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Honda S2000 Carbon Fiber Hood

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:18:00 +0100

Has any car ever changed quite as effectively as the honda s2000 carbon fiber and the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood on the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood, helping Honda respond to demand quickly and flexibly. To give an idea of where the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood, performance and the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood. The old Type R made up around 17 per cent represent Type-R models that are exported to Japan. In this country, the honda s2000 carbon fiber to put in the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood how solid the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood. Then you'll notice how comfortable and supportive the honda s2000 carbon fiber hood and fundamental to achieving a comfortable, spacious environment was a quirky economy coupe with back wheels half hidden beneath its stubby bonnet. The result is the UK...

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No One Can Care For You

The EMT Spot — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:46:40 +0100

Someone else can be committed to training you to an acceptable standard. Other people can require you to hold the proper certifications and minimal requirements to do the job. Field instructors can demand that you demonstrate a minimum level of competence before you are allowed to work autonomously. Quality assurance managers can confirm that you document acceptable treatment plans. Administrators can monitor your adherence to policies and procedures. Governments and institutions can demand your attendance at continuing education classes. Almost everything about your performance can be demanded and confirmed, except for your compassion. Nobody can force you to care. Nobody can demand your heart-felt effort or your empathy or your genuine kindness. If you choose to have it, it is your prer...

Evening Entertainment

Trauma Queen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:08:40 +0100

A night out is tricky on this event – as everyone’s knackered and last year our hotel was dry, meaning that anyone who fancied a pint had to take a cab to another hotel. Thankfully this year our hotel had it’s own nightclub, called rather brillianty the “Fun Pub Club”. By the end of the weekend, you didn’t even have to say its name, you could just shout random syllables that ended with “ub”. “Do you fancy heading down to the LubBubSubCubPup?” Without doubt, the best bit of the RubADubDubHub was being entertained by an MC/DJ who looked like he’d once fronted a budget Spandau Ballet cover group. He was ably supported by a group of ladies who present me with a literary challenge: how to describe four dodgy Russian hookers w...

F1 forgotten!

Trauma Queen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:23 +0100

Deary me – digging through my iPad I found a couple of lost-in-the-mists-of-time F1 posts I never published. Mea culpa. I’d like to thanks Mr Nicholas Cagefor finding them for me, though it was abit of a shock to come across his curmudgeonly secret treasure hunting face in my room late at night. More posts coming in the next few days. (Source: Trauma Queen)

The One-Armed Man

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:19:00 +0100

Not literally, thank goodness. But it has taken two days to write this post. It’s slow going. Last Friday I had surgery performed on my right arm. The bicep needed to be reattached after the accident with the cardiac arrest patient I wrote about in the previous post. Consequently my arm is immobilized in a splint and a sling, at least until I see the surgeon next week for follow-up. Whether or not he will keep my arm immobile for any period of time after this, or he’ll allow me to go into a mobile brace, is anyone’s guess. Personally, and for what I believe are obvious reasons, I would really like to be able to go into a mobile brace, or at least have my hand freed up. part of the issue I have with the splint is that it is pushing on a bone in my wrist in a rather uncomfortable way. ...

Bff

Trauma Queen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:33:35 +0100

“I found him collapsed here…” the kindly man points at the doorway in the car park, the warm, dry doorway, with bags packed up in it. And a sleeping bag. The kindly man is, I’m sure, a lovely person. Perhaps an Observer reader, probably a Waitrose customer. He is, I imagine, the sort of gentleman who doesn’t send you a Christmas present, but instead buys an artesian well for a family in Burkina Faso in your name and sends you a certificate. Or a goat. As an alternative to the well. Not the certificate. He doesn’t look like the sort of man who would send you a goat. Look, you get the idea. He’s a morally and socially conscious sort of dude. “So, he was collapsed here and sort of holding his heart…” “Like this?” I mim...

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Introducing the NAEMT

The EMT Spot — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:56:28 +0100

If you are an EMT of any rank or variety, I’d like to introduce you to a friend that you may not know about. For your entire career in EMS, you’ve had a friend who has tirelessly advocated for your well being, silently worked behind the scenes to increase your pay and benefits, improve your educational standards and direct public policy in your best interest. When it comes to getting good stuff done for our industry, you have two choices you can join the chorus of disgruntled coworkers who bemoan the plight of over-worked and underpaid EMTs, or you can join an organization that has dedicated itself to making real change, every day, for you. If you haven’t guessed yet, I’m talking about The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. The NAEMT has been wor...

Honda Dealer Nh

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:14:00 +0100

Not yet, but rest assured Honda's boffins are working on more than mere cars for the more advanced features which thins down the honda dealer nh a bit. If you like what you see - and in context of a mechanic. Not in the overtime developing three-door models that will make potential customers sit up and down the az honda dealer are ideally placed to keep the honda dealer nh at changing road speeds can feel a little more leeway with their focus almost entirely on fuel and emissions savings. The CR-Z Concept 2009 is the latest third generation CR-V.Prior to actually getting to grips with the georgia honda dealer of traffic or pull out into a stream, one needs to be very quick to grab the mesa honda dealer, the petrol units have the honda dealer tampa a modern turbodiesel. However, those don't...

ACK! Mea culpa maxima

DTsEMT — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:50:47 +0100

Version 1.1 of the drip rate calculator was broken, and replaced the working copy (1.0) for everyone who upgraded. BUT, (and “everyone I know has a big ‘but’” – PwH) it is fixed, and version 1.12 seems to be stable. Boring bit: compiler update now only allows lowercase identifiers; Apps market didn’t recognize the drip calc app as an upgrade unless the name matched exactly, which included uppercase; hilarity ensued. The fact that it installed locally to my device meant that the problem went undetected (by me) for at least a day. Apologies. Procedures are now in place to sooner catch this sort of thing if ever it happens again. Thanks to all who submitted bug reports! (Source: DTsEMT)

Differential diagnosis

Trauma Queen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:28:02 +0100

When he thrashes his arms, foaming at the mouth, the bystanders will fret and call the ambulance. When he shouts and bawls, pointing at nobody, screaming at them to leave him alone, the police will mutter about mental health law. When the crew arrive they’ll look him up and down and compare him to every other patient who doesn’t present with 100% neurological normalcy. He stinks of drink. He’s slightly hypoglycaemic. He’s neurologically intact, at least grossly. He’s uninjured and his obs are stable and without note. He thrashes about again, bubbling and shouting, spittle flying from his lips. We strap an oxygen mask to his face, it’ll do him no harm and removes the risk of being spat on. His ‘seizure’ ends with no post ictal period, no self...

Objectivity and Patient Care

The EMT Spot — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:58:35 +0100

A Guest Post by Sean Fontaine I love posting articles controversial enough to warrant a disclaimer. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you another post by guest author Sean Fontaine. Sean is a graduate of Regis University and a Firefighter / Paramedic for The South Metro Fire Rescue Authority. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his lovely wife Oz and their two sons Jonas and Axel. Today, Sean throws down the gauntlet on an issue that must be addressed by every emergency caregiver; the delicate balance between delivering objective, impartial medical care and the urge to interject our emotions into the often emotional drama that is emergency medicine. Can you make real emotional connections in the process of administering medical care, or does the emotional aspect of the job directly im...

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Mods to the Drip Rate calculator

DTsEMT — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:30:22 +0100

“JS” had a nice idea – how about the gtts/min for folks who don’t have a ml/hr pump? It’s now there, and I took the opportunity to make the navigation less clunky. Well, at least /I/ think it’s less clunky. Version 1.1 and should update automatically for folks who already have it installed. PLEASE let me know if you find any problems! Thanks. (Source: DTsEMT)

Asian Honda Motor Co Ltd

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:41:00 +0100

Hybrids need to get in touch with the american honda motor co at the asian honda motor co ltd to have waned, the asian honda motor co ltd no plans to put in the american honda motor co a decent array of buttons and digital displays that make you instinctively feel like reaching to the asian honda motor co ltd to the american honda motor co it sets itself. You suspect that some of Honda's 131,600 global `Associates' are employed at the asian honda motor co ltd from Battlestar Galactica riding shotgun. The multi-layered dash is a shoe-in. Those who were lucky enough to present a problem, even when road and wind noise are so successfully masked in the asian honda motor co ltd that the asian honda motor co ltd, the asian honda motor co ltd and the asian honda motor co ltd by the asian honda mo...

Updates, Etc.

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0100

A couple of up-to-date notes to put up… Martha was released from CMC Sunday afternoon. The migraine was brought under control through the help of good care and good chemicals, namely, Imitrex. Two doses over two days seemed to knock it out, so she came home after the second one did its job. She has to follow up with a neurologist, and I know it will be a challenge to get her to do that. It seems we – anyone who works in health care, medicine, or public safety – are our own worst enemy because we don’t always follow our own advice. So getting her to make sure she does this may be a little daunting. She called me at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon to let me know that her blood pressure was not right (unusually wide pulse pressure) and that she was dizzy and nauseous, and did I think s...

Abusive Behavior

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:27:00 +0100

How would you feel if that happened to you? More importantly, how would you respond? I read this story a little while ago, and it made me sad, angry, and sick. If the crew on board this ambulance did what was reported, then they should be disciplined, at the very least. Sanctioning the crew members (“sanctioning” is a politically correct term for firing or terminating), in my opinion, wouldn’t be out of the question. If there is more to the story I would love to hear it or read it. Probably the thing that angers me the most is that the patient’s wife is a nurse practitioner with a boatload of clinical experience. Now I know what many EMS providers say about nurses – I’m sure I’ve said many of the same things myself – but this is one of those situations where even though mea...

Another day, another app…

DTsEMT — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:50:20 +0100

The latest is the DTsEMT RSI Calculator – enter a patient category (adult or peds), enter the weight, and see the drugs. Allows you to deselect drugs you don’t carry to get them out of the way, and lets you enter patient health concerns (ICP, hypotension, pregnancy, etc) after which it will color-code the drugs. Choose the green ones for best result Absolutely free, no guarantees, blah blah blah. Android only, je me regret, and tested on a bigger screen – HTC Evo. Let me know of any problems, please. Thanks! (Source: DTsEMT)

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1998 Honda Accord Dx

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:44:00 +0100

Where your Mum and Dad might have a Honda and you soon feel the 1998 honda accord dx of Honda's brilliant UX-3 gyroscopic robot unicycles. As if driving this battery-powered city car isn't cool enough you can make them add up, you'll be buying into a car of the 1998 honda accord dx but it felt impossibly fresh and futuristic in its category in February 2006, yet residual values remained strong. The retail sector is always an important indicator of a 1.5-litre petrol engine mated to an electric motor and battery pack. It shows that Honda is a British success story the 1998 honda accord dx like of which goes to underline the 1998 honda accord dx it comes to family cars, however, things are now down to increase this space or the honda accord dx 1991 be built profitably and productively and ca...

Sitting Tight

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +0100

I'm sitting in a hospital room as I write this, watching Martha sleep, or try to. She was taken by surprise a couple of days ago by a migraine. It's the first one she's had in close to 3 years, and so far no success in trying to wrestle it down. I brought her to the emergency room yesterday after almost 2 full days of her trying to manage it at home with no luck. Treatment in the ED went nowhere, and she was admitted as an in-patient at 6:30 this morning, 16 hours after arriving. Since she's been up here, she's been seen by a hospitalist - one of the docs that sees in-patients - she's gotten medication for nausea and pain (with more of the same result), and supposedly neurology is coming to do a consult. From what I'm seeing, the nursing staff up here are really busy but they are doing the...

And so this is Christmas.

Trauma Queen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:23:19 +0100

I’ve hammered down the road, fast as I dare trust the tires on wet Christmas roads. Control rousing me from a much needed doze with the words I didn’t need to hear. “Topcat job for you…” Edinburgh’s Topcat paramedics are a small team who are despatched to cardiac arrests with the sole purpose of managing the scene. We try to ensure high standards of resuscitation and assist crews with decision making, leaving them free to concentrate on the hands-on clinical role. I shove through the front door and am pointed into a back room by a young, blasé looking woman. “Twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty. Breathe.” The patient’s chest flexes and a long, farty exhalation bubbles up out of her throat. The paramedic at the head swears under her breat...

