Happiness

I live on a pacific island that has no CT Scan, so we get to medivac them out for one and in her case it took about 48 hrs to get her out.

Knew you were a traitor 2

Since I was not the medic that did this call I wont do it as a senerio. Once Im done giving the information My question all of you is if you have ever heard of a Mental Breakdown that has stroke like deficits. 40 yr old female Went for a nap and husband went to check on her, she was having a seizure that lasted about 3 mins. Ambulance called and transfered to hospital. Pt stayed for observation. During the night she was confused and had 2 more seizures that lasted the same amount of time. After the second one the nero testing showed left sided weakness, weak grips, unable to stand, facial droop and when she stuck out her toung went right. She was feverish 37 and rosey in color. She was warm to touch. She was very emotional also. We picked up CCT and brought them in. While there and after good doses of Dilantin, adivan and gravol she had 2 more seizures. The one medic said this could be a tumor and he has seen this before. So off she went to the city and the CT Scan showed nothing so they did a MRI the next day and again nothing. I should also mention this had happen before years ago but was only one seizure, no deficits and nothing found. The Pt came back and I happen to be in the city and saw her at the airport. Now my medic eye noticed that she was still very emotional and was dragging her left leg a bit with a limp. She was holding a cup with her left hand and dropped it. One of her friends saw me later and said it was diagnosed as a Mental breakdown. I am not a Dr. by any means but I have never heard of a Mental Breakdown that creates and retaines the stroke like deficits. Has anyone here? Thanks Happy

Shouldn't this read "Every now & then we have to play with our hoses"

Mary had a little pig, She kept it fat and plastered; And when the price of pork went up, She shot the little bastard. ******************** Mary had a little lamb. Her father shot it dead. Now it goes to school with her, Between two chunks of bread. ******************** Jack and Jill went up the hill To have a little fun. Stupid Jill forgot the pill And now they have a son. ******************** Simple Simon met a pie man going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pie man, 'What have you got there?' Said the pie man unto Simon, 'Pies, you dumb ass' !! ******************** Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the kings' horses, And all the kings' men. Had scrambled eggs, For breakfast again. ******************** Hey diddle, diddle, the cat took a piddle, All over the bedside clock. The little dog laughed to see such fun. Then died of electric shock. ******************** Georgie Porgy pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry. And when the boys came out to play, He kissed them too 'cause he was gay. ******************** There was a little girl who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad........ She got a fur coat, jewels, a waterfront condo, and a sports car. ***************************************************** You have to be old enough to appreciate this lot. If you don't understand them then it is because you are too young.

Started 1996. Many of the same things as above but I didn't even have an AED until 5 yrs into my career.

Im good traitor, good to see your still leering around. Maybe we should have leering dates lol

Still leering around myself. Haven't had much to say that is nice, so I haven't said anything at all. I'm hoping Santa puts me on the nice list this year, just so that I can see how the other side of the fence is

It had to happen sooner or later....................... Blonde Men! A friend told the blond man: "Christmas is on a Friday this year." The blond man then said, "Let's hope it's not the 13th." ------------------------------------ Two blond men find three grenades, and they decide to take them to a police station. One asked: "What if one explodes before we get there?" The other says: "We'll lie and say we only found two." ------------------------------------ A woman phoned her blonde neighbor man and said: "Close your curtains the next time you & your wife are having sex. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday." To which the blonde man replied: "Well the joke's on all of you because I wasn't even at home yesterday." ------------------------------------ A blonde man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts: "Did you find the shampoo?" He answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure what to do... it's for dry hair, and I've just wet mine." ------------------------------ A blonde man goes to the vet with his goldfish. "I think it's got epilepsy," he tells the vet. The vet takes a look and says, "It seems calm enough to me". The blonde man says, "Wait, I haven't taken it out of the bowl yet". ------------------------------------ A blond man spies a letter lying on his doormat. It says on the envelope "DO NOT BEND ". He spends the next 2 hours trying to figure out how to pick it up. ------------------------------------ A blond man shouts frantically into the phone "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" asks the Doctor. "No", he shouts, "this is her husband!" ------------------------------------ A blonde man was driving home, drunk as a skunk. Suddenly he has to swerve to avoid a tree, then another, then another. A cop car pulls him over, so he tells the cop about all the trees in the road. The cop says, "That's your air freshener swinging about!" ------------------------------------ A blonde man's dog goes missing and he is frantic. His wife says "Why don't you put an ad in the paper?" He does, but two weeks later the dog is still missing. "What did you put in the paper?" his wife asks. "Here boy!" he replies. ------------------------------------ A blond man is in jail. Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet. "Just WHAT are you doing?" he asks. "Hanging myself," the blond replies. "It should be around your neck" says the guard. "I tried that," he replies, "but then I couldn't breathe". ------------------------------------ (This one actually makes sense...sort of...lol) An Italian tourist asks a blonde man: "Why do Scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?" To which the blonde man replies: "If they fell forward, they'd still be in the boat."

