You just went to their side too!

I'm trying. But jt is on their side! And even though we should have a common enemy, he is siding with them. AHHHHHHH!!!! Situation is less than desirable.

lol :-P

Fight back!

Linuss! They are picking on us........

Mine was the stupid jamsheedi (or however the heck you spell it) Bone marrow needle that we carry. (Until we get the EZ-IOs we have on order.) Apparently I am the first person to do one in the field in my county. I can't figure that one out sonce we have been carrying them for at least 4 years now.

Yea, I am on 0600-1800 today. All of our shifts run 6-6. I was on sunday night, monday, tuesday, today, friday night, saturday and saturday night from 1800-2200 for rodeo standyby.

It is pouring rain right now and I am sick of poli sci. I want a good car wreck about now. I have missed the last four good wrecks by no more than 30 minutes. I get toned for a dang IFT and within the half hour, the other crew is going to a 70 mph head-on with multiple trapped and ejected pts. I am such a darn white cloud!

I did an IO back in February... it was one of the old EZ-IOs where the battery couldn't be changed easily. It died halfway in. So I guess I've technically done half an EZ-IO and half a Jamsheedy manual?

Yeah, I work today, 3p-3a. And this is my long weekend too, so I work Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon.

You?

Well, not fair. I wish I could do EJ. What is the resoning behind my state's protocols? (I love our DOH.....) I suppose they figure that it is too dangerous for me to stick a needle in someone's neck, but go right ahead and jam a ginormos needle into their bone. Makes tons of sense, eh?

So you working today?

My partner is in medic school so I've let him jiggle the needle once or twice (that sounds dirty), though I refuse to let him come at me with anything sharp.

Yeah, no adult IOs. I'm so screwed if I get a code... EJ it is!

No adult IO? That sucks. I did my first IO about a month ago on a unresponive diabetic gal with a b/p of about 60/40 according to the machine. I could not really hear it manually. Could not find a vein to save my life.

So all you have to do to get IV practice is to stick your parnter while they are asleep! They will love you.

It's not JUST because I'm a medic. It's because I'm awesome too!


What irks me most about the IVs is before I was a lone medic, I could nail them left and right... now I can't. Heck, I seem to not even get the second attempt either.

Sucked last week when I had an unresponsive head injury patient. I'm so screwed if I get a cardiac arrest (we dont have adult IOs)