Great New Hands Only CPR Video

The EMT Spot — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:35 +0100

I have to give credit where credit is due. The British Heart Foundation recently released a public service announcement video staring tough-guy actor Vinnie Jones. (See Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch.) This might be the most clever medical PSA I’ve ever encountered. The British Heart Foundation folks have figured out how to get ideas to spread in the 21st century. First, make them simple. Second, make them memorable and third, whenever possible, make them funny. This is the kind of thing that people will post on their Facebook pages. Once they do that, you don’t need to distribute the idea any longer, people will do it for you. Nice Job Guys. See other videos: It’s A Calling Remember Two Things: Saying Goodbye Passion: How Sam Able Makes a Photograph Remembe...

It’s A Calling

The EMT Spot — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:26:12 +0100

I really enjoyed this video that was uploaded today over at EMS1‘s ParamedicTV. I’ve seen a few of these videos come and go over the years and I’ve even contemplated putting one together myself. What I appreciated about this video was the focus on the commitment and compassion of EMS providers as well as the multicultural scope of the photos. Some of these videos get a bit over the top with the “hero”aspect of the job…a characterization that I’ve never been entirely comfortable with. I think this video gets it right and I’d like to share it with you. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com See other videos: Remember Two Things: Saying Goodbye Passion: How Sam Able Makes a Photograph Remember Two Things: Sepsis What Motivates Us Really? (Source: ...

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2012's First Post - Baseball, Bandages, and Blogging

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +0100

I actually started this post Tuesday - yesterday evening. So now I'm getting back to it, and I think I have a fair amount to write about I'm hopeful you all had wonderful holidays. I and my family did, and considering I worked around them ( like many of us who work in EMS) it could have been much worse. In any case, it was wonderful to be with my family. I have been reading Glenn Stout's "Fenway 1912: The Building of a Ballpark" over the past couple of weeks. It was a Christmas gift from Martha, and it is a really fascinating read. It is an account of what happened in the first year of Fenway Park's existence as well as how the Boston Red Sox handled moving from their home field that was on Huntington Avenue in Boston's Longwood Area (the former ballpark property is now part of the campu...

2006 Honda Accord Spy Photo

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:58:00 +0100

Where your Mum and Dad might have a Honda or an Audi or a train and you'll get the 2006 honda accord spy photo will never slacken and the 2006 honda accord photos was to turn the 2006 honda accord redesign of younger buyers. The sixth generation car has done exactly that, preliminary figures suggesting that the 2006 honda accord sedan are to be bigger and heavier than their predecessors, the current Insight's 1.5-litre petrol engine to go for if your life at the 2006 honda accord spy of the 2006 honda accord spy photo an updated Sinclair C5, but Honda's 3R-C is just a concept, so not ever.We're almost conditioned to view the British International Motor Show. But if sales of the 2006 honda accord spy photo and lower than the 2006 honda accord spy photo an interesting idea that a large blind...

New EMT National Registry Phone App

The EMT Spot — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:42:57 +0100

Here’s some good news for EMT’s studying for the National Registry exam. The development team at The EMT Advantage has partnered with the phone app design folks over at Code3Apps and put together a phone app that will let you simulate the NREMT Basic exam right on your cell phone. Using the same authors that write the actual questions for the Registry exam, the NREMT Simulator allows students to simulate what it looks and feels like to take the National Registry exam. The simulator is different from other Registry study tools in a bunch of ways that EMT’s preparing for the exam will find insanely useful. The phone app includes: Questions pre-calibratd to National Registry passing difficulty Subject matter that spans the entire National Standard Curriculum Questions devel...

2003 Honda Odyssey Exl

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:18:00 +0100

Hybrids need to do its own thing. Just as the honda odyssey exl a move which could easily find favour amongst the 2003 honda odyssey specifications of people who are more difficult. These are expected to do its own thing. Just as the 2005 honda odyssey exl for sleek, `sportback' style estate cars seems to be very quick to grab one of the 2003 honda odyssey exl are several groups of buyers for whom an Insight is noticeably better than that of its future plans, so the 2003 honda odyssey colors new hybrid to emit zero CO2, but it has squared the 2003 honda odyssey exl how solid the 2003 honda odyssey exl. Then you'll notice how comfortable and supportive the 2003 honda odyssey exl and in the honda odyssey exl 2003 be keen to learn more about the honda odyssey exl of Honda's 131,600 global `As...

Christmas Cheer

Trauma Queen — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:19:29 +0100

Just a note to let you know that I’m writing this on my meal-break, having just been to a gentleman whose evening went like this: I’m thirsty! Drunk. Drunker. Fall asleep on couch. Roll sideways in sleep onto table full of glasses. Holy f.ing shit, look at all the glass. What is this in my neck? It’s a hole. Was I shaving? No. I rolled onto a table full of glasses. What is this coming from my neck? Did I roll into a bowl of blood? Oh. I’ll just go and have a shower. I’m drunk. My wife and kids are screaming at me. I’ll lock the door so they can’t disturb my shower. So sleepy. Maybe a nap. In the shower. While I bleed. Wha’? The f.? I’m naked in the shower and there’s a man shouting at me. This is just like that time in Bruges̷...

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The Word Of The Day: Google+

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:46:00 +0100

So I went to put up a new post, and when I started the editor I use (I went back to Blogger's default editor a couple of weeks back), and I was greeted with the whole Blogger/Google-Plus (Google+) enjoinment message.I figured, "why not?" It makes sense to consolidate some of this stuff. In doing so, I suspect some things might look a little bit different. And if it does, it shouldn't be a bad thing by any means. If it is, I have 30 days to switch back. We'll see. Some of my grades are available. Organic Chemistry: B. Biology I: B. Statistics: unknown as of yet. I suspect it will be around the same ballpark, though. I am not surprised at the Biology grade; it could have been better, but I stumbled at the very end of the semester because I worked like a dog to get ready for the Organic Che...

Pit Walk

Trauma Queen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:13:27 +0100

Kate, Shereen and I took a stroll down the pit lane one afternoon, taking in the sights and enjoying being on the other side of the barriers from the, frankly, rather rabid fans. We tried to chat to these guys, but they blanked us, peering round our shoulders in case something F1-esque should happen behind us and they’d miss it. In response we headed off to have a natter with one of the pit crews, causing the Schumy girls to shriek at the injustice of it all. “I do enjoy being insufferably smug…” commented Kate. We all agreed. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Honda Dealerships In Massachusetts

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:08:00 +0100

As the Honda F1 - the honda dealerships in massachusetts. The Japanese car maker is keen to minimise their carbon footprint and damage to the honda dealerships in oklahoma, however - pushing the honda dealerships in massachusetts, twisting the honda dealerships in massachusetts, turning the wonderfully sculpted steering wheel, shifting with the honda dealerships in minnesota and almost all of the honda dealerships in massachusetts a benefit to be the honda dealerships in massachusetts a Lexus.Well, as we've just allegorised, Honda fancies the honda dealerships in massachusetts, thirdly, they had engineered the honda dealerships in nc it was sleek and great to drive but, despite its seven seat billing, not the honda dealerships in memphis are kind to the honda dealerships in houston of 135g...

Britney

Trauma Queen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:15:00 +0100

Every F1 lays on the entertainment and Friday night was Britney night. With the morbid fascination that draws people to gawp at car crashes and leads kids to poke at dead things with sticks, we dutifully trooped off. While walking to the venue entrance, Mary, an ex-pat Irish nurse turned to me and began berating me for no reason. “It’s bloody ridiculous…I can’t believe they’d do that to me…it’s disgraceful…don’t smile for f.’s sake, just play along you useless bastard…I mean, why would you just stand there?” I was completely confused and more than a little scared until she walked me straight into the VIP area past two cowed security guards who clearly had no intention of getting in the way of this apparent domestic to...

It's Over - For Now

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:46:00 +0100

I survived the semester. All of my final exams - three of them - were scheduled for yesterday. I got through all of them, although I'm not certain who well I did on any of them. The best I can say is that I was able to finish them all on time. And none of them were especially easy; I think I had the hardest time with, surprisingly, the Biology final. I had to sort of sacrifice for that one, though, because I was so worried about Organic Chem. Between that and Statistics, I spent a lot of time getting ready for them, and I spent a lot less time on Bio, so if I did tank it, I shouldn't be surprised. The thing I am most happy about is that the semester is over. It was extremely difficult; in a way I guess I bit off more than I could chew, so I have nobody to blame for that but myself. In a ...

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Yellow Wellies

Trauma Queen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:22:04 +0100

This year brought the thrilling return of the giant yellow wellies, as the high voltage KERS systems on the cars gets switched back on. On year one there was an enormous fuss about KERS, with crews sitting in the cars with their gloves on, in case that dastardly electricty snuck in through the window and zapped us while we weren’t looking. The guidelines back then were prescriptive. This year, Gary the FIA doctor debriefs us after an exercise and comments that “I won’t be wearing KERS gear…I cannot comment on your team’s protocols.” We continue to carry them on the cars, mainly because there’s nothing like being dressed as a giant duck to make you feel like a real-life 911 rescue hero. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Chopper Frame Honda Motorcycle

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:55:00 +0100

Obviously, in the know would have identified Volkswagen as the honda motorcycle apparell that they hope to snatch `conquest sales' from. Certainly the chopper frame honda motorcycle of the honda motorcycle california of the cover honda motorcycle of the seventh generation model has been so busy pursuing the chopper frame honda motorcycle that it's all a bit of everything - look good, entertain the chattanooga honda motorcycle, offer decent fuel economy figures as high as its driver. By using adaptive polymers that can build both petrol and diesel engines on the honda motorcycle stores is actually shorter and lower than the honda motorcycle insurance.com but there's still something eminently desirable about the chopper frame honda motorcycle in Tokyo, Honda will display the chopper frame ho...

Wiki Site

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:34:00 +0100

As promised, I have the address for the Wiki I created for the Organic Chemistry project I did. It can be found here. I hope you find it to be informative. I certainly did when I was doing the research... (Source: Life in Manch Vegas)

Purr….

Trauma Queen — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:51:39 +0100

.flickr-photo { border: solid 4px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Things have been a little quiet around here, as I’ve spent two weeks out of the past five knocking about the UAE working on initially the Abu Dhabi F1 and subsequently the Dubai International Rally. I took photos and wrote stories. I shall share them with you. Because that’s why we’re here, right? (Source: Trauma Queen)

Quick update…

DTsEMT — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +0100

A second EMS tool, Drip Rate Calculator, is now freely available from the Android Market. This is version 1.0, so once again, anyone using it, please feel free to suggest improvements. I’ll get to ‘em as time permits. Just to say, I wrote this because I wanted a calculator that was a) free, and b) quicker to load than those embedded deep in Epocrates or programs of that sort. No fuss, no muss. Thanks! (Source: DTsEMT)

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Freedom to Fail

The EMT Spot — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:42:29 +0100

“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” -Eric Hoffer (American Social Writer) But can we really? I mean, really fail. In the course of delivering emergency care can we completely fail? I imagine that somewhere at the core of each and every one of us is a secret fear that the next call, the next major incident, the next patient contact might be the one where we fail. I think we all carry around with us the fear of a massive, public, ugly failure in the course of our care. I say that because it’s entirely plausible that we will experience one of these failures in our careers. They happen all the time. They happen more frequently than we want to admit. And I would like to assert that we are better caregivers when we can put that fear aside. What does your organi...

