Arctickat

Seems no one here really understands the historical significance of the word GOLF. Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden I kid you not, that is what Golf means. I pretty much agree with the majority here. When I can get a membership at Curves, or the NAACP, then Augusta should allow female members.

File Name: Prehospital 12 Lead and What You Should Know File Submitter: Arctickat File Submitted: 06 Apr 2012 File Category: Cardiac This document is freely available on the physio control website, and I've found it to be a very clear, concise and basic guide to 12 lead interpretation. Click here to download this file

It took our medics over a decade to have any pain management in addition to Entonox. We submitted protocol proposal after proposal to the College of Physicians and Surgeons that were consistently rejected. The reason? Concerns that the medics would inadvertently suppress the respiratory system. Never once did they consider the fact that medics were able to administer naloxone and could use a BVM. Now we have Fentanyl and Morphine in addition to Entonox.

It would be funny if everyone who told 5.11 that they wanted one would respond with "April Fool" once they're informed that the Kilt is available and in stock. Question is, will people wear them in the "regimental" fashion. Edit to use the appropriate phrasology.

There are many other jobs that require an EMT certification yet do not have the physical requirements. Dispatch would be one option, Public/Media relations another. I think Wendy was trying to suggest other alternatives to you while being a certified EMT. She's just being honest in that you are unlikely to be able to work in the field. read ambulance.

Read my post prior to that. My comparison might make a little more sense then.

If you answer no to either and it is later discovered that you lied, you'd be fired on the spot and probably blacklisted from working anywhere in the province again. In fact, you might reduce your chances. Many operators will bend over backwards to help an obviously physically challenged person succeed at their job, it's great PR.

What Craig said plus SAMPLE.I'm especially interested in medications, prescription, OTC, or illicit. Around here we treat the patient, not the machine. In my books (and not my protocol book) any SOB is an indication for O2 therapy with a NC at least, the pulse oximeter could be getting an erroneous reading.

What? Did you think that being in EMS would be a cake walk and that all we do is sit around eating donuts and drinking coffee? When a call comes in we just drive lights and sirens to the stubbed toe, throw the guy in the back and drive lights and sirens to the stubbed toe emergency department? Welcome to real life. EMS professionals are highly trained health care providers nd transport specialists. If you want to be an EMT, then you've got to earn it. Put down the X-box and iPhone and crack the books instead. Spend an hour a day studying and you'll likely be highly succesful. Remember, if you decide to continue pursuing this career goal, the learning will never end. You will have to maintain your competency by researching and learning more every day. Here is the best advice I've been given, and you should try it: If you have to make a decision and have weighed all the options and consequences, yet still can't make the choice; flip a coin. If, after the coin toss, you decide to go for a best 2 out of 3, then you know what you want the answer to be. Follow through. Edit: I smell a troll.

I understood that, but since IM is the preferred route, wouldn't it make sense to just give it by that route rather than IV? It's far less complicated than setting up an infusion. Using this doctor's logic, D50W should be prohibited as well, just in case of extravasion.

In my neck of the woods it doesn't matter about your medical condition to acquire certification. Provided one can complete the educational requirements, including practicum, one can be certified by the College. However, obtaining employment might be a different story entirely. Any application form I've seen includes two questions that would require a truthful response. Do you have any medical condition or disability that would prevent you from performing your duties as described? Do you have any special requirements to enable you to perform your duties as described. For example, a individual confined to a wheelchair would be unable to perform the duties of an EMT and would have to respond in the positive for question 1. I've worked with people who have prosthetic legs, and they had no problems performing their duties, but still had to answer the affirmative to question 2, because if something were to happen to the prosthesis, it may limit their ability to perform their duties. In either case, an affirmation requires further details.

That's odd, considering how hard it is to screw up an IM injection. We're stuck with Dimenhydrimate because our provincial formulary doesn't have any other injectible anti-emetics.

AUGUSTA — The state board that oversees the licensing of paramedics and emergency medical technicians has voted to dismiss a complaint filed by the widow of a Canadian man who died after a ski accident at Sugarloaf Mountain in January. http://www.sunjournal.com/news/franklin/2012/04/04/report-emts-followed-protocol-sugarloaf-accident-r/1177183

I've done it twice, both on entrapped patients and prior to blind insertion airways being approved for use in our area. One tool I found useful, and still use is a dental retractor designed to hold the jaws open. Dentists use them to protect against someone biting down on their fingers. It is inserted into the mouth, then locks automatically as they are opened. Attached is a picture of the tool.

