DwayneEMTP

Not sold on what? Dwayne

Heh, which takes us back to the 'keep your chin up' advice. So good that it needs multiple entries! Even I'm not dumb enough to make a joke here... PMSing chicks scare me, and I'm fearless! Ummmmm....Yeah. Boobs are as necessary or more so than food or shelter. I'm not making this up...It's well proved in a very famous study. Not allowing a man to see your boobs is the same as waving a steak in front of a starving person yet not allowing them to eat. Women can be so cruel..... You should be ashamed of yourselves..you call yourselves compassionate.... No idea what this might be in reference to...I can't think of a thing... Hey! That was just that one time and it was cross dress Wednesday at the bar! Besides, you promised you wouldn't tell.... I did that, and she was still mad! I said (As she was bent naked over the couch) IM....SO.....SORRY.....THAT.......I.....SAID....THAT.....MEAN....THING! I mean, I apologized for like...10 or 12 minutes...but evidently you just can't make some women happy... Though, because I'm a man, and tolerant, I forgave her anyway.. No argument.... :-) And most effective when followed by, "Run and get yourself cleaned up now...." But if she's only giving you trouble once a month then something is most definately going right... There's nothing on the planet more enjoyable than a chick with a vagina that's not afraid to use it... Again, even I can't come up with enough bullshit be pretend that when she thinks I'm wrong, she's almost always right... :-)

And she better continue to deserve it or he'll trade her skinny ass in on a 40 year old with some meat on her bones and some mad bedroom skills... But you can bet your ass I'll be walking home whistling, with a spring in my step, having been ready to escape anyway... :-) We do agree on this. Keeping the chicks liquored up certainly makes them more agreeable.. Women always complain about this, but you seem to forget that on several occasions we've asked YOU to get naked with some of your friends in the privacy of our own home! We'd even be happy to poke dollar bills in convenient places.... It's a shame that you force us out into the world for our simple pleasures... The good news is that tequila fits right into a low carb diet! The dreaded, "You have exceeded the maximum number of quoted....yadda yadda yadda"

I've never in any way denied that. I've spent the last 4 months in southern LA, and I'm not blind. You simply believe that if I have a rebuttal to any single argument that you have that it makes me a racist because I'm white and you're black. And again, there is no surprise that you have no comment on my last post as it makes you out to be a hater/hypocrite/bullshitter so you'll do what you always do...run away when the fights not easy for you any more. Not exactly a Malcolm or Martin Luther are you? As I said before, I'd love to have this conversation with you when you grow up enough not to run away when it's difficult and mature enough to believe that there are actually other possibly correct opinions besides yours... Dwayne

You know, it seems like the new membership, or at least the posting membership goes through waves.. Posts will be many, smart, confident, committed to learning! Life is good all around... And then things kind of peter out a bit, get slower, people that want to learn have a hard time getting others to respond... Then we'll have the wave of "I juSt wnt a P;ace to chill dood, & not be jugdged!!" But sometimes, like now I believe, we get a wave of new posters, younger posters, and those that have been here a bit but have just begun to post for whatever reason, and the board kind of comes alive! New blood, new questions, young people that don't need anyone to tell them to check their spelling and grammar before posting, folks that just want to participate, get better, and try and make everyone else better with them. I really, really love these times! I've posted this here, as I believe that this is where it belongs. I mostly wanted to say thanks! to our new members, or those not used to posting. Thanks for being brave enough to participate. Thanks for having enough self and professional pride to present yourselves intelligently, and thanks for reminding some of us that are a little older, like Annie and Herbie, that we need to continue to step backwards and remember the important things.... It's just cool as hell... And to our new members...Welcome to the City. Thanks for allowing us to learn from you. Dwayne