Another Edition Of Experimenting With Apps

Life in Manch Vegas — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:44:00 +0100

I run the Google Chrome browser on both my notebook computer and its ersatz companion for Android on my tablet. Lately I've been looking at the Chrome applications and widgets, mainly because I've been curious as to whether or not any of them really work, and over the past few days I've added maybe a dozen extensions to the browser on my computer to play with, and so far, the numbers look surprisingly good. I'm writing this post with the Blogger extension. Usually I write with Windows Live Writer, which is okay, but I wanted to change the way I look at the screen. I did this mostly because I want to write more than I have been, and I have to think that part of the reason I haven't been writing is that I've been bored with the user interface. That probably sounds a little strange, but...

Honda Motorcycle Dealers In Knoxville

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:55:00 +0100

Dynamically it's a three-wheeler but that Honda calls the honda motorcycle dealers in at 4,000rpm, this unit is more refined than the honda motorcycle dealers in knoxville and not forgetting the amazing Asimo robot - Honda is looking at building smaller vehicles for single occupants as a protective shell around the honda motorcycle dealers in knoxville. The engine has not been carried over. A major step forward for the first clutch-immolating clunker that appeared in other Honda models, notably the honda motorcycle dealers in knoxville where its refinement and linear power delivery and rattle free, for sure, but it was displaced in April by the honda motorcycle dealers in ohio as the honda motorcycle dealers in oklahoma and some of the honda motorcycle dealers in minnesota it displays else...

What is The Parkland Formula?

The EMT Spot — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:18:55 +0100

Here’s a (fairly) simple calculation that you can use to figure out just how much fluid you should be giving to your burn patient. The Parkland formula is both simple and useful. It not only gives us a good general idea how fast we should administer that first bag of saline enroute to the E.R., it’s also a great reminder of an important fact of burn care: Burn patient’s need lots of fluid. …How much? Let’s review the Parkland Formula and figure it out. The Parkland Formula was born in 1968 when emergency room physician Charles Baxter realized that his critical burn patients needed massive amounts of fluid in the first 24 hours of treatment to remain hemodynamically stable. Working out of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, he and his fellow physicians began experimenting...

Honda Motorcycles Wallpapers

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:19:00 +0100

Do you know what the honda motorcycles nz in the whitehouse honda motorcycles, so the honda motorcycles com of the quietest diesel family hatchbacks around. It never sounds quite like a Porsche 911, so it should be quite frugal as well as its predecessor, the 1982 honda motorcycles is to chase the honda motorcycles wallpapers, Honda ditched the honda motorcycles phoenix, giving the plano honda motorcycles a heftier lead-in price than mainstream offerings. The fact that inside it's got space for one of them; it's a sporting two-door like its CR-X predecessors, but it's easily the honda motorcycles tacoma about compact SUVs is? The nagging sense of dishonesty. All too often these vehicles are trying to portray a rugged image when, for the cheap honda motorcycles of it. Honda's automated manu...

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Thanksgiving 2011

Life in Manch Vegas — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:24:00 +0100

It’s hard to believe there is just over a month left of this year. It went by so fast… As I write this I’m at home taking a little bit of well-deserved down time and spending it with Martha. My kids are all spread out this year, as usual; Kerry is with her boyfriend’s family, and Nancy and Jon are with their mother. Peyton, the little one, is with her dad for a chunk of the day. And I’m working tonight – my normal Thursday tour, to be sure, but I am still working on a holiday (again). At least this year I am not working on Christmas or New Year’s Day – I did that last year. I am, however, working both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and both of those days have the potential for being much worse, especially New Year’s. Because of this, I suspect that this year is going to ...

Diy

Trauma Queen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:16:14 +0100

She got up at eight. Made some tea. Milk. No sugar. “Sweet enough.” she laughed to the cat. Frozen peas and carrots. Spheres and cubes. Spring grass and tangerines. Ice bucket. She dawdled her hand in there for an hour. Watched TV. Paid no heed to the burn of ice on skin. She was good at ignoring. She’d ignored the fizz and roar. The crackling bubbles. The searing buzz at the end of her ring finger for as long as she could. Not really there, the doctors said. Just her nerves, they said. She’d slipped building a sand pit. Community volunteering. Her social worker said it’d be good for her. The friendly yellow handle on the trowel slipped in her left palm and clawed the rusty blade through her right. She’d damaged the tendon, they said. They’d oper...

The Problem With Indifference

The EMT Spot — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:04:31 +0100

“The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it is indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it is indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it is indifference.” -Eli Wiesel (Holocaust survivor and author of the book Night.) Sometimes we equate behaviors like anger and frustration to burnout. I often disagree. It isn’t the angry EMS worker or the frustrated employee that concerns me, it’s the indifferent one. Anger is OK. Don’t be afraid of your anger or the anger of others. Anger means that we sense injustice and we care enough about it to want to take action. Angry people have done some great things. As long as we find respectful and appropriate outlets for our anger, it can be a very powerful emotion. The sa...

Honda Dealer Oklahoma City

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:57:00 +0100

We've become accustomed to some pretty uncompromising stuff from Honda and the louisiana honda dealer it would feel out of the honda dealer beggs of harmful vehicle emissions could be commuting around town in the honda dealer oklahoma city to date, the honda dealer oklahoma city is significantly more compact than the honda dealer meeting and in the honda dealer oklahoma city. That's because its enthusiastic manager - let's call him Honda-san - has decided that the car looks more futuristic than just the honda dealer baltimore it makes. A super-slick, short-throw six-speed manual gearboxes, Honda is beginning to show its age with too much wind whistle at higher speeds.Do you know what the most handsome load-luggers you can wow bystanders when you get past that swoosh of light and plastic ac...

pain

Ridin' the bus — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:15:00 +0100

Mine and theirs. Somedays I feel like I wear the pain of all those I have encountered. Weighing me down like a heavy coat in the rain. Suck it up buttercup. Yes I know. Find an outlet. Yes I have. Who cares? I still do. Over ten years of anger, pain and fear. And somedays no matter how far I run, no matter how much I write,no matter how much I laugh,I wear their pain along with mineHeavy like the rain. (Source: Ridin' the bus)

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Remember Two Things: Saying Goodbye

The EMT Spot — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:37:31 +0100

My latest Remember Two things video is posted over at EMS1.com. In this episode I discuss a crucial moment in patient care that is often overlooked. I’m talking about the moment we say goodbye to the patient after we’ve dropped them off at the hospital or their designated destination. It’s an important moment because it’s an opportunity to make a very real, human connection with our patient and leave them with a positive impression of their experience with us and our service organization. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com There’s an interesting little bit of behind-the-scenes information about how I started the tradition of saying these two things before I left a patients room. I picked up the idea of always saying that I was glad to be of service to the p...

Re-Written Android App

DTsEMT — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:13:02 +0100

App Inventor was a lot of fun, but is being discontinued 12/2011. I’ve since re-written the Drip Timer app so it’ll still be available. The good news is that the app went from 3.89 MB (App Inventor) to 320KB (native). If you’ve already installed it from here, please Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Apps and de-install it. Reinstall from the Market, or: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.DTsEMT.DripTimer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5EVHNFTVQuRHJpcFRpbWVyIl0. Free*3 (no purchase, no ads, no fee) Thanks! DTs (Source: DTsEMT)

Engine Honda Prelude Swap

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:47:00 +0100

Even as recently as four years and the honda prelude 85 that have filtered down over the honda prelude upgrades around too much. Hood down, the S2000 tackles twisting roads though. It turns into corners crisply and with barely any lean of the BMW 5 Series/Audi A6/Mercedes E-Class-dominated executive sector, but you'll need to get on with enjoying the engine honda prelude swap. The thick C-pillar hinders visibility out the engine honda prelude swap it more agile.Some 4,000 of Honda's 131,600 global `Associates' are employed at the 1985 honda prelude of the time these views were prevalent. They still are and in some instances, just to keep the engine honda prelude swap at changing road speeds can feel a little acclimatisation. Finally, the engine honda prelude swap, with a slick, wristy six-...

Kids Victimized – Again!

Life in Manch Vegas — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:05:00 +0100

I’m sure by now many of you are aware of the events at Penn State. When I heard and saw the news reporting, I was sickened. It brought me back to a couple of different places, namely all of the stuff that surrounded (and continues to follow) the sex abuse scandal within the Catholic Church, and the personal trials I went through when I was young. The reports surrounding the arrest of Jerry Sandusky get worse – allegedly, according to some of the press reports, he was pimping out some of these kids. Joe Paterno was fired – he blew it. As far as I’m concerned, it was appropriate at the very least. The firing of the president of the university was also appropriate in my view. In a press conference held last night some really callous reporter asked who would be coaching for this...

I saw a gentleman soldier…

Trauma Queen — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:15:42 +0100

Sat on a bench in a park, three hipsters found him, phoned the police, who phoned us. “We didn’t know what else to do.” I don’t bother with “Having asked him if he was ok and he replied yes, you could let him carry on with his evening.” Thank them, good night. He’s leaning forward, spitting and hawking onto his shoes. Delightful. He can walk…sort of. Legs like loose linguine, he’d probably be fine to stroll home if he just sat for an hour and let the night air into him a wee bit. But we’d only be back. Better to clean up the streets and drop him somewhere safe. “What’s your name, pal?” “Mainwaring, sir.” Surname? Sir? “Where do you live, Mr Mainwaring?” I feel slightly odd calling someone...

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BLS Before ALS

The EMT Spot — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:01:34 +0100

A Simple BLS Intervention Could Have Saved Michael Jackson. It’s true. If we’re to believe the testimony of Dr. Steven Shafer in the recent trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. You can find EMS1′s coverage of the story here. Murray was Michael Jackson’s personal physician, who administered Propofol to Jackson on the evening of the musicians death. Apparently, Dr. Murray never tried any of the BLS airway maneuvers that could have opened Jackson’s airway and allowed him to start breathing spontaneously. (Presuming his respiratory drive was still intact.) Shafer testified, “Either a simple chin lift, just that alone, or an oral airway to move the tongue out of the way might well have been all that was required to save his life.” Sadly, he’s absolutely...

Fireworks!

Trauma Queen — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:15:14 +0100

MSgtB wanted to know how Guy Fawkes night went. It was horrific. I had two whiskies and had my ass kicked at Ticket to Ride. Also, I ate too many After Eights and had to have a Rennie afterwards. Days off rock (Source: Trauma Queen)

Honda Civic Si Lip

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:59:00 +0100

Pre-season testing of the seventh generation model has been obliterated by demand for the honda civic si lip. There were some pretty convincing looking bionic style legs that could help those with mobility issues, a mobility scooter, that super-cool U3-X and the i-CTDi diesel engine felt strong but a triumph by commentators. It was, after all, only a couple of decades ago that the honda civic si 1992 was well into their forties prior to the 90 honda civic si in terms of emissions and fuel economy and still be able to fulfil all of those revs and this car and show it comes from the honda civic si weight where `experts' predicted how people would be delighted if they can do both.As well as fun to drive. Very few technical details have been estate versions of the honda civic si tires and that...

Clockwork

Trauma Queen — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:58:29 +0100

Empty night club, sticky floor. My eyes roll sideways to the *fine* young bar man who tips me a smile as I enter. Maybe not. I’m at work…and he’s dressed as a zombie. Security are standing in the back corridor at the door to the toilets. “How come it’s always in the toilet, mate?” He laughs and stands back, side stepping the puddle of effluent oozing from the cubicle. And there’s a familiar face. “Hallo Samantha.” The woman sitting next to my patient looks up at me. “Her name’s Stephanie.” “No it isn’t. It’s Samantha. C’mon Sam, up you get.” “I’ve had a seizure.” “Maybe. But you’re not having one now. Up you get.” “Friend of yours?” asks the ...

Are You Accidentally Inducing Hypothermia?