Eydawn, I recognised a couple of individuals there. CTV news ran the footage of the crash and the efforts afterwards. That wasn't the first crash of that type at that corner. Just the most violent. When I worked there last year a couple of skeleton pilots also wiped out there. If you saw the CTV news footage, there is one wearing a red vest near the beginning of the rescue who was facing the camera and grabbing something. His name is Chrs. At the end as they are showing the back of the amulance, there is a man with his head down beside the back door, on the passenger side. He is a sports doc from Toronto, and an African American truned around to walk away from the ambulance. He is Emmanuelle from the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Galveston Texas. As far as not being permitted to conduct any ALS there, it is because the union refused to allow BCAS to permit us to do it. They claimed they could not verify the quality of training each medic has, so we were relegated to a BLS and extrication role. BCAS ambulances were on scene and there are several docs also scheduled to work there. I did notice that the patient was intubated though, so I suspect a full ACLS code was conducted using the personnel there. Personally, I didn't mind not being permitted to use my ALS scope while I was there. By the time we had anyone removed from the track we were surrounded by docs anyways...and not just your run of the mill GP, but sports specialists and trauma specialists. Two of them work or have worked for CFL teams. I can think of one of two things that likely happened to cause his death. Either a C1/C2 fracture and cord transection or an aortic rupture. I just feel for most of the guys working there. The medical staff may be accustomed to dealing with death, but there is full time staff who work there as well who have likely seen nothing more than burns or minor trauma and I know some have never dealt with a situation like this one.

Luger dies during Olympic Practice Kinda glad I decided not to accept the invitation to work at the Whistler Sliding Centre now. This likely would have been my patient.

My understanding is that the incident occurred prior to the motorcade being assembled for transit. That the SUV was on the way to a staging area. Is that what you guys get too?

Ambulance crashes into presidential motorcade Now, being in an accident is an embarrassment to begin with, but to hit a vehicle in the Presidential Motorcade? Ouch.

As an employer I would appreciate an up front applicant rather than for me to find out the hard way. All that will do is alienate you and your employer and likely have you back in the employment line real quick. If I have a student who wants to work for me I make the extra effort to ensure they have time off for school and still give them as many hours as I can. I consider it a two way street. If I give them as much opportunity as possible to complete their education, then I may end up with a paramedic working for me, at least for a while.

I sense an "anti-private" undercurrent to this post. otherwise, why single out private operators? Personally, being part of a private operation, I can provide you with our uniform description as provided to all staff. 4 button down shirts 2 pair polyester pants 1 pair CSA approved boots Toque and summer cap NFPA 1999-2008 3:1 Summer/Winter jacket. (Globe Lifeline) NFPA 1999-2008 Pants. (Globe Lifeline) Nothing too special about the first four items, save the protection offered by the boots, but when we got our Globe EMS gear I was surprised to see it had a 16 page user guide and a warning label on the clothing to read it. It is designed to protect he wearer from contamination by body fluids among other things.

ROFL. Had a similar discussion with Winnipeg Centre whilst flying to the 2007 Grey Cup. The SAAB 340 I chartered filed the flight plan as Rider Pride 1. Co-Pilot: Winnipeg Centre, Rider Pride 1 with you at FL250 enroute to Pearson CZWG: Rider Pride 1, have you on radar, headed to the big game this weekend? Co-Pilot: Affirmative, got to cheer our team on. CZWG: Copy Rider Pride 1, standby for vectors to Missoula, Montana. A small bit of background, the 2007 Grey Cup was our Canadian Football League championship game in which our Saskatchewan RoughRiders beat their Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Obviously, if you fly a Citation you're a commercial pilot? What do you fly for recreation? PM me if you like so we don't sidetrack this thread any more than we have already. I'm not that experienced as a pilot, but isn't CZWG Winnipeg Centre...rather than Edmonton Centre?

Sorry Kiwi, 132.925 is not a CZWG or a CYWG frequency. The closest I can find in my publications is 132.900. +5 for knowing all the rest though. I'm such a nit picker....yum

Did you try Google? Here are a couple of links I found there. http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/health/support/professionals/cbnre/lacrimators/teargaspepperspray_en.html http://www.thepersonalsafetyguru.com/safety/550-treatment-for-pepper-spray-exposure/ And here's the other 338.998sites listed on your topic. Hope this helps!!

I'm preparing for deployment with our medical assistance team into the Port au Prince area. Anyone want me to be on the look out for friends and family? I deploy Friday unless plans change.