Peraonally? I don't really. In most cases I still have pts to attend to and that holds my focus and I've been lucky in my EMS career that as long as there are patients to take care of then nothing really phases me. Men, women, children, sometimes the effect that the death has on the family hurts my heart a little bit, but I don't think that I've ever had feelings for those that have died. I haven't, but I would if I felt like it. I haven't but I might some day. As I get older it seems like I turn into a bigger and bigger baby by the month. I bawled my eyes out the last time I left Babs and Dylan at the airport to go back to Afghanistan. I cried the last time I talked to Dylan and he asked me to come home early, yet I knew I couldn't. If you cry for effect, then you should knock that shit off. Otherwise crying, though many find it embarrassing, is good and healthy. Grin, if someone needs to cry, there is no allowing it or not. I've had partners and coworkers cry and it's always given me great respect for them as human beings, though again, the reason for their tears was emotional and not theatrical. There is an adorable little nurse at the ER in the last town I worked. Smart, kind, compassionate, always seemed to be there when my partner and I brought in someone that was destined to die, which is usually CPR in progress periodic return of pulses. She was a stud! Always in the middle of things, quiet, efficient, smart...but after each pronouncement of death you could find her in a little corner somewhere crying for the person who'd died. Near the end of my tenure there a had come to know her well enough that I would stand next to her, with our shoulders/hips touching, and I'd just be with her, and her with me for a few minutes. It was a gift... Until you've been there and done that it will be hard for you to see that she showed her strength in her tears, not her weakness. Many can deal with pain/suffering/death by building walls that won't allow it to effect them, in her tears I saw that she refused to do that. She'd decided to do her job yet leave herself open to any of the feelings that came with it when the time was appropriate, and it was obvious in her care. I've thought of her often and try and model her emotional behavior...I liked it a lot. I'd not heard a single derogatory word spoken in regards to her way of dealing with things, and I believe it's because most saw her the same way I did. Much too complex to do here brother. I've helped many people that I love near and through the end of their lives, but this has nothing to do with those that I help as a paramedic. To me this seems self evident. If you were born, and I'm guessing that most of you reading this were, then you must die. There are no other options. Again, the death of someone has no effect on me that I have ever noticed, but caring for those that have just, or are just about to see their deceased loved ones is sometimes difficult. But they are my patients now, physically and emotionally I am there to care for them and that keeps my little pea brain occupied... Great questions Kyle...I'd be interested in your continued thoughts... Dwayne

And bow out you should. This post show you to be a hypocrite and destroys your entire point. Other than the one link that showed a hispanic or white kid, not sure which, the race wasn't stated in any of the other stories. Why would you then assume that they were white? You must have if you'd posted these in support of your point. Obviously the noose was from a white man, right? Wait, where have we had another noose story, of a black being tormented with a noose....ahhh, that's right, it was another black man that did that!! Does that excuse the white idiots that due like things? Of course not, it only exposes you for the shallow troll that you truly seem to be. I keep hoping that you'll show yourself to be intelligent enough to have a conversation, but unfortunately you're simply ignorant and angry. You have no desire to educate, only to blame. You have no need to move forward as being stagnant serves your purposes much better. You have no need to stand up as crying is more your style. There are many, many blacks that inspire and yet you choose to make yourself an anchor to their cause? I'm sorry about that, I'd wish better for you... Dwayne

I'm sorry brother for your loss. I can't imagine the horror of losing a child and with any luck, never will. You are in our thoughts daily for the contributions you make in knowledge and spirit here. Know that the Womacks from Colorado will be sending thoughts of peace and healing for your boy, and all who loved him. Keep your chin up...and shame on you for not knowing if you should tell us or not! But I'll take back that shame as you decided that we're more than just names on a computer screen... Love to your sister... Dwayne

My momma was wise, and wanted me to be happy. She told me to keep a special eye out for girls like you... Dwayne

No worries brother... Yeah, coon eyes, posturing, unresponsive, hypertensive, tachypneic, blown pupil, local ER is not going to do anything necessary for this kid I don't think unless he gets lucky and you ER docs Neuro brother is visiting... Dwayne

You're absolutely right. And that was a weakness in my presentation. I'd meant to imply that I had no information that we couldn't gleen from the video but didn't want to limits the 'what if' possibilities for exploration... I'm not terribly strong at the scenario thing, but I'm practicing! Thanks for continuing to participate. Dwayne

See how simple life could be if women would just LISTEN? Sheesh...I mean, how much more simple can it be? Dwayne

Oh...My...God...Happiness, Annie, I can't tell you how hard I laughed at your responses! First, because they were bawdy and hilarious, but also with the simple joy of having a silly adult conversation without worrying about a trip to HR! You two are a joy....Wendy would have fit, but she's polluted her life with a bunch of silly schoolwork... Some people and their priorities... And for the record I've always been pretty convinced that the two of your came equipped with a full set of factory parts... :-) I intend to reply, but now I can see that I'll have to think for a little minute if I'm going to escape this conversation with all of my parts intact and in the same size and shape as when this thread was started. Dwayne

Undead for having the sense to follow logical procedure. Because that is not my experience. Again Crotchity, and I actually tried to enter into this conversation with you and you did in fact ignore me, you allow only for one answer, that if the statistics, or personal experience shows that I am unsafe in an poor black neighborhood, then I am a racist. Am I racist? Possibly, but using common sense and making decisions based on personal experience doesn't make me so. I asked you if you and you're black partner would run into a party of drunk rednecks. Again, you ignored the question because it devalues your entire argument if you'd said no, and you show yourself to be ignorant and dangerous if you'd said yes. No one here will take you serously as long as you choose only to catch the pop flys. I did that in my question. And when the redneck grandma has to wait for 23 mintues because they've created an environment where help is afraid to enter because of past experience then I'll say, "Man, that sucks. I'm guessing that that 90 year old grandmother didn't create the issues that caused the wait. Those folks should be ashamed of themselves." Dwayne