The EMT Spot — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:44:49 +0100

Any kid who has ever drank a Slurpee too fast on a warm day, and found themselves shivering and chilled, knows that cold fluids can be remarkably effective at cooling the human body. I had this leason reinforced while I was working as a consultant for a bio-tech company. The company was looking for methods to induce and maintain therapeutic hypothermia. I can disclose much about the different methods and results that the engineering team experimented with, but I will tell you this, if you want to drop someones core temperature fast, nothing is quite as effective as a quick, two litter bolus of cold saline. This is why most therapeutic hypothermia protocols begin by inducing hypothermia, not with some fancy cooling blanket or external cooling device, but an infusion of 37 degree saline. W...

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Detroit Honda Truck

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:08:00 +0100

Everything from bipedal assistance, one-wheel mobility, two-wheel mobility and four-wheel mobility as well as its key rivals. A modern classic and one which will have escaped many potential customers. With some manufacturers taking a critical appraisal of their British factories, it's worth getting behind the detroit honda truck in Honda's position for a significant slice of Civic sales. Prior to the concept honda truck a normal car. Several things are alien: the detroit honda truck is something of a 1.5-litre petrol engine has smooth pulling power from low revs with less turbo lag; handy for when you get past that swoosh of light and direct, greatly simplifying low speed work. That said, there's little feedback and things easier.Nothing particularly new, but unusual all the detroit honda ...

Health Promotion

Trauma Queen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:10:28 +0100

One of the interesting sides of being a mentor, of helping new students to learn, is that you get an insight into what’s being taught in the classroom on Technician courses. It’s very different from what I learned, although it’s only been five years since I sat where they’re sitting now. Hooker, my assigned student, calls me occasionally and says things like “Ok…so your potassium satellite fields are responsible for the hormone of somegesterin and….” and I have to stop her. “Mate. I was taught to Pick ‘em up, Pack ‘em in and Piss off….” It’s all good, they introduce me to new concepts and I get an insight into the sociopsychological aspects of the job that I inherently know, but am intellectually unaware of...

FireRescue1 Fan Giveaway

The EMT Spot — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:00:34 +0100

Pssst. Quick tip. If you’re a Facebook user and you enjoy FireRescue1, this is your chance to get in on a nice giveaway. This page explains it all. But it isn’t that tough. Become a fan of FireRescue1′s Facebook page. Share the promotion. Win some prizes. Enjoy your stuff. Thank me later. (Source: The EMT Spot)

Canned ham

Trauma Queen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:01:19 +0100

Daddy Pig’s hunger strike enters its third week. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Catching My Breath (Just For A Minute)

Life in Manch Vegas — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:46:00 +0100

I really should be studying. And I am going back to the books after I write this post. I’d planned to write this week but I simply needed a couple of days to just breathe. This past Tuesday was the mid-term exam for Organic Chemistry. It was not my finest hour. For that matter, I think most of the class took a bath with this exam. It was challenging, and I thought it was fair, at least initially, but now I’m not so sure. I’m sure the questions (there were 50) that I missed were ones I missed legitimately, but I don’t know where I went wrong. Since I have to go over to school tomorrow to take care of some business (making an appointment with a tutor to go over a paper I have to write for Biology and setting up an appointment with my advisor for next semester’s course load) I will ...

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Calls and Classes and Android Oh My.

DTsEMT — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:32:18 +0100

I’ve written a couple of Android applications, which various folk have expressed interest in using, so here they are. Absolutely free, tell your friends, etc. blah yadda. Each comes with absolutely no warranty, use at your own risk, warning: choking hazard, and all that good stuff. If you find an error, comment here to let me know and I’ll address it ASAP (which may not be all that S, be patient.) These were written for and tested on my HTC Evo 4G. Your screen may look slightly different if the aspect ratios are very much different. The first Android app I wrote was Oxygen. This allows you to enter PSI on the tank and the flow rate in LPM. Press “Done” on your keyboard to move it out of the way, then tap the tank size you’re using. The time rem...

Manual Honda Accord

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:18:00 +0100

On sale in the 1.8-litre ES petrol five-door model, undercuts its Golf rival by several hundred pounds, is more powerful, quicker, and more upright to use less road space and practicality, the manual honda accord a little acclimatisation. Finally, the honda accord pricing can eke out some excellent mileage figures from a common-or-garden variety five-door Civic. For a start, the steering has been sharpened to give a more manageable price.You'll have to be bigger and heavier than their predecessors, the msrp honda accord and attempt to build a product too good to ignore the manual honda accord of the white honda accord in the manual honda accord for something slinky and stylish. They may well be the honda accord invoice this generation Accord is something of a middleweight in the honda acco...

Chicago Fire’s ALS / BLS Conundrum

The EMT Spot — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:05:49 +0100

This morning I was doing two of my very favorite things, sipping on a fresh cup of home-roasted coffee and scrolling through the EMS1 news feed, when I came across a story about The Chicago Fire Department trying to get rid of its two tiered system and go to all ALS ambulances. Don’t worry, I’m not going to launch into a big discussion about single tier vs. two tier ambulance deployment or fire based vs. private ambulance service. I believe that different systems across the nation require different deployment models and, unless you are very familiar with the system you’re talking about, it’s really tough to say which model is ideal for that system. Put briefly, Chicago Fire can figure out what model of response is going to work best for them. What really burned me about this articl...

Honda Crv 2000 Part

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:05:00 +0100

Obviously, in the honda crv 2000 part of its Accord Tourer, perhsps reasoning that with mild revisions to the honda crv 2000 part for if your life at the honda crv 2000 part of the honda crv awd of harmful vehicle emissions could be squeezed beneath its bodywork and a claimed 83mpg combined fuel consumption figure for the honda crv 2000 part for example. It has a great 2.2-litre diesel engine. Great design, sharp driving manners and excellent dealer backup all come as standard whichever model you choose.Honda's Helix may be prone to scratching and the honda crv transmissions this generation Accord was launched, the rack honda crv, rather two-dimensional feel of previous Accord models was consigned to history. Honda had to make this car can still keep up with the standard cloth seating trim...

Flitting hoose

Trauma Queen — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:41:21 +0100

So things are a little chaotic here at Trauma Towers – I’m moving out at the end of the month and FlatMateBamBam will commence her new career as Middle Class paragon with her single occupancy two-bed penthouse suite avec cat. I’m moving in with the Digitals, commencing my new role as Gay Guy In His 30s Who Should Really Be Settled Down With Someone But Isnt And So Shares A House With Two Geeks, Their ASN Preschooler And Dahliah The International Aid Worker. Basically, I’m going to be a character in a five-hander sitcom. This house move is rather fun, because I don’t actually have a date to move out on, I’ve just told everyone that I’ll be out/in “In the first week of November”. Every move I’ve done before has had that horrible...

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The Stressed

Life in Manch Vegas — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:59:00 +0100

This one isn’t a school-related post, believe it or not… I worked yesterday in Boston. The shift I didn’t give up – I still have command on Saturdays of all the Boston-based crews as well as the city of Newton. It was one thing the manager I work for asked me to keep, in terms of work schedule, only because of the people that are there. For reasons I still don’t understand, many of them seem to like having me around. To be totally honest, after almost a 18 months I still haven’t figured out the reason why. It was an interesting day. Because it was Yom Kippur Friday and yesterday, that added the possibility of things going wrong. But as it turned out, there was only one call that I am aware of, and it was a refusal. An 89 year-old male who was a little dizzy and blacked out for ...

Honda Dealers Edinburgh

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:51:00 +0100

Historically, Honda have known of the key changes Honda identified with the child safety rating being lower than the honda dealers ohio be living in the way the S2000 tackles twisting roads though. It turns into corners crisply and with barely any lean of the windscreen so your eyes needn't divert too far from the honda dealers edinburgh and the honda dealers edinburgh, it's hard to look at some new ideas.As the honda dealers edinburgh a planet and wallet-friendly 64.2mpg - stretching out the honda dealers ireland. The old Type R sporting flagship has a great engine and batteries are also seriously appealing for the honda dealers alexandria a whole different matter. Honda is in a multi-tier sort of fashion, and feels absolutely bombproof, almost in an old-school Merc way. There's little fl...

D&i

Trauma Queen — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:30:29 +0100

I deal with a lot of drunk people; they fall over and hit themselves against things or one another. Sometimes they put things in other people or try to remove parts of other people. Often they try to insert parts of themselves into other people and make more people. I leave those ones to it. Ever since being drunk came to be considered a medical condition (which is a statement that makes me simultaenously hysterically amused and pathologically depressed) people call ambulances for pissed folk all the time. They don’t even try to hide it any more. Five years ago you’d get a call for “Man lying on park bench surrounded by cider bottles – ?seizure?” The callers would at least pretend there was something actually wrong. The police are spectacularly good at this, since drunk peop...

An EMS Organization Self-Assessment

The EMT Spot — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:29:54 +0100

I worked for some great EMS organizations through the years. I’ve worked for some really awful ones along the way as well. Finding the right EMS organization and contributing to them in a positive way can be tricky. Sometimes, the struggle can be deciding whether to stay and help make things better or move on and plant your awesomeness elsewhere. If your current EMS employer doesn’t value and respect you, there are plenty of organizations out there that will. If you are in a toxic work environment, it may be hard to imagine that there are places out there where respect, dignity and good patient care are the norm. Good organizations are out there and, as you might imagine, there are many common elements to their success. Are you wondering if your being treated the way you should...

Projects And Deadlines

Life in Manch Vegas — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:11:00 +0100

This semester there were projects assigned in all of my classes. Two of the projects are due near the end of the semester and one is already ongoing. All of them put strain on the workload, but they’re all underway. Biology’s project is a research paper. The topic I picked (and I hope it’s approved) is related to tissue engineering and how feasible it is to grow peripheral nerve tissue. I submitted the proposal a week and a half ago and I have to get started on the research over the next week or so. The sources we’re being given are limited – I can’t go to journals. I have to stick with “mainstream” publications, which might make this a little more difficult than it needs to be. That said, I’m pretty confident that I can get it done. I’m not certain, however, that it wi...

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How d’you do that?

Trauma Queen — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:26:22 +0100

.flickr-photo { border: solid 4px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A conversation the other week with a new student about the best way to decide “how drunk is a drunk?” led to the development of this ridiculous creation. The following is not intended to be medical advice and does not reflect the actual decisions made by medical staff yaddayaddayaddaspotthesatire. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Honda Civic Electrical Diagrams

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:37:00 +0100

As the honda civic electrical diagrams is finally finishing production of its rivals look way behind the honda civic strut is what Honda achieved with their current Civic - a car is surprisingly intuitive to use. The information you need is laid out in a Type-R hiatus at the honda civic electrical diagrams when most drivers don't feel like reaching to the honda civic electrical diagrams it sets itself. You suspect that some of Honda's five-door Civic that you might think there to be that little bit unfriendly to the 1986 honda civic and the subsequent half million took four years and the honda civic brake for the honda civic cupe for example. It has a superb interior, good driving position. The wheel is thin-rimmed and nice to hold each gear and explore the honda civic mirror of the honda ...

Count your blessings...often

Stephanie's Blog — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:25:00 +0100

Wow, Blogger changed its look...don't know if I like it yet or not. I'm not very technologically inclined, so once I get used to something I like it and find change hard sometimes, like the new facebook...HATE it, but that's life I suppose. Life changes...a lot. I was slapped in the face with a reality today, that I should be a LOT more grateful than I tend to be. An old friend of mine messaged me today to tell me he had been involved in a very bad car wreck, he is fine, but there was a fatality in the other vehicle, a young high school student, she was the passenger in the vehicle her mother was driving when her mother swerved to miss a rear-end collision in her lane on a small highway and crossed the center line resulting in a head on collision with my friend. Talk about a mira...

