scubanurse

Haha:) I am prego and I wil NEVER NEVER crave pickles! Yuk ick ew!

That's what in all my hockey helmet

Yeah I'm talking about sport bike insurance. I have no experience in the cruising world.

Sorry, I was distracted and posting from my iPad. I meant to say that if you are nervous and unsure...WAIT. I have had family members and very close friends involved in wrecks that have unspeakable consequences. Also, if you just came here for gory stories, then likely you're not ready for a bike. You either are willing to accept that at least once and likely more often you will lay that bike down. When you are a new rider, you will likely lay that bike down several times and most frequently in parking lots and at red lights. My other half rides and is an exceptional rider. I worry every time he goes out there because of other drivers. There is a reason he'll go down the highway at 90+...it's to be pro-active and avoid other drivers. If he goes faster than the flow of traffic and is ahead of the other drivers, they're less likely to get in the way. Now, he's been riding since a very young age, and I have been riding for several years as well, we're now thinking of selling our bikes. Insurance is very expensive if you finance the bike... talking $100/month or more easily. You will lay it down multiple times, especially riding it home so please get leathers before you buy it. A lot of dealers will work accessories into financing for you. Best of luck.

Congrats!

If you're scared, don't get a bike. It will make you a hesitant rider and more at risk. The best rider I know are confident and assertive riders, but even then. One of my best friends growing up was hit, in a coma for a few months, and now has a severe decrease in function It's.

It's 7:30am and all I want right now is Mac and cheese

Ahh, hold on one second.... I'm going to go grab some help.

When I took EMT-B in 2005, we had to have: PPE, Hazmat awareness, Cultural diversity/eeo, and the NIMS classes underway. Ultimately we had to have ICS 100, 200, 400, 600, & 800 I believe.

How are they secured in your ambulance? I could see a real safety issue if they aren't properly secured to something immovable. And having been in n ambulance crash myself, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING that isn't tied down will go flying and hit you.

Congrats!

What is EMS using? One of the articles has an image that looks like they are using the same as the hospital ones, but I imagine it is too large for the ambulance?

That's why I hide from the sun! I did get some sun this weekend though doing yard work. I'm so ready for summer though! The news threatened to say that we would get some more snow this week but it's changed now to just rain.

In my experience, the dopplers are separate machines but that is in the hospital. There are u/s machines that will show blood flow but I have only seen them as big machines. Dopplers are small hand held devices that do not show any images just transmit sounds.

Doppler is a different technique and will asses blood flow interruptions thought the skull.. U/S will visualize arteries. They are two different techniques I believe.

Even in the infants I've seen U/S used, they go through the fontanelle...even their skulls are thick enough to block the U/S...

How can ultrasound see anything through the skull? I thought EMS U/S was more for abdominal injuries?

Have PD transport the chair in their car or have a wheelchair van come pick it up if it is the power kind. Either way they can be very expensive and efforts should be made to transport the chair to the same destination as the patient.

It's been in the news for a while http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/06/29/newly-developed-oxygen-particles-injected-into-blood-could-save-lives/ It's still in the very early stages and can only be a short-term solution though because the CO2 won't be released causing a build up in the blood stream and leading to other issues I would think.

Congrats!

I wasn't even a twinkle in my daddy's eye yet! My parents only met 35 years ago or so!

I still remember my first call ever

CONGRATS!!!!

I still wear my sweatpants from the two departments I was at...they're hella comfy and worn in just perfectly. I have my two job shirts but I don't wear them anymore, they just hang out.

I have many guns and enjoy hunting and utilizing them for sport with friends. I am all for more stringent gun laws as long as I can keep mine as long as I am of sound mind. I am for mandatory waiting periods, more intensive background checks, and psych testing.