How come? I was excited when I saw that you'd posted here!! I'm so ridiculously far out of my league that it's no longer funny. Could use some help from the smart folks... Dwayne

Awesome place to look for the origins of an infection. I'm not sure his afebrile status rules out those issues, I would think so, but I'm not sure, but I like the way your mind works. Agreed, but it did say, didn't it, that he was started on antibiotics and left AMA? Perhaps that was in the solution. Right! What physiologic condition might cause him to sweat and feel cold but not produce a fever? (General question, not related to the answer) I guess it could be..not sure. On the contrary, I believe that the experience on an ambulance conditions you to horses, but that it's the professionals duty to catch the zebras. What findings would lead you to give that report? Normotensive, afebrile, other than pain scale all vitals well within acceptable limits, right? Man, I think you're doing fine!! If this was my issue I'd hope that you'd run it. You may not come up with the answer, but you're asking all of the right questions, and that's vital. For the record, there aren't a dozen people on this board that could come up with the answer without cheating, and I'm certainly not one of them. And there are, as you can see, very few that are willing to take a shot at something so friggin' weird simply for the mental exercise. I have nothing but respect for everything that I've seen from you in past months. Good on you brother. I friggin' hate your screen name though. It doesn't suit you. You need to change it to something that is more likely to cause people come to you as a mentor instead of think that you're a goofy kid, as the first is a good thing and I've not seen any sign that the second is accurate. See? You're welcome brother, though I've learned much more from you in this thread than I learned from posting the question. Dwayne

Hey Alexander, Welcome to the City! I believe that those are all great ideas. But how do you get them implemented as long as the fire services are participating in EMS? Dwayne

Everything? I think not! She is certainly without a vagina! I can vouch for this because as a young boy I took a close look, sometimes to involve a magnifying device and bright lights, and nothing, nada, zipparoony! In fact, I once thought that she was an accurate representation of what other women looked like 'down there' and couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about!! (But I get it now...Hoooo boy, I was misled..) So, while reading this post I'm thinking that if you really want to be Barbie, then there are several things you might want to consider... I'll show you... Yeah, right? Two pieces of advice that often end in activities requiring a vagina. (I'm not making this up..this is simple biology) Just to show that I'm open minded and fair, this piece of advice actually makes sense for Barbie wanna bes. In real life very few problems can be solved more quickly, or thoroughly with you panties on. But sans va jay jay, perhaps one should focus on alternate options...just sayin'. (Those in long term relationships will get this, those not may believe I'm saying that women are whores and should screw their way to success, I'm not, (though I don't see how it could hurt.) I won't explain now, as I'm trying to be funny, and in my world it's terribly difficult to attempt humor and be sexually sensitive at the same time. This is ignorant guy stuff and most of the smart women I know will laugh their panties right off while watching dumb guys do dumb guy things...just sayin') Walking funny...trying to think of something funny on this subject that involves walking funny...Nope, got nothing. #10 doesn't really belong in this thread. That's just sexist, offensive bullshit right there...I'm disappointed in you Happiness for promoting such generalized, stereotypical nonsense! Outstanding advice for the vaginaless. (The rest of that sentence made no sense at all. Edited for clarity.) Her mother was right? LMAO...Heheheheheh.... oh man, that's funny. So, I hope that clears things up. Now, I know what you're thinking! That makes so much sense! Why didn't I think of that before? How can I get Dwayne to come and give a talk at our local schools? Requests for talks on sexual equality should be sent through my professional website, WWW.barbiewouldbehotifsheonlyhadavajayjay.com. Dwayne

It's simple really, when you slow dance, just face away from him...Most times he won't even care if there's music... No, no need to thank me, giving life enriching advice is my gift, I ask nothing in return... Dwayne

With you so far... :-) Could you explain the logic you used to arrive at this hypothesis? I get where you're going but what protein or enzyme are you aware of that would cause such a symptom? And why the joints, particularly these specific joints? Just pulling this out of my ass, but I would be surprised to have acute pericarditis with diffuse ST elevation that is asymptomatic. Perhaps not, just a thought. Yeah, I'm thinking I would likely have never gotten acute pericarditis secondary to Staph infection as a cause of thumb pain...I'm interested to hear your reasoning. I didn't notice the fever. I see a description of 'subjective fever' but don't see a quantifiable value. What does the lack of fever do to your hypothesis? Again, I'm not saying you don't have a point, but I would be surprised to see cellulitis with this presentation unilaterally, but bilat I would be very suspicious of a cellulitis differential. But again, I'm certainly no expert... Thanks for playing man! sorry to have taken so long to respond.... Dwayne