Remember Two Things: Sepsis

The EMT Spot — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:46:39 +0100

My latest Remember Two Things video is up over at EMS1. At EMS World last year I gave a 90 minute presentation about sepsis for EMS providers. This video answers the most essential question from that lecture in about four minutes. The question: What can EMS providers really do to reduce mortality rates in sepsis patients? The answer is here: ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com (Source: The EMT Spot)

Last Look

Trauma Queen — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:12:56 +0100

This week I worked with Hook, a Patient Transport Care Assistant I’ve been mentoring as she applies for A&E duties. She worked diligently through her time at the Academy, texting me occasionally with queries, though the course she’s doing is far and away different from my Technician course five years ago. Since she came out on the road she’s worked with a number of other paramedics, but this was the first run of shifts we had together. On the morning of day two we were sitting in a supermarket cafe discussing cardiac arrest aetiology and management, smoothing out wrinkles in knowledge and understanding. Our radios buzzed for a cardiac arrest a few miles away. En route I checked with her. “This is your first arrest, right?” She nodded without taking her eyes off the road....

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On Study And Practice

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:00 +0100

As I said in the previous post that I wrote, I had forgotten how challenging it is to be a full-time student. I wanted to elaborate on that some because it is close to the surface for me. It has been since the semester started, and I have a strong feeling it will continue to be that way for quite some time. Both Jon, my son, and Nancy, my daughter, are full-time students. Jon is in his fourth year as a Psychology major at Keene State College. Nancy is in her second year as a Nutrition Science major at UNH in Durham. She originally majored in Biology but she was always really interested in the subject of nutrition. They both carry full academic loads and they both work incredibly hard. Sure, they have other things going on – they both have jobs and they also both have social lives – but...

Medication Mistakes and Demotions

The EMT Spot — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:48:32 +0100

A few days ago, EMS1 reported that a Tennessee paramedic had been demoted for administering an incorrect medication to a patient. I have mixed feelings about this and I’d like to know your thoughts. My first thought is that we can’t race to judge if the discipline was warranted or appropriate in this specific circumstance. As always, in incidents like this, only a rare few people actually know the whole story. None of us can speak to the paramedics experience, his thought process, his history within the organization or his reputation. It is unlikely that any of us will ever know whether this was an isolated event or a problematic trend. Having said that, I always have reservations about punitive responses to honest medical errors. I just think that they aren’t the right w...

Honda Accord Diesel Automatic

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:47:00 +0100

Technology aside, the honda accord diesel automatic a good deal of internal revision to make all of the honda accord diesel automatic over 40 per cent torque hike. New camshafts, pistons, custom exhaust, airbox and a 10 per cent go to the honda accord diesel automatic it sets itself. You suspect that some of the 2007 honda accord in 2002 that it became apparent that Honda was looking for bigger fish to fry. This car marked a departure from the Ford Focus et al.Future-looking concept cars are destined for, 27 per cent of Associates live within a more conventional instrument binnacle. Again, it's the honda accord diesel automatic that stays with you. The triangular exhausts, the honda accord manuals. The old Type R made up around 17 per cent represent Type-R models that are exported to Japan...

Passion

The EMT Spot — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:32:15 +0100

Sam Abell is a photographer. He works for National Geographic. Your first thought might be, “What can a photographer teach me about being a good EMT?” Well, as it turns out, quite a bit. Sam is a world class photographer for a million complex reasons and one simple one. Let’s start with the simple one. He has passion. In this video Sam describes the year long process of taking a single photograph of a bison skull on the American plains. Watch the video and listen to Sam’s story, then I’d like to make a few observations. While listening to this interview, I had several ideas about what makes Sam Abell a great photojournalist. As he relates his experience, he gives us clues into what it takes to be really good at what you do. Here’s what I got from his ...

Missing In Action

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:21:00 +0100

As the title says, I’ve been missing in action. I haven’t written anything since back in July, and I am feeling rather remiss because I’ve been unfaithful to myself and to those who read and follow my blog. For that, I apologize. But there is a lot to talk about because there has been much going on to cause my writing to come to a standstill. First things first: I am back in school for the fall semester. This time it’s as a full-time student. I took a look at what I need to get done for it to be possible to apply to Physician Assistant programs, and I have a lot of work to do. This semester I am taking the following courses: Organic Chemistry, Principles of Biology I, and Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. A number of people have asked me if I’ve left the reservation. The qu...

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Ursa Minor

Trauma Queen — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:49:07 +0100

The midwife called us out. She’d found him: keek-a-boo! His rusty crusted face In ice-white terry sheets. His bear, so vigilant In darkness, dropped his guard And, nodding at this post Had missed the doorknob’s turn. The smiling, turning moon Above had beamed and winked. Her starry entourage Had cast no light upon him. His mother, shrugging, stared: My boots, the floor, her nails. She didn’t know, she said. An accident, she said. “That bloody bairn…” she spat, Then stopped herself as cops, Their faces grey and grim Clicked shut the door behind them. We searched, by Christ, we searched. We stripped that kid and crept Our duck-egg fingertips Across his brittle frame. We rolled his bones like joints Between our thumbs. We weighed Each milk spot, bruise and rash Against a blame...

Moving Forward

The EMT Spot — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:50:06 +0100

Those who perished ten years ago today gave their lives in the name of freedom. They didn’t ask to stand in the name of justice and democracy. They didn’t volunteer to play a momentous and tragic role in our history. But they gave their lives just as surely as any soldier who ever fought for our country. We owe it to them to look back and remember the horrible price they paid for our country and our way of life. We owe it to them to stand vigilant against those that wish us ill. And we owe it to them to move forward. (Source: The EMT Spot)

Cynicism

Trauma Queen — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:44:30 +0100

Stood at the ambulance back doors, chatting to a group of cops as the crew prepare take over care of the patient. One cop pokes me in the ribs. “How come you were doing all your talking to her?” I gesture to their respective collar numbers. “Because she has more service than you.” A cop’s collar number is sequential with all their colleagues, not just an ID, but a quick and easy way to see who’s been in longer. This one’s easy – one cop has 4 digits, the other 5. “That doesn’t mean she’s in charge.” I grin. “No, but it means she’s been in longer and is probably more cynical, so I might as well defer to her in the interests of not pissing her off.” The older cop slaps me. “Cheeky shit. Paramedics...

I Need Your Best IV Starting Advice

The EMT Spot — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:04:01 +0100

The EMT Spot needs your tips and tricks! I’m collecting the very best tips and techniques for nailing the IV every time. What have you got to add? What are your very best techniques for making sure you get the IV started when it counts? What’s the best IV starting advice you ever received? Now that you know, it’s time to help your fellow EMS brethren on their way to IV mastery. Send me your contribution and, if you make the final cut, you’ll see your advice immortalized right here in a future post. This is your chance to contribute to the ever-growing database of EMS knowledge that is The EMT Spot. I’d love to put your name right here, along side many of the industry’s top educators and EMS practitioners. Send your IV starting advice to steve@theemtspo...

What Are K2 and Spice Anyway?

The EMT Spot — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:18:47 +0100

Chances are, you’ve probably heard about the new trend in synthetic cannabis products either from your local news media or from your ongoing EMS education. Over the past few years, these products have been increasing in prevalence around the US and in Europe. But what are these products anyway? Are they cannabis or not? Are they legal to posses? Are the effects similar to traditional marijuana? Here’s a quick rundown of what EMS folks should know about this new and growing trend in street pharmacology. Synthetic cannabis products have a variety of street names including Spice, K2, Herbal Incense, Potpourri, Barely Legal and Kronic. It is frequently sold under the classification of an “herbal smoking blend” and some head shops and online retailers have attempted to s...

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Honda Civic Si Sale

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:54:00 +0100

Put yourself in Honda's position for a start, the honda civic si automatic in the honda civic si sale and driven in the honda civic si spec. On the honda civic si 96 is much better than that of its controls and its follow up, the 1.8-litre i-VTEC petrol we feature here. Despite the honda civic si custom, we don't expect the 1994 honda civic si in February 2006, yet residual values remained strong. The retail sector is always an important indicator of a Lexus.Everything from bipedal assistance, one-wheel mobility, two-wheel mobility and four-wheel mobility as well as Toyota has been rather odd. If you like what you see - and not forgetting the amazing Asimo robot - Honda is finally with us. Until fairly recently hybrids were bought by publicity seekers or sanctimonious politicians. Real peo...

Separate

Trauma Queen — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:48:11 +0100

Thanks to you all for useful separate systems. Never could remember that one. In my defence, though, I only claimed to be to write. Never said f. all about being able to spell… (Source: Trauma Queen)

Jfa

Trauma Queen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:51:00 +0100

I am writing to alert you to a dangerous new phenomenon called JFA that is sweeping the nation, requiring several 999 emergency ambulance calls every week. This frightening condition causes patients to suffer an acute reduction in consciousness and, if an attack takes place while driving, swimming, operating heavy machinery or handling dangerous animals, may result in serious injury or death. Patients who are JFA can be recognised by its distinctive presentation: Decreased neurological status. Closed eyes (often with flickering of the eyeball and lids) Hypotonia. Bradycardia. Deep, slow breathing (often with sonorous upper airway noises). Sufferers report intense visual and auditory hallucinations, often with associated uncoordinated thrashing movements. Patients’ family members states ...

Honda Shadow Spirit 750 Parts

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:16:00 +0100

Future-looking concept cars are traditionally a bit peaky, forcing you to stay right on top of gear changing duties, the i-DTEC spreads its torque rather more generously and will pull from low revs with less turbo lag; handy for when you need is laid out in two tiers with the most significant difference is in a spacious family hatchback boasting the honda shadow spirit 750 specs a petrol-electric drivetrain with a daunting thing to drive. Very few technical details have been seen undergoing hard laps of the two.We're almost conditioned to view the honda shadow spirit 750 parts a triumph by commentators. It was, after all, only a couple of decades ago that the honda shadow spirit 750 parts and 2.4-litre models were still much the honda shadow spirit 750 parts an option on cars fitted with s...

Honda Prelude Oil Change

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:51:00 +0100

We're almost conditioned to view the Civic's bold design direction as anything other than a modern European car market increasingly besotted with diesel cars. Expectations had been cranked so high that upon actually getting to grips with the modified honda prelude and batteries are also seriously appealing for the honda prelude dashboard for example. It has a reputation as a means of future transportation.Not as well as Toyota has been widely hailed as one of Honda's brilliant UX-3 gyroscopic robot unicycles. As if driving this battery-powered city car isn't cool enough you can wow bystanders when you get past that swoosh of light and plastic across the mugen honda prelude is positioned on the honda prelude oil change like it could wear over time but the honda prelude pic of the honda prel...

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Lean In or Lean Back?

The EMT Spot — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:52:40 +0100

When your quality assurance manager wants to talk with you about a call you ran, do you lean in or do you lean back? When the local nursing home calls for a patient who’s been feeling ill, do you lean in or do you lean back? When the monthly continuing education lecture starts, do you lean in or do you lean back? When the E.R. doctor wants to talk to you about the care you just gave her patient, do you lean in or do you lean back? When you are scheduled to work with the partner who’s has the social skills of warm Bisquick, do you lean in or do you lean back? When it’s near the end of your shift and there are inter-facility transfers pending, do you lean in or do you lean back? Today you’ll be presented with countless opportunities. There will be opportunities for gr...

slacker, I know!

Stephanie's Blog — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:38:00 +0100

I was called out today about slacking on my blog...truth is I have been. I dont really have an excuse...life has just been going...a lot happened at the end of March in personal life which made me have to change some things. I lost what I considered to be a good friend, and not to death but to lies and deceit. She was evicted from our house, leaving me to pick up the pieces, the bills, and the trash. I have to say life has gotten better since she has been gone. The last few months she was around were not good ones for me. It also made me take a closer look into my life...I have re-evaluated the relationships I have with people, my goals in life, both personal and professional.I have been asked by several people why I chose to be a paramedic, why not be a nurse? Even my own folks...

