Rare Conditions and/or illnesses

[nick46928]

I haven't been in EMS for that long so I am still low on the experience latter. But I was wondering what rare conditions or illnesses that any of you have seen in the field. Not neccesarily just ones that were identified in the field. Any interesting condition is fine. I kind of have a curiousity for illnesses and conditions that aren't very common.

[ERDoc]

Check out the scenario section. There are some pretty interesting cases that people have come across.

[Urbanmedic461]

Dandy-Walker Syndrome (sp??) - I was in a small community at the time. I was able to spend a lot of time with this patient and learn a lot from her...unfortunatly as with all cases of this syndrome she passed away before age two. Wreaked me up a bit.

Chiari Malformation (my cousin currently seeking Tx. for it)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome

And many more, these three came to mind when I seen the thread title.

[xselerate]

I haven't been in EMS for that long so I am still low on the experience latter.

nothing personal but...

also you might find the tv show "house" interesting... tuesday night on fox

[nick46928]

Actually I watch "House" on regular basis. But I find it somewhat difficult to watch because of the same reason that I hate CSI. No one has that wide of a scope of practice. The doctors on "House" will be doing lab test one second and then high risk neurosurgery the next. No one person does all of the things that they do on those shows. Sorry for the rant, I am finished now and we can get back to the original purpose of the dicussion.

nothing personal but...

Don't take my admitted lack of experience as a lack of knowledge.

[BushyFromOz]

Don't take my admitted lack of experience as a lack of knowledge.

Big call for a 17 year old bloke

The force is unusually strong with this one...........

[nick46928]

Big call for a 17 year old bloke

The force is unusually strong with this one...........

Hey bud, you might want to recheck my age. I am 20 not 17. Just because I am only 20 that doesn't mean that its impossible for me to have as much knowledge as someone older than me. I have spent a lot of time gathering knowledge of medical practice. I am by no means saying that I know more than anyone else. Just don't underestimate my abilities.

[paramedicmike]

Don't take my admitted lack of experience as a lack of knowledge.

Don't worry. We won't mistake your lack of experience for a lack of knowledge once you figure out how to spell correctly.

But until you get that whole spelling thing taken care of all bets are off.

-be safe

[nick46928]

Can we get back to the original post, please? Lets stop getting side tracked everyone (including me).

[BushyFromOz]

Hey bud, you might want to recheck my age. I am 20 not 17. Just because I am only 20 that doesn't mean that its impossible for me to have as much knowledge as someone older than me. I have spent a lot of time gathering knowledge of medical practice. I am by no means saying that I know more than anyone else. Just don't underestimate my abilities.

My mistake, i must have looked at the number of posts you had. Im miffed as to why you seem so defensive though?