BushyFromOz

even if he his innocent.... a similar case happened here 3 or 4 years ago, a pt under the influence of some kind of drug accused a medic of digitally raping her. Even though he was found not guilty, his career was finished.

no feeling hurt here mate, i just come to expect more from you.

What about us? Not only am i card carrying member i founded that club!

see, people here still miss the point...... BLS is not equipped to deal with basic complaints, either up educate and skill it or lose it like most of the rest of the world has, or keep providing substandard care.

Squint, with a rant like that I'm not even going to bother replying how dissappointing.

looks like i'm the only one who votes yes.....

Then they should get the care they deserve first up and not a first aider.

Meanwhile, nanna with the busted NOF is still waiting for someone to relieve her agonising pain...........

Then once every few months you get that one job where you truly do make a difference and it makes you remember just how much you love doing this, it makes wading through all the bread and butter jobs and the bullshit worth it.

50 bucks says it does.

That particular uniform also means no paycheck phil!

And even then it was 15 years later than it should have been

Delaying pain relief is inhumane no matter which way you cut it

I will salute to that!

Someone should sue for personal damages "pain and suffering" Fuck, how can we be so inhumane?

as a side note, "cyber ninja" is an awesome screen name

ambulance was using entonox since the 70's here, well before all cars had defibs. And yeah, you did boggle my mind

My understanding is increased ICP can cause the vasculature of the ?? retina/ occular nerve head to swell, increasing intra-occular pressure - hence bulging eyes

i cant see the info on the fontanelles being closed, i must be going blind! Just a thought, perhaps the fontanelles being partially closed is enough to increase ICP anyway, or they have completely closed and that's spiking it?

Cool, i have all that too and i'm not stateside

Here Here! Boggles my mind to know that the majority of ambulances in the US are incapable of providing something as basic as pain relief!

Has anyone given this kid an antiemetic or maybe even some antipsychotic / anti-seizure meds? Sounds a lot like a dystonic reaction.

Do you mean as a student paramedic with VIC UNI or Monash or as a student with AV? I think you as a uni student. The eppaulettes worn by uni students are not a reflection of rank, merely that you are a uni student. Yours say "paramedic student" which i find misleading / deceptive, and far prefer the CSU method of not having a uniform that identifies you anyway as an ambulance officer or paramedic, have had issues at more than one scene because of this. If you mean as a student with AV the answer is still yes, though what it is depends on weather you are a graduate or still completing your degree. If you have graduated you will have a blue line and a blue cadeuces for the first six months and then a blue cadeucues and the words "graduate paramedic". If you have not finished your degree, you will have a sibngle blue line and after six months you will have 3 blue lines. The reason for changes in eppaullettes at 6 months is the time in which you go from being "dependent" and work exlusively with instructors and are audited case by case, to being dependent where you work with qualified paramedics whoa are not instructors and you are audited monthly. at least, thats how its supposed to be hope this helps Hope this is what your after.

seriously, sometimes i just want to hide and deny i came through the tertiary system.

Honestly, the biggest thing that tertiary ed students here need at the moment is not technically, cinically or even science based. They need an attitude / reality check before they come onto the road!