Richard B the EMT

You mean you actually get a full 30 seconds?

Is that Chim-Chim, the pet of Speed Racer's younger brother, after he got into the steroids?

I could be wrong, but they probably go to a pre-set. I have also seen the automatics reach the pre-set pressure, and almost do a doubletake, and pump up a bit more, usually on patients I already did "manually" that had way elevated BPs.

I'm in a long time relationship, so I don't think I'll be dating any Wal-Mart staffers. However, a Paramedic associate of mind had a great response to a potential girlfriend, who made similar statement. He was in a refresher class, and handed her copies of the "orange"and the "yellow" EMT text books, and a copy of Dr Caroline's book, and told her he was responsible for all that, the "bag of chips", and more that wasn't in those books. The relationship died, but she became an EMT!

Under-dreaming indicated being new to our profession, and just pumps up to 200 MM/Hg. I'll presume that is due to training received. Per mine, I just go to 180, and start dropping the pressure. If I hear the pulse at 180, then I go to 200, and already know someone is not gonna like being told they aren't in good health. Even worse if the diastolic is anything above 100.

Can you confirm that it was a guy, and not a gal, in said gorilla suit? Did anyone call the zoo, to see if all their primates are accounted for?

Mr. Johnson doesn't quite understand that some agencies "roll the world", with the first arriving unit giving a report to the others, and canceling them if possible. They operate on a popular theory that, it is always easier to stop a response than to start them out in the first place.

If that is stuck in your head, try this:

(Adam Clayton Powell, being either quoted or paraphrased) Job two is to try to avoid taxes being raised. This usually means, if they could cross train everyone who is currently a Fire Fighter, LEO, or an EMS personnel, to handle all 3 jobs, they would, and pay one man a raised salary, instead of 3 men at their combined salaries. The one man would still be less cost than the 3. (That was clumsy, but I think I got the idea across)

What about this primer for the brain, by the Brain (Pinkey assisting)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5nMsXg1Lk

Not a mole, instead, it was a mosquito bite.

I think that green thing is in cahoots with the Teletubbies, the Muppets, and "THE San Diego Chicken", and other team mascots (or are they?), from a group that is affecting our children, called the "Fuzziewuzzies".

Think you might get enough bottle cap codes to exchange for the Harrier "Jump Jet"?

I'm going to put in an addendum to my last posting. The drug manufacturers will change the colors of their medical vials, but only as existing stockpiles of the lookalike vials get used up.

What about a DeLorian, with the gull wing doors?

Referencing to the FDNY EMS, starting EMTs can get salary of $27,295, maxing at 5 years at $39,179. Paramedics start at $37,346, and max out at 5 years at $50,501. Source: NYC.Gov/FDNY

Someone mentioned what I refer to as the "Payback Factor". This is when you do your 8 hour tour (we have 3 tours per unit per 24 hour period), and get a "No Hitter", the next tour you have, you get slammed, starting before you can check the vehicle at the sign on, to a call that takes you into overtime on the end. I also note that the Payback Factor will have you either getting slammed on your first day back from any extended time off, like a week of sick time or vacation. If you don't get slammed in that first tour, you will get hit with mandated overtime, and will get slammed there.

Don't worry about it. In semantics "contests", even if you lose, you win...in a slight elevation of your education. That's why I don't mind having some things brought to my attention.

All right, you got me with the semantics. I meant the wearer of the black belt, and I thing you knew that. But that was a good catch of my misuse of semantics.

FDNY, City, and State policies say any patient on a stretcher is to be secured to said device by a minimum of 3 seat belts, or similar devices. The statement was that the patient was "seated" on the stretcher. Was this with her legs over the sides? By the standards I follow, that's a No No, as it upsets the already unsteady balance of the device; indeed, most manufacturers still recommend the stretcher, while loaded, only be moved in the lowered position. While the regs I follow also indicate never to leave the stretcher alone with a patient on it, my personal practice is to always have one hand or foot on the device: anything starts to happen, you'll feel it, and hopefully can do something to stop whatever is going on (with no injury to self, partner and patient, in that order).

My problem is probably that even a power-lift stretcher, sooner or later, is going to need to transverse deep shifting sand, or staircases. then, the crew has to "dead-lift" the thing and carry it's additional weight of the lifting mechanism. And also, ramps, or "lift-gates" on vehicles are always going to fail at the most inopportune moment, or be blocked by parked cars, who's drivers don't know what "Keep Back 200 Feet" signs on emergency vehicle rears mean! These same drivers will pull lead pipes out to hit you, if you should even fog up their windows with your breath.

Prior to my torn meniscus from a job related injury, I mentioned something to my girlfriend's sensei at her shotokan dojo. I told him I practice the oldest school of self defense known: He laughed, and told me if it worked for me, keep on keeping on! Actually, years ago, there was a chain of Karate schools, who actually made the Guinness book of records, for demolishing a bungalow house with only their bodies, and the shortest time to do so. One of their Black Belts, of my age, loved showing off his skills to his friends, by thrashing me! I was not a willing participant! Then, some of that group's Black Belts ended up in sanctioned competition, and they got beaten on points by persons with at least 2 levels lower belts. Finally, one day, when new classes were supposed to start across New York City, the students showed up, but nobody opened the dojo doors. The chain, owners, trainers, and the guy the dojos had been named for, had taken the money and ran! This was 1965 or so, and the dojo people, and the money, are still missing. Back to my girlfriend's dojo. The lead sensei has the classes repeat that they will never use what they are taught in anger, and outside of the dojo only in self defense. They are not to use the skills in class unless a sensei or assistant sensei is watching or leading.

Never say you have not had any particular call type in a while, as that will seal your fate that, lo, it will be your very next call! The "Q word" is so fragile, it shatters just by stating it's name. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER Ever say that a shift or tour is too "Q word", for soon it won't be! For the uninformed, the "Q word" is the opposite of "Loud". The bosses obviously will not tell you, but there is actually a device, built into your ready rooms, your vehicles, and secretly attached to your belt buckles and pants zipper, that tells the dispatcher you just got food. Dispatchers therefore have to give you an assignment, or the dispatcher gets into trouble for not giving the assignment out.

You DO realize your name is "n0ssb", and not "Mossad"?

Munchausan's syndrome (spelling?), where a fire fighter actually sets a fire, so his department can respond and put the fire out? Over the years, I have heard many versions of that one.