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A sad day for all, Rest in peace Dusty from both myself and Ashley/ MRFD_82

This all goes back to Carlin's statement about the death penalty, before we stick the needle into the guy's arm, we swab it... of course we wouldn't want them going to (wherever it is you go after you die) with an infection. The guy threw the hail mary with a second left to go in the fourth quarter, except for him there was pretty sudden death, minus the overtime.

That may be the case that we've all forgotten a cup of coffee, but this was no cup of joe, this was a laptop that would have done major damage (possibly even killed?) any person it would land on. In short, yes it was a mistake, yes it was human error, but there should be remedial training to help lessen the chance that the crew will do this again.

So will Louisiana cracker jack boxes start carrying medical licenses if this bill passes?

well hell dust just lower your standards then and you'll probably find it entertaining

Wow, such hostility to the show... I mean seriously did ANYONE here think that this was going to be a real life? Granted there are some parts that would be better if more realistic, BUT that wouldn't sell the show, Marisa's whole "we'll take the call, we got fuel" decision was more then likely done to make the story more dramatic in that the viewers didn't know if they'd run out of fuel. I'm not defending what Rabbit's done, but seriously how would you feel if you saw a person get their brains blown out just as they were about to give up? As for the whole episode, it was meant to be the whole "Caca hits the fan and explodes in everyone's face" day for EMS. As the "probie curse", EMS is superstitious so I can see that coming in to play (remember how people cringe when they hear "hope you have a quiet night"?). This show is meant to entertain and bring NBC ratings, not instruct the public on how EMS operates, anyone who feels differently is foolish for believing otherwise. That's just how I feel about the Episode.

Sounds like a good idea, especially when you consider the fact that it seems like most everyone has a personal pair of headphones/ earbuds (I myself have a pair of Skullcandy Hesh over-earphones for at home on the laptops and a pair of Skullcandy earbuds for out and about/ listening to my Ipod.) Since everyone could carry their own pair of listening devices that all have the same audio jack, services would only need 1 mp3 per rig and no more having to worry about getting ear wax/ germs from other people, plus if they lose their pair they can go pick up a cheapo pair, and with the over-ear type headphones I've found that i can hear things a lot better since it can muffle out sounds, thus you only have to worry about noise affecting the recording. The only way it could be made better is if you can listen AND record at the same time.

I'm not able to do visualized airways, but the shape of the handle looks a lot better than what I was trained on, it seems like it would be a good all-around laryngoscope, especially if you could fit older blades on it, keep the old blades for airway obstructions/ practice on dummies (or sleeping partners ) and the new blade with the black light for actual intubation, and yes firemedic I do believe I heard the teeth clicking on the dummy.

Holy crap I missed a chance to say happy birthday to Terri! Alzheimers must be setting in :/ anyway happy late birthday Terri, now go enjoy a few or else.

Would it be too hard for them to just give employees a uniform allowance or something like that to buy a pair of boots and then just have guidelines for the type of boots they're allowed to wear? :/ I mean I can understand the idea behind requiring everyone to wear the EXACT same type of boots, but if the boots have been causing people to trip and fall... isn't that just begging for OSHA to come in?

LIVING, as in the air going in and out, blood going round and round. I believe if I aim low i just might meet my goal

happy... uh... merry... uh... oh you guys know the whole drill lol have a good one, watch your backs... and fronts... and sides... most of all stay safe out there

I have just one question.... WHY????? WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING THAT STUPID???????????

Just out of curiosity, would that mean you can't CARRY them with you? or that you just can't have them on? I always have my cell phone with me while on runs, I never get a call during the run and if I happen to get a text message during the run I simply turn off my cell phone and wait until we're back at station to answer it. I see no reason to ban the person who was in back from using theirs when there is no patient in back, as for the driver they can wait until they're done at the hospital or back at station to do their talking/ texting.

Then you can have a rule in place to cover your butt in case this sort of thing actually does come up.

My thoughts are that this is a question that should be taken to the lawyer and medical director of your individual service for clarification, without that I would be very weary of taking with her husband's cremains, or the cremains of any other relative/ pet the patient may want brought with.

So why not just call the cops if he was threatened earlier? There IS no excuse for this accident when it comes right down to it.