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I just noticed that I even have a map here. It may help to illustrate the idea. For example, A gentleman by the name of Raymond Ditter has his residence(a black dot) located 1.5 miles South of Little Nut Lake in the centre of the map. We would get his land location as SW-23-38-11-W2

That's only 15 years my friend, but I'll share.

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We're fortunate that prior to settlement Western Canada was surveyed and divided into 160 acre parcels of land which were considered a Quarter of a section of land. Each of these quarter sections measured 1/2 mile per side. A section of land is one square mile. There are 36 sections in a township, 6 miles by 6 miles. (not necessarily a town, just a descriptor). These townships are set into a grid, with the lateral lines (East/West) called the range lines and the vertical lines known as township lines. There are 24 townships in a Rural Municipality (County) 3 wide and 4 high. When we get dispatched to a rural location we are given the numerical address for that Quarter Section of land. An address might look like this, SW-23-36-10-W2. So, we start at the Right and move to the left to find the quarter section on a map. We're West of the 2nd Meridian (W2) Range line 10, Township line 36 narrows it down to a township (36 square miles) 23 represents which of the 36 sections of land we're looking for in that Township. SW indicates the Southwest quarter section of that section of land. At this point we've narrowed it to a 1/4 square mile area of land. It's difficult to explain, but quite easy once you look up a couple of addresses.

Reaction Level Scale. Similar to GCS but for patients who have localised complications, such as swollen eyelids, (can't open eyes), already intubated (no verbal response) etc. http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=q16q4kp46j458m67&size=largest http://www.neurosurgic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694&Itemid=646

Why didn't you just transport?

Sirens are next to useless these days. With cars soundproofed so much better, windows rolled up, air conditioning/heater on, radio on, there isn't a change in the world you can make to have a siren work better. 20 years ago I came up with an idea and with technology these days it would be a reasonably simple addition to factory OEM systems. My thought 20 years ago was to have a transmitter in the emergency vehicle with 2 power settings. Low power for urban environments, high power for highway speeds. Cars would have a radio receiver that would have a light on the dash like the seatbelt light and a chime. If the ambulance is running l&s the receiver would get the signal and illuminate the dash light with the chime to alert the driver that there is an emergency vehicle nearby. My latest evolution of this product provides for the ability to provide directional guidance with a voice. The antenna can determine the direction the signal is coming from and a voice advisory would come through the radio system "There is an emergency vehicle approaching from your left." for example. The only issue is that the Auto manufacturers didn't want to go to the expense of adding this safety system to their vehicles.

I got married at the Bahia Principe Tulum. It is still my favorite resort, although the Rui Varadero in Cuba was a close second.

And to think, none of it would have happened if the girl would have simply walked away from the Brit rather than assaulting him. I hope your next trip goes better.

I thought it was Ottumwa, Iowa.

Welcome, feel free to join in any of the discussions which interest you, or create one of your own. Pay attention to A&P and Pathophysiology in class. It'll be helpful if you move on to Paramedic training.

Oh....I wouldn't have any hesitation at all about telling someone like that that they've managed to kill their three kids.

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I tend to tell them that they are my priority at the moment and that I will check on the condition of the person they're asking about as soon as I can. Then I keep busy until a Next of Kin is able to tell them.

Hmmm...you're close Jack but here's a different view on it. Your instructors are there to help you to learn, it's up to you how much work you want to put into learning. The more work you put into your didactic learning the more you will receive from it. Your confidence building should come when you're doing clinicals. This the point at which you take everything you've learned and apply it under the close supervision of a veteran. This is when you have the opportunity to treat your patient and actually watch all the pieces fall into place in real life. I've gotta admit, when I went into my first practicum and had an actual visual confirmation of what my treatments were doing, my learning truly began and my confidence grew significantly. Classroom time teaches you what to do and how to do it, practicum gives you the skill and confidence to be able to do it on your own. Besides, I think it would be highly unlike you to decide that you're going to walk away from ACP school because you have no confidence in your instructor. I just chose to learn in spite of him.

Does the patient look like your avatar picture?

That was impressive. Watching that fireball rise finally allows me to comprehend the damage that these weapons did. Thanks for sharing that Bernhard.

I dunno Dwayne, when dealing with an immature educator my thinking was to discuss with him 1:1 and then he'd have the opportunity to discuss the change with the entire class. That way they can save face. If this is a regular occurrence though, it would be time for the class as a whole to ask for a change. One person dissatisfied with an instructor would be labelled as a trouble maker, but it's hard to ignore the entire class. In this case though, the class also disagreed with the OP, so he wasn't likely to get any support from them either.

Rock: Sask has been using ACPs/EMT-Ps in rural areas for over 20 years. They've been used as an enhancement for the purpose of critical interfacility transport and ALS intercepts for surrounding BLS level services if time permits. The employer is not permitted to provide this education, it would have to be done through SIAST. Also, how fair is it for hundreds of EMTs to have show the initiative to partake in the bridge at their own expense only to have the lazy ones get the free ride?

1978, but who's going to grudge you over a couple of years. Granted, there are some lazy practitioners out there, but I've seen them at every level. The purpose of Continuing Medical Education is to enhance the foundation of training provided during that 1978 EMT course. Just because of one incompetent EMT you can't paint them all with the same brush. Besides, how many of those 1978 EMTs are actually still on the road? This move does nothing to motivate the lazy EMT who is already incompetent. All this does is place those EMTs into a designation where their incompetence doesn't also require the educational CME requirements that might be used to fix the problem. Did you do such an intercept? What did you do about it so this EMT didn't do the same thing again? Bill: BLS and ALS response is becoming a more and more ambuguous line here these days. With PCPs starting IVs, defibrillating, giving meds, using blind insertion airways, and more, it's a pretty blurred line. However, the EMRs are also permitted to continue to work EMS.

Well, nice to see that ACP school in Regina hasn't changed in the last 20 years. My favourite philosophy for school has been to do it their way until I get the sheepskin, then I can start doing it the right way. In my experience, instructors don't like to be asked common sense questions in front of the class because they are self conscious for not having thought of it themselves. If your instructor has an ego too great for his skills he will become defensive, and that's a bad position for you to be in. If you must clarify something in the future, I'd ask the instructor 1:1. If you don't like his answer, accept his reasoning, no matter how unsound, then move on to ask the person who will sign your paycheck after you graduate. Think of this...what would you do for Alvin Law? Enjoy School.

Couldn't JEMS at least amend the story to remove "Ambulance Driver" from the text.