Lone Star

I've always been of the mindset that 'if you shoot it, you better know how to cook it!', and I also don't believe in 'sport hunting' because you can't eat the horns. I'd much rather take down a spike horn or a 4 point, rather than wait and wait in the hopes of that 12-16 point (or greater) MIGHT cross my path. That and I know that every hunter in the woods is gunning for that 'big rack'. I'd much rather have 'food in the freezer' than a 'showpiece' on the wall!

Ooh! ooh! Mr. Ruffles! Mr. Ruffles! I got a note from Epstein's mother that says I know what it means!

You know Ruffles, if I had it, I would be more than happy to share! Unfortunately, since My house in Michigan was broken into, My rifle and bow have 'disappeared'....I haven't been able to get the rifle returned yet....the bow is long gone... If I were able to find a place here in GA to pistol hunt, I'd be all over it! LS

"Ancient Chinese Secret"

First it was 'ban the guns', then it was 'ban foul language', now someone is ACTUALLY proposing to ban knives....once the government has succeeded in 'protecting us from ourselves'...who is going to be able to 'protect' us from THEM? I think we all need to just crawl into our protective 'bubbles' and that way no one can do anything to hurt anyone else, and it'll be all good. This is a PRIME example of how the 'tree hugging/grass eating/feel good majority' is showing a COMPLETE lack of common sense! Not all guns and knives ( contrary to the misguided beliefs of some of the 'lunatic frige'), are for killing humans! I own several guns and knives and NONE of them have killed a single person, either by themselves or with the help of any 'human user'! Hell, I even owned a bow and a bunch of pointy arrows! And it's never killed anything that I didn't plan on putting in the freezer to eat at a later date. (*GASP*, yes, I am one of those 'low life scum' people that actually HUNT and eat MEAT!) But then again, I already know that I must be some sort of 'social degenerate', because I believe in corporal punishment for kids, I don't believe in 'puppy psychics' and don't dress my cat in the latest Christian Dior pet fashions, nor do I think that our 'pets' should have more rights than the more highly evolved humans! (oh the horror of it all!) C'mon people, it's time to pull your heads out of your collective asses and wake up to something called 'REALITY'!

Heart & Soul (The Hoagy Carmichael arrangement) It was featured in one of Tom Hanks movies (I think it was "Big"), where him and another guy are playing a song on that giant keyboard on the floor......

This isnt about beating the hell out of an EMT...its about pretending to be one. Since medics are trained and licensed to do drug intervention, it should be a felony...practicing medicine without a license...just like it would be for any doctor/nurse/etc. (Im not a real EMT, but I play one in chat!)

Nah, I actually had to go hunting for the 'ammunition' to be that aggrivating! :shock:

Thats it! I'm dropping out of the race!

You just HAD to click, didnt you? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Hmmm....maayybeee........ :-k :-k :-k :-k :-k

Sorry firedoc, I couldn't resist: Captain: Are you ready kids Kids: Aye Aye Captain. Captain: I can't hear you. Kids: Aye Aye Captain! Captain: OHHHHHHH Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! Captain: Absorbant and yellow and porous is he! Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! Captain: If nautical nonsense be something you wish! Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! Captain: Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish! Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants! Captain: Ready? Captain and Kids: SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants! Captain: SpongeBob SquarePaaaaannttss!!! Captain: HA HA HA HA !!!! Spongebob: (Whistle) CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Luckily, I don't have to worry about that song, ...but just out of 'curiosity' I checked out an 'episode' on youtube.....gawd, they're about as frigging annoying as BARNEY and his 'theme song'!

Seminole Wind by John Anderson

There's been much discussion over at least the last 6 months about AMR and their business practices. Anyone that has dealt with AMR, (whether applying for a job, or working for them) knows that this company has only one goal: to become the largest EMS provider in the United States. Obviously, in order to reach this goal, there is no concern for patient care, employee issues and now we see that they don't even check the employee's qualifications! I personally think that AMR needs to be shut down, licenses suspended and all privileges to practice permanently suspended! AMR has been driven out of almost every county in the state of Michigan, after they have destroyed all the smaller local companies. In Michigan alone, AMR had 12 different labor unions (not local districts of the same union, but 12 different unions). AMR has proven time and time again that they only want to be ‘the biggest’, someone should have concentrated on ‘being the best’ instead!