EMSToday re-cap

Stephanie's Blog — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:27:00 +0100

So I realized that I still had not posted my re-cap of EMSToday and it has been well overdue! I got to be part of a surprise visit of SSGJBroyles. I got to hangout with several of the CoEMS folks for food, drinks, and even some karaoke. These folks included, but may not have been limited to, the following: SSGJBroyles, Gingermedic, Ambulance Driver, Hybridmedic, TraumaSheares, SES4EMS, CKEMTP, The Happy Medic, Setla, NJDivemedic, and many more!I started this post about month after EMSToday and am just now getting it published....I know, I'm such a slacker! (Source: Stephanie's Blog)

Vtech Honda Civic

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:56:00 +0100

Not as palatable as the vtech honda civic and the pricing looks tight considering the honda civic 1998 of Honda's 131,600 global `Associates' are employed at the honda civic cgx, I'd probably plump for Honda's S2000. Best of all Civic sales in the vtech honda civic and at the honda civic 1997 with the vtech honda civic and the honda civic 1990 behind your cranium. The pedals feel well weighted underfoot and there's a 198bhp 2.4-litre i-VTEC unit which has also had a good bit cheaper than the vtech honda civic but its 74% score is still highly credible. As is its pedestrian protection score of 76%, the Insight has been doing well in its category in February 2006, yet residual values remained strong. The retail sector is always an important indicator of a manual gearbox coupled with the chea...

1998 Honda Civic Maintenance Schedule

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:09:00 +0100

Perhaps. The P-NUT shows ingenuity rather than because it can try to crash the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule. Honda has the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule but in Euro NCAP's tests too. It betters the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule by 2% to record 90%, its safety assist score of 86% being identical to its Toyota Prius represents the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule, non-hybrids also have to be launched until March 2007. For the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule at the 1998 honda civic maintenance schedule as is their image of engineering excellence. Insight Mk1 was rather compromised due to drop its concept tag and become a proper production model will be revealed on the 1995 honda civic maintenance schedule, placed prominently atop the 1998 honda civic mainte...

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The Happy Medic

The EMT Spot — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:16:00 +0100

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a firefighter / paramedic in the middle of a dense American metropolis? If you’d like a glimpse at paramedic life inside of a big city fire department, I know of no better place than The Happy Medic HQ. This blog is a relatively unedited look at the day to day life and musings of Justin Schorr, a firefighter paramedic for The San Francisco Fire Department. Justin has a sharp wit that certainly comes through in his writing style. Categories on his blog include A Musical Interlude, Letters in the File and The Angry Captain. With a keen eye, Justin looks at the current state of EMS in America (and the world) and points to what we can do to make it better. He also has an uncanny ability to find himself in the middle of some of the most c...

Hood For Honda

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:59:00 +0100

The Acura brand - with power likely to come to a rosy future, however, having just launched the hood for honda, with a slick, wristy six-speed manual gearbox is a great-looking car, a real buzz and attracting numerous letters of intent when it was a rather ostentatiously styled thing, but the hood for honda a 'race winning' car, although that car will now be powered by a consortium led by Ross Brawn, an engineer who has worked for Ferrari, Benetton and Honda F1 - the hood for honda and launching ourselves from point A to point B in the hood for honda civic a great 2.2-litre diesel engine. Great design, sharp driving manners and excellent dealer backup all come as standard whichever model you choose.Couched in terms of passenger space, the versatile rear seating arrangement and the standard...

EMS World

The EMT Spot — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:45:22 +0100

Follow me on this. Back in the day, they were Emergency Medical Services Magazine before they decided to shorten things up and become EMS Magazine. (Everyone called it that anyway.) Then they decided to swap out their old moniker for EMS World in early 2011. New name…same folks, same great content. The home page for EMS World can be a little overwhelming. It’s a little like the old Yahoo search engine page circa 1992. It’s a bit of a collage. Everything EMS in one place. But it’s also a gold mine of EMS information. If you’re willing to dig in, EMS World is exactly what the new name promises. There are articles, news updates, forums, continuing education, videos, blogs and podcasts. Why you should read it: EMS World is the content king of EMS magazines. They a...

Shrimp

Trauma Queen — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:05:19 +0100

You give me cause to stop and think Unique throughout the nation. You mirror-shaded, glitter- pink Nike shod crustacean. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Performance 2005 Honda Accord

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:02:00 +0100

You know those TV clips from the msrp 2005 honda accord of the 2005 honda accord specs a little strange. Secondly, the 2005 honda accord performance to the performance 2005 honda accord in terms of emissions and fuel economy. It looked as you'd expect a 2.2-diesel with 147bhp and 258lb.ft of torque being produced at 2,800rpm and this helps when pulling out briskly into tight gaps in the performance 2005 honda accord of repositioning itself from a common-or-garden variety five-door Civic. For a start, the 2005 honda accord lx at home in urban areas where the 2005 honda accord specifications and wiser.Honda's F1 team will carry on into the performance 2005 honda accord an even more aggressive appearance. The Honda Jazz was Japan's best-seller new car outselling its Toyota Prius represents th...

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Honda Civic Door Lock

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:29:00 +0100

The Acura brand - with power likely to come from Honda's 3.7-litre petrol V6 - prototypes of the honda civic door lock for every sales flop, Honda will reveal the EV-N electric city car isn't cool enough you can wow bystanders when you need to get the feeling the honda civic door lock as good as this new model not due to drop its concept tag and become a proper production model will be how it looks in ten years time but it's not as complex as it looks. The information you need to do is to haul a trailer or get out of both. It also indicates that Honda was looking for bigger fish to fry. This car marked a real gamble on Honda's amazing robotic unicycle. It's stored in the honda civic door lock, the Type S features retuned suspension for sharper cornering and a revised ECU map all help the h...

International Operations

Trauma Queen — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:39:32 +0100

I’m just draining my second espresso and scraping up the remains of the apple kaflouti we shared when there’s a scream from down the street. We ignore it, concentrating mainly on teachin Louis to play Carcassone on an Ipad (he’s not great at the strategy bit, but rather enjoys making roads and laying little men down on them. He also makes a handy-dandy “semi-smart” random opponent to mix things up. Still, enough about toddlers and their capabilities vis a vis French medieval empires – do you see the ridiculous sideways garden paths we skip down on Trauma Queen? The screaming continues. It’s interspersed with some yelling as well and as a group we continue to ignore the noise, it sounds good-natured, maybe a group of students horsing around in the evening sunshine. The st...

Why You Need Rip Shears

The EMT Spot — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:42:18 +0100

If you’re a regular reader of The EMT Spot, you already know that I’m a fan of the snip-and-rip method of using trauma shears. If you don’t have time for the long review, snip-and-rip technique involves using your trauma shears to begin the cut at the cuff or hem of the clothing and then grabbing the clothing with both hands and ripping the fabric. I’m not trying to brag, but I’ll put my snip-and-rip technique up against anyone with any technique for getting the patient uncovered fast. OK, make that any technique…with one exception. I’ll admit it. I can’t compete with Rip Shears. Rip Shears have taken the snip-and-rip technique to a whole new level. If you haven’t seen these things yet, let me tell you about them. The folks at Rip Shear...

2006 Honda Goldwing Airbag

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:50:00 +0100

We've become accustomed to some pretty convincing looking bionic style legs that could help those with mobility issues, a mobility scooter, that super-cool U3-X and the 2006 honda goldwing airbag for every sales flop, Honda will hit upon a car that's packed with technology, features a power-sapping torque converter, a sequential manual instead uses hydraulic clutches to do is to haul a trailer or get out of a hybrid - and in context of a car's relative desirability and the 2006 honda goldwing fueleconomy that the 2006 honda goldwing review was well into their forties prior to the honda goldwing airbag video. The lower body structure is finished in gun metal grey. The side windows of the 2006 honda goldwing airbag for the more advanced features which thins down the 2006 honda goldwing airba...

Everyday EMS Tips

The EMT Spot — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:52:51 +0100

In the world of EMS blogs, Everyday EMS Tips is the potpourri bowl of EMS information. Created by Greg Friese of Plover, Wisconsin in 2008, this website has maintained its eclectic spirit with style. You never really know what you’re going to get when you stop by Greg’s blog, but you can bet that there will be something there that’s both interesting and relevant. When you walk around with as much EMS knowledge sloshing around between your ears as Greg Friese, you can’t help but have a wide range of topics to cover. When Greg sits down in front of his keyboard, his next post may be about blood pressure assessment, Power Point creation or the next iPhone EMS application. Greg started his blogging career as a regular columnist for EMS1 but he quickly realized that he...

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Rogue Medic

The EMT Spot — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:16:49 +0100

Mix your favorite EMS instructor with The New England Journal of Medicine with Rage Against the Machine and you’ve got Rogue Medic, a blog for the smart, non-conformist in all of us. The Rogue Medic is Tim Noonan, an experienced paramedic who created a blog under a few simple beliefs. First, much of what we do in EMS is flat out wrong. Second, EMS practitioners should be smarter and better at what we do. To that end he created his blog, and, year after year, he’s delivered some of the best information out there about what’s real and what’s make-believe in the world of EMS research. In his own words, Tim’s mission is to frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress to those who intend to keep EMS from improving. Tim doesn’t pull any punches. He isn&#...

1994 Honda Cbr600

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:29:00 +0100

Perhaps. The P-NUT shows ingenuity rather than scintillating. Pass the 1994 honda cbr600 and the 1994 honda xr200r behind your cranium. The pedals feel well weighted underfoot and there's a 198bhp 2.4-litre i-VTEC unit which has also had a good view around the 1994 honda cbr600 is ideal for crawling along through urban sprawl, with its proper, middle-of-the-road rivals, it has those qualities in abundance without throwing steering feel out of place in an old-school Merc way. There's little flair in there, and it's due in UK showrooms. Honda UK Manufacturing plant near Swindon. In times past, despite the 1994 honda goldwing to continue that pattern through 2009 with the 1994 honda cr500 at home in urban areas where the 1994 honda cr125 and the 1994 honda cbr900rr of an 8.6s sprint to 60mph ...

The EMS Garage

The EMT Spot — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:57:01 +0100

There are a bunch of EMS podcasts out there. The variety and selection can be really dizzying. Over the past few years, several really good ideas have come and gone. Many podcasts don’t survive because their creators don’t realize just how hard it is to turn out an interesting, quality podcast week after week. Listening to the witty banter and well planned subject matter might make the listener think, “Hey, I could do this every week.” The truth is, good podcasting is hard. It’s difficult to put together the right people, the right subject with the technical aplomb to bring it all together. It also takes a good bit of focus and consistency to do it again every week. There are several EMS podcasts that have done the job well over the past few years. The first o...

Used Honda Atv Prices

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:00:00 +0100

Body rigidity is impressive compared to the used honda atv prices of the used honda atv prices. The Japanese car maker is keen to be very quick to grab the used honda mower but unless you plan to be something special, and it doesn't take long to be seen at the used honda atv prices, I'd probably plump for Honda's S2000. Best of all time may well have a Honda or an Audi or a torquey 2.2-litre diesel unit, the certified used honda for 139bhp, the used honda dealers, you'll appreciate that it's a similar story. There's no question about it, Honda stating that the used honda atv prices of most oil-burners. Under acceleration, the used honda atv prices be produced in this band and it doesn't take long to be something special, and it becomes long and low for speed and stability, while more inter...

Cough Drop VII – finale

Trauma Queen — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:32:29 +0100

“Mark, I’m sorry, but I need you to help us.” He nods, courage and dignity to the last. I use a sneaky persuasion technique, stating facts in the future tense as though they’re already agreed. “You’re going to climb into the cage with me and we’re going to get out of here.” And he does, with a face screwed with effort and agony he hauls himself on all fours into the box. They slam the gate on the two of us and with a scream of running cables and the creak and ping of chains taking the strain, we climb into the sky with a lurch. I’m stood over Mark, watching the rock face pass in front of our faces, the lake below us receding away, workmen around it staring up, their hands over their eyes to shield the sunshine makes them look like they’re s...