We wait for word from hydro in these cases... If someone starts up a generator from their home it can energize the whole line again and bye bye to us that may be in the way.

done. If your looking at CPR, you should be following how Seattle is handling it. Here is an artical to start you off if you want http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2017008764_cpr14m.html here is the annual report 2012AnnualReport.pdf

I was able to go to our ceremony today, and as the Unit Chief I am the one that lay's the wreath. This is such a honor to do, as many great people died so that I can have the freedom to do so.........

An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m. and is asked where he is going at this time of night. The man replies, "I am on my way to attend a lecture about gambling, hookers, alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking, and staying out late." The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?" The man replies, "My wife."

AK one question......who has to take over the goat conversations with Dywane.........

WOW AK I hope everything in your life goes in the direction that you deserve. I have to say this forum will have alot less to give without your posts. I have learned many things from you and you have given me awsome advise through out the years (you may never have known that) you will be truely missed from many here. Good luck to you sir...

Well I will welcome you back hope it is a better experience than last time

Really they have to prob this I think it was because it sailed into a Hurricane

A couple was invited to a swanky costume party. Unfortunately, the wife came down with a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone. He being a devoted husband protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed, and there was no need for his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went. The wife, after sleeping soundly for about an hour, awakened without pain and, as it was still early enough, decided to go to the party. Since her husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him. She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice woman he could, and copping a little touch here and a little kiss there. His wife sidled up to him and, being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his current partner high and dry and devoted his time to the new babe who had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished ... naturally, since he was her husband. Finally, he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed. So off they went to one of the cars and had a quickie. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away, went home, put the costume away, and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behaviour. She was sitting up reading when he came in, and she asked what kind of a time he had. He said: "Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there." - "Did you dance much?" - "You know, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Browning, and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But you're not going to believe what happened to the guy I loaned my costume to..."

I was written by the wife........................

So I thought I could get a few laughs for you guys by sharing this one and only pic of our evacuation. I know there was a topic on halloween masks while on shift, I dont recommend it

This is our little island being slammed with aftershocks.....Felt a few and the last on about 20 mins ago.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/27/bc-quake-reported.html So was just getting ready to go to the firemans halloween dance and then this happened. This was the second largest quake in our history, the last largest one was 8.1 in the 40's. I just finished doing full make up (orange face with a black bat in the middle) and then I thought wow the hail is hitting my window pretty hard. So you have an idea of where I was in my house, I was upstairs where there are vaulted ceilings 16 ft high. I saw one of my plants start to shake and then holey shit the whole house was swaying and shaking. I was hard enough to empty 1/3 of my 105 gallon aquarium on the floor (poor fish). I ran down stairs to be with my husband as he was grabbing his 60 inch tv so it didn't fall (men and their tv's). Once it was done the pager went off and dispatch asking if everyone was okay. At that time I was thinking I think so but I haven't gone anywhere. A few minutes went by and it was decided that we are leaving town as a tsunami warning is on and we have an hr before it hits. I called dispatch and said we are leaving (and the funny part) I said I was going to go and get the satalitte phone from the station, he said "Do you think you could take the whole ambulance with you" I just didn't think about that lol. Went and grabbed a few pts from the hospital (in full makeup) and off to garbage hill. Stayed there for a few hrs and were able to go home about 12:30 am. Got everything settled at the station and went to have a glass of vino. The night was full of aftershocks big enough to wake me up but nothing like that big one. Well one thing for sure is that I am sure happy I have a house today to be able to make a nice breakfast for the hubby. Remember this you just never know when the big one is going to hit............. happy

I have 3 boys and they were 12, 9 and 6 when I started. I had a husband that was semi supportive (not so much when the pager went off 5 mins before the end of a shif on christmas and a housefull) You really need to make sure you are prepared to miss alot of things with your kids, like soccor games etc. You have to have a good support system in place and most of all your kids have to understand what you are doing. Went on a call and came home to a dissaster, I explained to my kids that I was very stressful having to think that I would have to come home to this when I am out trying to save someones life. Once they understood they were great (for calls anyways). Everyone in the family has to be on board..... good luck

A cosin of mine works out there and she is required to do the drug tests. I do believe they are random.

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