Mateo, Looks like you and I noticed the same thing, right around the same time.... I had started a thread on the same topic, only to find that yours posted just before mine did. I deleted the thread I started, and decided to post it here with yours. While reading the MSN website, I came across a story about a South Carolina boy who died as a result of 'dry drowning'...has anyone ever come across this situation, or even known that it was a possibility? [align=center:83d7788085]Boy’s death highlights a hidden danger: Dry drowning[/align:83d7788085] [align=center:83d7788085]10-year-old died more than an hour after getting out of swimming pool[/align:83d7788085] By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor updated 9:58 a.m. ET, Thurs., June. 5, 2008 The tragic death of a South Carolina 10-year-old more than an hour after he had gone swimming has focused a spotlight on the little-known phenomenon called “dry drowning” — and warning signs that every parent should be aware of. “I’ve never known a child could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with water,” Cassandra Jackson told NBC News in a story broadcast Thursday on TODAY. On Sunday, Jackson had taken her son, Johnny, to a pool near their home in Goose Creek, S.C. It was the first time he’d ever gone swimming — and, tragically, it would be his last. At some point during his swim, Johnny got some water in his lungs. He didn’t show any immediate signs of respiratory distress, but the boy had an accident in the pool and soiled himself. Still, Johnny, his sister and their mother walked home together. “We physically walked home. He walked with me,” Jackson said, still trying to understand how her son could have died. “I bathed him, and he told me that he was sleepy.” Spongy material Later, she went into his room to check on him. “I walked over to the bed, and his face was literally covered with this spongy white material,” she said. “And I screamed.” A family friend, Christine Meekins, was visiting and went to see what was wrong. “I pulled his arm and said, ‘Johnny! Johnny!’ ” Meekins told NBC. “There was no response. I opened one of his eyes and I just knew inside my heart that it was something really bad.” Johnny was rushed to a local hospital, but it was too late. Johnny had drowned, long after he got out of the swimming pool. According to the Centers for Disease Control, some 3,600 people drowned in 2005, the most recent year for which there are statistics. Some 10 to 15 percent of those deaths was classified as “dry drowning,” which can occur up to 24 hours after a small amount of water gets into the lungs. In children, that can happen during a bath. Dr. Daniel Rauch, a pediatrician from New York University Langone Medical Center, told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira that there are warning signs that every parent should be aware of. Johnny Jackson exhibited some of them, but unless a parent knows what to look for, they are easily overlooked or misinterpreted. The three important signs, he said, are difficulty breathing, extreme tiredness and changes in behavior. All are the result of reduced oxygen flow to the brain. Johnny had two of those signs — he was very tired when he got home, and he had had the accident in the pool. But like most parents, Cassandra Jackson had no idea this could be related to water in his lungs. Delayed reaction Rauch said that the phenomenon of dry drowning is not completely understood. But medical researchers say that in some people, a small amount of inhaled water can have a delayed-reaction effect. “It can take a while for the process to occur and to set in and cause difficulties,” Rauch said. “Because it is a lung process, difficulty breathing is the first sign that you would be worried about.” The second sign is extreme fatigue, which isn’t always easy to spot. “It’s very difficult to tell when your child is abnormally tired versus normal tired after a hot day and running around in the pool,” Rauch said. “The job of the lungs is to get oxygen into the blood and your brain needs oxygen to keep working, so when your brain isn’t getting oxygen, it can start doing funny things. One of them is becoming excessively tired, losing consciousness and the inability to be aroused appropriately.” Finally, there are changes in behavior, Rauch said — another tough call when dealing with very small children, whose moods and behavior can change from one minute to the next. “Another response of the brain to not getting oxygen is to do different things,” Rauch explained, saying parents should be concerned “if your child’s abnormally cranky, abnormally combative — any dramatic change from their normal pattern.” He admitted, “It is very difficult to pick this up sometimes.” But spotting the warning signs and getting a suspected victim to an emergency room can save a life, he added. Victims of dry drowning are treated by having a breathing tube inserted so that oxygen can be supplied under pressure to the lungs. “Then we just wait for the lung to heal itself,” he said. But for Cassandra Jackson, it’s knowledge gained too late. She and Meekins sat in her home, looking at pictures of the bright and happy son who was no more. “He was very loving, full of life,” the grieving mother said. “That was my little man.”

POINT, JPINFV!