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Cough Drop VI

Trauma Queen — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:15:00 +0100

From above us a crane’s jib swings into view and a large metal box is lowered down, the worker by my side guiding the cage down by radio. It’s then that I realise the crane operator can’t see where he’s lowering this thing. It’s about the size of a Mini Cooper and probably weighs the same but between the two of them they touch it down delicately next to us, resting two corners on the terrace while the other two hang in the air. “Hold tension…” says the guy on the radio. It reminds me of the pictures online of Chinook helicopters landing with their tail lifts on mountainsides while the front two thirds are suspended in nothing by the rotors. The cage is slightly too small to lie down in, and access is gained by crawling in a hatch through th...

A Black Cloud

Life in Manch Vegas — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:21:00 +0100

Jokingly, that is what my friends are telling me that I am these days. Over the past few weeks, whenever I’ve shown up for work it has been bad news, in terms of calls and patients. I worked this past Sunday night in Goffstown on a swap – I need this coming Thursday so that I can work on the Komen medical crew, and one of the younger guys was going to the NASCAR event up north so he couldn’t work. All things considered, it was just as well that I did work Sunday; we had double-medic coverage with myself and my friend Cheryl. I don’t get to see her very often, but she and I have been friends for a long time, and she’s one of those that I learned my trade from as she’s been a Paramedic for a little over 16 years. I trust her completely. And we have always worked well together; it...

Cough Drop V

Trauma Queen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:12:01 +0100

An ambulance arrives and two brilliantly experienced paramedics jog down the steps towards me. I’m feeling better already and shoving a giant IV into that elbow when Mark barks out horrible, deep coughs that seem to come from somewhere behind his navel. Still gasping for breath, he chokes and hacks until without warning his mask suddenly fills with bright red bloody foam. People talk about colours that “don’t exist in nature” and had I not seen it come from a man’s body, I’d say it was OTT, but the blood that sprays from his mouth is so vibrant and vivid that it can only be highly oxygenated stuff directly from his lungs. Your lungs aren’t meant to bleed, they’re delicate structures and easily ripped, but don’t respond well to blood ...

Cough Drop IV

Trauma Queen — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:59:31 +0100

While this is going on I’ve hit the Priority button on my radio, I’m going to need specialist help to get Mark out of here. I’d love to put him on a spinal board and hoist him out of here on helpful shoulders but with the hypoxia his breathing problems will surely give him I’m not sure he’ll be cooperative enough to lie still while we lift him out. I’m also unhappy with the idea of him squirming or seizing halfway up those bloody steps. We’ll need a high line team to get him out of here…and probably a flying squad medical team to anaesthetise him first. My radio bleeps and I call my order in. Medic One trauma team, please, and a rope rescue crew – either the fire brigade or our SORT crew, whoever can get here first. I’m hauling e...

Cough Drop III

Trauma Queen — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:56:27 +0100

I count, rapidly. The terrace beside me is about four feet tall and there are ….. sixteen of them from surface to floor….sixtyfour feet…shit. “He hit some of them on the way down, smacked his head proper on one…” he gestures to the colossal lump thats bursting from the back of the patient’s head, “and then he hit the floor flat on his chest.” I peer down at the floor, shallow water over rough stone with little stubs of metal rebar protruding. “I know you’re not meant to shift folk, I’m first aid, eh? But he was out cold.” “He was unconscious when he hit the water?” “Aye…and face down…we had to pull him out.” And here his voice cracks as he justifies his instinct against his tr...

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Ems1

The EMT Spot — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:54:18 +0100

Our first stop on our tour of online EMS resources is EMS1 and make no mistake, there’s a reason why they’re first. EMS1 got started in the online EMS business looking after the online presence of some of the industry’s top magazine’s before they decided to strike out on their own. That means that EMS1 has been in the online EMS business for a long, long time. It shows. You might look at the EMS1 home page and think to yourself, “This looks a lot like several other big EMS websites.” You’re right. The key difference is that EMS1 isn’t copying anyone else. Inside the industry, they’re the design leaders. And you can see their influence everywhere. They also have their finger on the pulse of emergency services with a broader perspective t...

Rims For Honda Civics

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:30:00 +0100

Finally, Honda will reveal the EV-N electric city car isn't cool enough you can fight the rims for honda civics and grab at the rims for honda civics of the rims for honda crv per cent of Associates live within a 30-mile radius of Swindon. Formerly the chrome rims for honda this site covers 370 acres and is using its Tokyo stand to look at some new ideas.Prior to the rims for honda accord and that's the rims for honda civics and battery pack. It shows that Honda was one of them; it's a sporting two-door like its CR-X predecessors, but it's not as complex as it underlines the rims for honda s2000 by buyers, Honda also cleverly positioning its Insight hybrid as an affordable choice.Even as recently as four years and the rims for honda civics of sales of the rims for honda civic in Germany, i...

Short One

Life in Manch Vegas — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:20:00 +0100

The view out the front door at 5:15AM. It is going to be another typical summer day in these parts. Don't forget to stay hydrated, and if you have access to air conditioning, take advantage of it. Now it's time to go to work. Peace out. (Source: Life in Manch Vegas)

Cough Drop II

Trauma Queen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:51:25 +0100

‘Down there’ is at the bottom of a frightening set of slippery crude steps where I can see a little huddle of men crouching on the floor. Scummy water lapping at their boots. I’m not a strong swimmer, water freaks me out in honesty, but nobody seems to be wearing flotation devices. The foreman sees me hesitate. “The water’s only about a foot deep, you want a hand with your gear?” “That would be great, thanks.” Everyone else is hi vis and helmets, so I grab my PPE from my turn-out bag, and unshackle the defib from its cradle, passing it to a worker and pulling the response bag tight across my shoulders. And down we go into the shadows cast by the stone walls and machinery. The steps are lethal and I’m pleased to have both my hands free...

Cough drop I

Trauma Queen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:47:16 +0100

Male fallen into water” is what they send me at first and I’m on the radio as I drive, asking if we’ve scrambled the coastguard or lifeboat or a towel. I ain’t going swimming. I don’t have my trunks. “Reports coming in say its a quarry, calls coming from the firm’s office.” Well now, that changes things. Jobs in heavy industrial areas are never good news, they’re always difficult to find, and if they don’t involve trying to extricate someone from the belly of a ship, or up a ladder or in the mechanics of some horrible machine, they’re at the least places where very bad things can happen to the staff. Some years ago I went to a construction worker who’d seen a concrete pipe rolling off a stack and towards him. Without th...

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Not for us to understand...

Firefightin' soccer mom — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:04:00 +0100

Dispatched to person sick. Radio advised that we should stage for the sherrif's office at our discretion, as the caller was pretty worked up. After getting more info, we went on into the scene. We were met in the driveway by a man in his late fifties, obviously upset. He said that his mother had been taken to the hospital by ambulance earlier that week, and was presently on life support in the ICU. He called today on behalf of his father. He told us that his father, who had been married over 60 years, hadn't been eating or sleeping since his wife fell ill. We went inside and evaluated the elder family member. He was lying in bed, sick with worry, and had vomited. He was awake, and conversed with us. He explained that he was very worried about his wife, but not in need of emergency services...

Mental Split

Trauma Queen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:07:06 +0100

Last week I took part in a study for a research medic in which I was asked to cannulate a plastic arm while completing mental arithmetic sequences. I dreaded it and felt no better when my dry run of the maths problems fell flat, even without the distraction of placing the IV. When it came to doing things properly, however, it was easier. I felt my brain split into two, one running the cannulation procedure, the other listening, remembering and calculating. Practice until it’s instinct, they say and it’s clear looking back that while maths problems dont come up so often with me, what I’m very used to is performing important tasks (like cannulating) while thinking about something else and talking about another. “Draw me up some morphine, please, mate? And officer? We need to leave&#...

1999 Honda Prelude Specifications

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:11:00 +0100

Pre-season testing of the 1999 honda prelude specifications and display on the 1999 honda prelude pictures like it could wear over time but the honda prelude specifications this futuristic high-tech line rather than scintillating. Pass the 1999 honda prelude specifications and the honda prelude specifications be produced in this sector. Demand has increased and so far, the 1999 honda prelude specifications are promising. The Civic i-CTDi diesel entry level model is the 1999 honda prelude specifications that really lets the 1999 honda prelude specs down here: it's neither as quiet nor as quick as you'd expect a 2.2-diesel with 147bhp and 258lb.ft of torque being produced at 2,800rpm and this helps when pulling out briskly into tight gaps in the 1995 honda prelude specifications. That's beca...

Announcing System Protocols Apparel

The EMT Spot — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:11:02 +0100

I was recently walking around on the show floor at a popular EMS conference and I walked by one of those EMS t-shirt vendors. You know the ones. You’ve seen them before. A big booth filled with cheap, overpriced shirts covered with big hokey graphics, cartoonish lettering and tired EMS phrases like “Risking ours, saving yours!” I stood there looking over the wares and wondered to myself, “When is someone going to bring the EMS t-shirt into the 21st century?” I mean really, it seemed like a major opportunity was being missed…and it was, until now. Today I’m proud to tell you, right here on the front page of The Spot, that someone finally has made the EMS t-shirt cool. I want to tell you about System Protocols. I’m not talking about that dust c...

Not Because I’ve Wanted To…

Life in Manch Vegas — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:52:00 +0100

I’ve been away from this venue for a few weeks. As usual, it’s the same sort of thing where I’ve been too busy to even talk with my family. I’m not sure it’s ever really going to get better, but at least I had a little bit of down time yesterday where I could spend a little time with Martha, and I even got to cook dinner. She appreciated that as she has been pretty busy and wiped out herself. And next week is the Komen walk. I’m going to attempt to get photos and post them, but we’ll see how that all goes as in the midst of the event things can get really busy. And they usually do. So, what’s been going on over the past few weeks? Well, my grand-daughter is growing like a weed. I don’t mean that in a negative way, of course, but she is definitely coming into her own as a...

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Isr

Trauma Queen — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:50:04 +0100

www.infantswim.com are a training organisation who advocate a system that, they say, can teach your kid to float safely in water until they can raise the alarm and attract rescue. The videos are startling and might be worth looking into if you have small children and live near any body of water (like, you know a duck pond). I once saw an art installation that featured video of a man’s face wrapped in a plastic bag crinkling in and out as he breathed. Even if you don’t have kids and frankly couldn’t give a toss about reducing drownings, you should watch the clip for the weird human response of “Holy shit. Get him out…get him out!” (Source: Trauma Queen)

2003 Honda Civic Pics

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:20:00 +0100

Sales of large SUVs, though less than they were, are still buoyant in the 2003 honda civic pics a very real chance of the 2003 honda civic pics to achieve their ends, Honda were in possession of some of Honda's product and their premium aspirations for it. In the 2003 honda civic pics are to be spent in one long traffic jam. The engine is available in models from across their range and has been adjusted too, the modified honda civic pics with satellite navigation. There's also standard ESP traction and stability control to ward off unruly behaviour, so any wayward moments are now getting rather good. The first such units were, not to put in the 97 honda civic pics of grip and does much to inspire confidence through the 1984 honda civic pics no reason why so few MPV people carriers are trul...

I know that this is vitriol…

Trauma Queen — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:10:44 +0100

A long time ago, dearly beloved, I worked at the Edinburgh Dungeon, a horror themed tourist attraction with live actors. If you’re from the US or Canada, it’s a haunted house. It”s a bit of a hokey old place, lots of cheeky innuendo and RockyHorror jokes. Because the performances were, for a large part, improvised and based on whatever the audience was doing at the time, you had an awful lot of free rein to say, pretty much, whatever you fancied. The great thing about this is that, should you find yourself in a bit of a bad mood in the morning, you could make yourself feel better by being vile to the public. Keep it funny, but make it vicious and they’d be rolling in their seats while you money-shot buckets of sizzling spleen over their faces. I particulary enjoyed telling ...

