight."

Four Words.... Alberta College of Paramedics. Report this incompetent fool before he kills anyone. It won't mean the end of his career, but it will mean he'll never screw up like that again.....You did what you should have done. You recognised his error, attempted to correct it in a manner I would find acceptable, yet he insisted. After the call, on the way back to base I would ask him why. Don't make it a form of accusation such as "Amiodarone is indicated for Vfib, not Atropine. You screwed up." Ask him as a learning experience. "I'm sorry I questioned you in there, I was told one time that Amiodarone was the appropriate medication in that instance. How does the mechanism of action for Atropine work on VFib?" It strokes his ego and hopefully gets him thinking back to the call and realising he screwed up. What does the call report say? Amiodarone or Atropine?

You want stories? Check out this current thread.

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You know that's not what she really wants to know.

Find out what text books are used during class and determine if they have a corresponding study guide. Then, rather than read the book to try to answer the questions in the guide, read the question in the guide first and look up the answer in the book. A good guide is designed in such a manner that once you've answered all the questions you should have read the entire book about 3 times.

Hearts and prayers to the families and department. http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/24/us/new-york-firefighters-shooting/index.html

After not having turned a wheel in a week I was picking up a medication order at the hospital. While visiting the nursing desk they asked why they haven't seen me for so long. I told them it was really "quiet" and they shushed me..so I kept saying it. Something like 30 times as I chuckled out the door...quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, oh so quiet. 20 minutes later they called me to transport a cardiac into tertiary care. I asked them why they didn't just tell me that I might have a trip while I was there since the patient would have been to and they figured the patient wasn't going anywhere. I'm convinced, it works. As a private operator whose profit margin depends on call volume, quiet is my new favourite word.

Hmm, leg straps on the harness too tight? A restriction of venous return could reduce preload to a point of pericarditis resulting in a decrease LOC.

Hey, are you my son? j/k, my kid is 17 and has decided to take his PCP training to work his way through med school. He wants to be an orthopedic surgeon with a sport specialty. Nice to have you with us, thanks for joining.

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track.html He's in North Korea now, I sure hope he has good missile defenses.

Gee, this is a tough one. Dealing with kids is hard enough, dealing with kids in a situation like this? I don't envy you. In our situation we don't have a duty to report something like this, more of a moral obligation, but geez....I dunno. It's not like the child was endangered by her mother, so going straight to child welfare might be a bit extreme. I think you're headed the right way, you passed the responsibility up the chain of command and the doc assured you there would be some followup. It's up to the mom and daughter to report if any crime occurred and all you've got is pretty circumstantial. Follow up with your cop friend, he likely won't tell you any details, but he may be able to confirm if there is an investigation in progress and that might help.

You're reading Kiwi's post by mistake. Your post is the one above his.

Too bad, they look pretty.

Gotta switch them, We use LP12, they use whatever had the lowest quote that week they purchased it. However, we've never had that situation because the hospital knows the paced patient is going to the city and they call us to put ours on if we aren't already there, unless the patient is too unstable to wait 5 minutes for us, in which case we'd have to do full swap. I've tried to suggest that we just take theirs and we leave ours, but it's too complex for them and they don't wanna learn how to use it.

I just want to understand this quote and see if my interpretation of your comments is accurate. Please see my changes in Red. I'm not trying to dis you or your sidearm, that's not what this particular topic is about. It's more regarding assault weapons I believe. I don't really see a big problem with carrying a Glock or a Beretta on your belt. Up here it could only be transported in a lock box to and from a gun range, but I would take issue if you were carrying a P90 around everywhere you went.

Oh, I agree SPENAC. I am on the extreme end of my spectrum and if the government were to force me to buy any firearm, especially an assault weapon I would probably be just as pissed as you would be if these weapons became regulated. No doubt my opinion is as unreasonable to some as yours is to others. The thing is that your extreme end of the spectrum is already what the current practice in law is and there is a long way to go to meet in the middle. Canadians have firearms all over the place, we don't have issues with needing to protect ourselves like the States has. Unfortunately, I don't see the U.S. ever digging out of this hole. Perhaps I've lost the faith in my Southern neighbours. The criminal element already has access to all of these weapons and placing any restriction on the law abiding individuals will ultimately place them at risk. I truly believe you do need a gun for protection because the U.S. has created this conundrum for itself and it will continue to spiral out of control. The insecurity of the average American citizen has resulted in an arms race between them and the criminal element. You don't need firearms to protect yourselves from invaders as is the intent of the 2nd amendment, you need them to protect you from yourselves from the vicious circle you've created. Regardless, more and more people are going to die, many of them innocent.

A reasonable conclusion or a conclusion for a reasonable person?

err. okay. Sorry Chris I had to wrap my head around your statement and realise now what you're saying.

DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not something I've ever encountered and likely never would. If we're pacing someone here they'd go straight to a distant CCU after stopping at our local hospital. Once we arrive in the CCU they have a completely different setup and therefore we have to d/c pacing and they put theirs on.

Pericarditis with rapid colonic response?