At the 'hospital level', medicine MAY be a 'team sport' with the different disciplines coming together like a good jigsaw puzzle, (ie radiology, cardiac, respiratory, etc), in the field the whole 'team thing' falls apart and does so quickly. On a sports team, you have no real 'hierarchy'...you have different 'specialties' working together for a specific goal..(to score points). The quarterback is no good if there aren't competent receivers to catch what he throws. The receivers aren't going anywhere if they don't have blockers doing their job. Hell, the quarterback isn't going to do anything but look at the sky if the linesmen aren't doing their job! In EMS, you have different levels of the same information (the body in general works under only certain conditions, and all bodies pretty much work the same way, with different tolerances). To illustrate Ruff's 'scatter when the shit hits the fan' statement: when I was testing at state level, I got paired with (I hate to say 'partnered with' because partners will eventually work together for the same goal), a complete MORON! Because I got paired with this knucklehead, I almost failed the state practicals.....every time I stepped back from the scenario involved, the person I was paired with claimed that he did nothing wrong. (One example was this person refused to pad the buckles of a KED on a male 'patient' because as my 'other person' simply stated "He don't need padding, he don't have tits." Before that, I had to direct him to hold c-spine, and measure for the correct C-collar, had to direct him when to apply the collar, and basically had to keep hauling him back to the 'mundane tasks at hand' because he kept straying off to just stand and watch me work. I don't see how the canoe trip, meeting with a former NHL player has any bearing on the actual day to day duties of pr-hospital care in the field. I for one REFUSE to carry an incompetent 'team member' along for the ride,...because when it all hits the fan, MY license is on the line. To illustrate this point, I'll tell you about someone I got paired with running actual calls. How this guy EVER passed the course finals and the state testing is a mystery to me! First call was for 'difficulty breathing' in an ECF (Extended Care Facility) setting. (For brevity purposes I'm not going to narrate the whole call.) On arrival, I started to assess and deal with the difficulty breathing, and suggested that he start by assessing B/P. He placed the cuff, and starts inflating it without watching the gauge. He's got no stethoscope (B/P by palpation, you say?). He starts palpating wrist on the anterior aspect (in the anatomical position) for the pulse. How can you detect the pulse on the WRONG side of the wrist? When I suggested that I'll deal with the B/P, his remark was "Why, because you have a stethoscope?" (I so wanted to tell him that I would do it, because I was at least competent enough to do it CORRECTLY! [NOT something you want your patient to hear!]) Second call, (another ECF call) for a possible elbow fx. This person I was working with decides that the ONLY thing needed is a long padded splint and a single ACE wrap. Patient turns out to be CAO X4, nonverbal responsive and when questioned, is complaining of abd pain, not elbow pain. Had I subscribed to that 'happy happy feel good' team approach, I wouldn't have had a license when they came to take his.

Turning the snake into a 'venomiod' through 'surgical techniques' is pretty much a death sentence for the snake. Usually it's done with no anesthesia, improvised 'surgical tools' and rarely will the snake survive. I don't agree with using children or any creature for 'religious purposes' either. It amazes me to see people destroy a living creature for doing what is in its nature to do (ie: defend themselves, even if it means the death of the human that provoked the attack).

Without going into alot of my family history, let's just suffice it to say that I used to work for a Zoologist that traveled the country putting on animal oriented programs to school kids. Needless to say, when you work in that type of environment, you learn things...whether you really want to or not...lol From what I was taught by this Zoologist, a snake is never completely 'venom free', even after being 'milked'. Studies have proven that even when bitten by a venomous snake, there's no guarantee that you will be envenomed. The venom glands are controlled by muscles that contract, squeezing the venom glands and forcing the venom through ducts to the fangs. Juvenile snakes have a habit of 'dumping' venom in a single strike, where the mature snakes have learned to more effectively 'control' the venom amounts per strike. Keeping this in mind, I did some searching on the web to find any articles that would back this up (so I didnt sound like I was talking through my hat), and found the following link... http://en.allexperts.com/q/Wildlife-2507/snake-venom.htm

Herpetologists will quickly tell you that 'defanging' a snake is near an exercise in futility...they keep several 'sets' of fangs in reserve, and the fangs are 'regenerated' as a new 'set' is used.

So THAT'S why you've got brown eyes! Now it all makes perfect sense!

I would much rather see someone realize that this may not be the field that they're cut out for and walk away, than to hang in for the 'cool points', 'hero factor' or what ever other glory hunting term they can think of. I hold more respect for those that realize their limitations and stay within them, than to try to live outside them, and possibly hurt someone all because they wanted people to 'look up to them'.

yeah...ok... check's in the mail!