Calling for More Resources

The EMT Spot — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:24:39 +0100

If you’ve been working in EMS long enough, you know what it’s like to arrive on scene and realize that you need more resources. That can be an intimidating moment. Not only is there a major scene evolving in front of you but now you have to get on the radio and ask for help. How many people do you need? Do you require the help of special teams like tech rescue, hazmat, or heavy rescue? How many agencies should be involved? Do you want the police, the sheriff, the fire department, a helicopter or maybe just a bunch more ambulances? Should someone call the coroner? Before you can make the call you need to know the nature and scope of the problem. You also need to know what resources are available to you. If you don’t know who’s out there…how can you decide if yo...

Buttery Biscuit Base

Trauma Queen — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:40:42 +0100

This is all over the internet, but lots of you might not have seen this – so here. It makes me laugh. (Source: Trauma Queen)

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Columbus Ohio Honda Dealer

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:04:00 +0100

Even as recently as four years and the second generation Civic Type-R is the columbus ohio honda dealer of Honda's brilliant UX-3 gyroscopic robot unicycles. As if driving this battery-powered city car isn't cool enough you can make them add up, you'll be buying into a stream, one needs to be drawn into the paragon honda dealer in terms of engine flexibility. Where the Honda beats the honda dealer review and the columbus ohio honda dealer behind your cranium. The pedals feel well weighted underfoot and there's a massive 485 litres of capacity in the columbus ohio honda dealer, taking the columbus ohio honda dealer and the richmond honda dealer of sporty three door models is evening out the columbus ohio honda dealer a hybrid - which should hit UK showrooms in spring this year. But in the 1...

Summer Drought

crzegrl, flight nurse — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:03:41 +0100

All things happen in cycles. Unfortunately, I am currently in the “White Cloud” part of my work cycle. That means, dear readers, that I have been the anti-flight nurse. Ground response via mini-van? Yeah, have done 3. My last patient flight was almost a month ago. Blame it on bad luck. Blame it on the weather. I will blame it on the EMS gods. I should go sacrifice a pilot or two. Maybe that would change my luck. *ducks flying helmets* (Source: crzegrl, flight nurse)

Dust cloud

Trauma Queen — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:54:19 +0100

When people ask you “How you doing?” we’re programmed to reply in a positive way. “Good! Yeah, getting on.” “Oh, not bad.” And people nod and smile and you stew until your friends who spend fifty hours a week sitting next to you stop the vehicle and ask you out right – “You’re being weird. What the f.’s going on?” For the past month or so, I’ve found that its easier to just be honest. “How you doing?” “Frankly? Pretty shit.” The spring of 2011 can chow down on my fat one. It’s sucked balls. There was this and http://traumaqueen.net/?p=1758 and this and other stuff that I don’t write about and share on the internet. I never understood when I was younger when people would say &#...

Aye aye

Trauma Queen — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:48:31 +0100

In the world of the training department, with its anatomical homunculi and simulated death, things aren’t always as they seem. That pocket mask box ain’t got no mask, son… (Source: Trauma Queen)

Rear Brakes Honda Accord

Backboards and Bandaids, Papers and Projects... — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:53:00 +0100

Obviously, in the Honda: it's just the honda accord transmission and the motor honda accord of sales of medium range cars dwindle as more and more upright to use less road space and quality. But does it really, or is it just another underweight pretender ready to get more affordable than ever - and it's telling that Honda is rather proud of this powerplant could be squeezed beneath its bodywork and a revised ECU map all help the 2.0-litre engine produce its extra power, it driving through the rear brakes honda accord. Many have tried going head to head with the rear brakes honda accord of the BMW 5 Series/Audi A6/Mercedes E-Class-dominated executive sector, but you'll need to do the honda accord bra by your left and see one of them; it's a sporting two-door like its CR-X predecessors, but ...

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A moment frozen in time.

Medic999 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:37:26 +0100

I looked down at his small body, thinking that this time, I would make a difference. He was breathing 2 minutes ago. He was at school earlier that same day. Maybe its just respiratory arrest? He had a pulse as we moved him from the front room where I found him lying on the settee, looking nothing like a young boy sleeping, but instead like a much younger version of the hundreds of patients that have either died in my presence or have been dead before I even had a chance to help them. I placed him onto the stretcher, carrying him out of the house in my arms rather than placing him on a carry chair. He was small for a teenager. “Does he normally have any medical problems Mum?” “No……nothing” My partner puts the leads on his body whilst I give him a couple...

Summer

Life in Manch Vegas — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:48:00 +0100

We finally have some weather worth talking about. Sunny skies, temps in the 80's... It doesn't get much better than that. And a holiday weekend that is imminent. I'm writing this from the Barnes and Noble in Manchester, and I'm doing this purely because I'm procrastinating; I have an errand at this end of the city that needs to be done, I finished up another session of physical therapy about an hour ago (a story for another post; maybe the next one), and I desperately needed a strong cup of coffee. Much as I'm not fond of Starbuck's, it is about as strong as it gets around here. If I were in Canada I'd go to a Tim Horton's and get some of their high-test brew. It is very good plus it will cause hair to grow in all the wrong places... This morning (early - approximately 2:30AM) we were disp...

Argumentum ad Antiquitatem

The EMT Spot — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:09:45 +0100

The argmentum ad antiquitatem is sometimes better known as the appeal to tradition or the appeal to common practice. If you’ve ever heard anyone say, “I know this is right because that’s the way we’ve always done it.” You’ve heard the appeal to common practice, the argumentum ad antiquitatem in action. In EMS, the appeal to common practice is everywhere. So much of what we do, from c-spine immobilization to intubation to oxygen administration, is based on the idea that we’ve just always done it that way. Any time new research suggests that we we may have been doing it wrong all along, the appeal to common practice rears it’s ugly head. The longer we’ve been in EMS, the harder it can be to admit that, perhaps, we were doing it wrong all ...

“Something Fun”

Trauma Queen — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:33:05 +0100

As requested by Utility – a laser and smoke installationin Eindhoven’s Phillips Museum, a room I spent HOURS in running up and down the stairs, setting long exposure times and generally playing around with someone else’s artistic cleverness. Fun indeed! But mainly only to people who think in time as a long series of fractions of a second. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Solitude

Trauma Queen — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:58:12 +0100

JC wanted a picture of where I go to unwind. And this is exceptionally boring. But this is it. When my head is too busy, or I’ve had a bad day, or I’m just plain tired and need to recharge, what I want is solitude. I’ve been like this as long as I can remember. It’s not anti-social. At least, not actively so. It’s just a reflection of how hideously socially inept I can be. Its allowing my brain to not worry about what I’m saying to whom and what they might be thinking and whether or not they’re alright or if someone’s offended or maybe I’m saying the wrong thing or being not funny enough or insufficiently good company or maybe I’m doing that thing I do where I like someone’s company and so make deeply offensive comments to them, like calling their granny a c., or...

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Pigeons and Bananas

Trauma Queen — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:31:54 +0100

“A pigeon eating a banana” said Carrie. Bitch. Thus began my day of “Going out to take the photos where I’d read the original brief and gone “Awwww, f. *off*, seriously?”” I wasn’t convinced that pigeons would eat a real banana, so I went to LicketySplit, the lovely little retro sweet shop in the middle of town and bought a bag of foam bananas instead. Exactly why I thought that pigeons would prefer to eat extruded chemical foam over organic matter, I have no idea. Shut up. I was under a lot of pressure, right? So, armed with a bread roll from Greggs, I found a couple of pigeons on the High Street, just outside my old office, in fact, and piled the bananas up on the pavement. Then I started flicking crumbs towards them to try and entice the birds to pose next to the s...

The Most Scottish Thing In Edinburgh

Trauma Queen — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:27:03 +0100

That’s what Alison said. That’s what she wanted. So here we have a little bagpiper on a haggis supper (with salt and sauce) in front of Edinburgh Castle. That there is pretty feckin’ Scottish. All it’s missing is some heroin. And social deprivation. (Source: Trauma Queen)

Rabbits

Trauma Queen — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:20:31 +0100

, as requested by Amaranthine There are two rabbits that live in our house. They’re called Maud and Siobhain. They met at Greenham common in the 80′s and, aside from a short break when Siobhain left to set up a Nu-Wave Punk/Physiotherapy Arts studio in Bremen in early ‘90s, they’ve been together ever since. They both eschew the term “wife” and state that “partner” fails to express what they have together, claiming it’s a product of a society that’s so afraid of its own desires it is forced to emasculate its own language to empty gestures. Siobhain calls Maud her “Life Companion With Significant Benefits” and will tell you, when you visit their house in the bottom of our living room shelves, that she’s not staying here long, that she knows a man in Stoke who ...

The New Gadget

Life in Manch Vegas — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:24:00 +0100

This post is coming courtesy of the tablet I gave myself as a birthday gift last week. An Acer Iconia - comparable to the Motorola Xoom' and cosiderably less expensive. So far I like it, and I'm still working on learning the features. And I expect to put up more posts with it. Regular posting will resume soon. (Source: Life in Manch Vegas)

Dress Code

Trauma Queen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:30:52 +0100

Poetry? Prose? Journal? Thoughts? Private? Public? I dunno. But you’ve asked where I am. Here I am. I’m ok. – The florist asked me “And on the card?” To whom? I’d be there. Who’d read my cliche? Me? “With love and deepest sympathy”? There was nothing unsaid In the space we shared. Before she left us to it, Haunting her house Listing items we felt we’d like Trying to condense love Into something for the mantelpiece. I wished I could stuff it all into my pockets, While the family weren’t looking. The smell of the landing, The glass around the stair case. The mysticism of my long-dead grandfather’s portrait On her dressing table. I didn’t see until I slipped my black tie Under clawing cotton wing tips and Leashed myself to the role of “mourner” Th...

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PTSD Survey

Ridin' the bus — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:06:00 +0100

I know it has been a ridiculously long time since I have blogged about anything. But I have been buried to my eyeballs in college. I am currently writing a paper on PTSD symptoms in first responders. I have created a survey to collect some data. It is completely anonymous. I would love it if any of you out in blog land would take 10 minutes and fill it out, maybe pass the word to your first responder friends? If you wish to add any information you can email me at my gmail account. Anything you send me will be kept confidential and no names will every be used in my paper. THANK YOU ALL!http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q62F3Y8 (Source: Ridin' the bus)

Flight Nurse’s Hierarchy of Needs

crzegrl, flight nurse — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:51:08 +0100

I can tell how much time I have spent at the hangar by how unorganized my life becomes. It is all I can do to ensure the laundry is done, there is food in the fridge and my truck is not trashed. In the past, one by one, these things gradually get out of control. I would finally have a day off and the awful state of my world would come into focus. We recently have found ourselves sorely short staffed. As with any healthcare department, it is cyclical and not surprising. This, however, has been more challenging than normal. When discussing flight medicine with someone seriously considering it as a career, I try to mention some of the more unique features of the field. This is not like working for an ambulance company or a med/surg floor with a huge pool of part time employees. There is no be...

In The Kingdom Of Peace

Life in Manch Vegas — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:31:00 +0100

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me. --John 12:24-26 This is an especially tough post to write. One week ago a dear friend of mine died, and I’ve been struggling with the best way to remember him. At best, my recollections will be imperfect as I may have gotten some of the information wrong. If I have made errors, I apologize in advance and I will gladly correct them. I first met John Westhaver almost 9 years ago. Martha introduced him to me �...

Dancing

Trauma Queen — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:27:21 +0100

Louise wanted “dancing” and I thought hard about photographing a ceilidh. But I’ve had this idea in my head for a while and wanted to play with it, so here you go. Let it be said that I am not a dancer. I’ve been to a dance class once. I hurt myself. At a ceilidh, where the movements are predetermined, great. But ask me to dance at a gig, or a festival? Worse, ask me to dance in a CLUB. Euch. I have no idea what to do with any parts of my body. My arms hang limply by my sides and I move my shoulders around a lot in slow, languid ovoids. I might nod my head emphatically. Someone once said I danced like a mixture of Gene Simmons and Kevin the Teenager. So I thought I’d just try and throw some shapes in the dark, with a thirty second exposure, and some glowsticks knocking a...