JakeEMTP

I thought about not responding either Marty, but it was so damn easy. In the EMS room at the hospital we frequent, there is a picture from one of those Fire calendars. There is one of those balloon captions on it saying, " I'm not too bright, but I sure can lift alot".

^ So you're telling us that you could lift a 500 lb patient plus a 60 lb stretcher and monitor, O2, trauma bag, with you and one other hose monkey?

I had to read the post twice just to be sure I understood it correctly. Should be interesting, to say the least.

I watched this again last night and it prompted me to change my Avatar. All whackers get another box of tissues! http://www.videodetective.com/titledetails...lishedid=529302 Of course, there is always this version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuvB7j9n-II

Did the include themselves in their statement? :wink:

Sorry for using an acronym. I meant frequent flyers. If I was suggesting fire fighters, I would have said hose monkeys :wink: .

Going along this line of thinking, our Medical Director wants us to start visiting FF's in between calls. Check up on them to see how they are, are they taking their meds, are they almost out of their medication etc. The thinking being, if we can stop them from calling 911 except for, surprise, emergencies, the system could quite conceivably save millions. The patient's will be in better health hopefully since they aren't left to their own devices to care for themselves, relieving the burden on the 911 system. We haven't implemented this yet as they are still collecting data. It sounds in theory, that it might do some good. I'll let you know how it goes.

Jess, quite honestly, uber-whacker should be removed from the class by your instructor. He is obviously disruptive to the rest of you. We can't even have our cell phones on other than on vibrate and don't even try to answer it :twisted:. To allow this type of behavior is just unprofessional.

I'm going to tell you that all paramedics do not act in which you describe above. My preceptors have been nothing less than stellar. If I do something wrong, they will let my know after the call, and discuss it rationally, explaining what they may have done differently, or another way to do things. I'm sorry your clinical experience sucks. I'm guessing you have already discussed this with your instructor. He/she should approach the squad and let them know of your classes concerns. If you can't get the satisfaction you desire, then contact your college administrator. You are a student there to learn. If these dick heads don't want to precept, then find another squad. Don't quit because of them. They are most likely burn-outs who want to give you a hard time because they received a hard time back in the day :roll: . Times have changed, unfortunately, they haven't. Good luck.

Perhaps. If it is a policy poll, the answer should still be no. No pagers or radios in the classroom at all. We don't have one at the service I work for because there aren't any vollies. 8)

I would have to say no, you shouldn't be aloud to leave class to respond. I'm don't know about Australia, but here there will be more than enough people respond that your absence would hardly be noticed. I know from reading here you're too smart to be a whacker. I really don't see why you would need a pager on when in school. Stay in class, learn something and when you're finished for the day, you can respond to all the calls you want.

I had a Dr. tell me to sweep left then lift whilst doing clinicals. What he really meant was lift the head with the laryngoscope. I don't know if it helps in practical examination, but it worked for me in the real world. This technique completely eliminates the urge to pry.

What? did you just get served too?

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Spent a lot of time and money developing it too. :occasion5:

Speaking of KITT, I saw a young man awhile back that had a Firebird dressed up like KITT. What a tosser :roll:! It was fully dressed, complete with the red strobe in the grill and was playing the Knight Rider theme music on his stereo. I think I almost wet myself laughing so hard. Just when you think you have seen everything............................

Thanks Ridryder. Great information, as usual.

But of course. I couldn't post it if it wasn't true :wink: .

Question, So if we suspect a AAA in the field since it is virtually impossible be certain, would you treat with vasopressors such as epinephrine or norepinephrine? I thinking based on the patients presentation and vitals it is more Hypotension. If we're thinking kidney stones, how about toradol? I'm really just tossing this out there. I don't know for certain but trying to work it out in my mind ( what little of it there is left ). I could just as easily dismiss my theory, I'm just wondering what you guys and gals might think. I might be completely off my rocker here too, which is entirely possible.

Agreed. Nuf said.

Oh dear Oh dear. Poor old Podunk Volly EMS is getting burned out by their 307 calls. Perhaps as brentoli stated........................, you all know the rest. 911 abuse happens. Hell, we have transported patients from the Doctors office whom were going to be admitted to the hospital and could have easily gone by one of the many non-emergent services in place here. ( FYI, we have spoken to them about this, but I digress ). We may think it is a BS call. The caller obviously thinks their particular situation is an emergency. So ( sigh ) we respond. It is indeed a problem. Charging folks who call is wrong. It may in fact, stop them from calling when they are having a true emergency.

Thanks spenac. My bad for the title though. I knew researching PEEP and PEPP at the same time was a bad idea :oops: . Maybe AK or Admin would be so kind to correct it as I am 'puter illiterate.

Word. Sorry Holmes. How yor peeps in podunk USA?

I found this test while doing some research on PALS/PEPP. Enjoy! http://www.peppsite.com/course_pretesting.cfm BTW, I scored 88% :?

I can't argue that fact Richard. I never really even considered it. I think though, that is why we ( ok me ) would advocate the need to have some identification ie: embroidered or sewn on patches to distinguish us from the " Lookie Lookies '

I really have no idea why someone would tell you that. I sorry you didn't get the job. The harsh reality is, there is a good chance there were more qualified and better educated people apply. This is not a slam on you. You just haven't had the chance to advance your education as yet. Don't be discouraged. It is a fact of life in which you have just begun. No longer are you in high school. The work force is a very competitive market. You seem to be a bright individual. Take this as a learning opportunity and move on. Apply at other agencies, but first and foremost, apply to medic school. Oh, you'll have to do better than that to offend this group :wink: .