the 100% directionless thread

[bigbaldguy]

Heaps of ambos, nurses and medical staff suck fags out back here, disgustingly ironic

You have no idea how that sounds here in the states lol

 

[bigbaldguy]

This guy in my class is always bragging about his wife being a dentist. Yet he has one of the most messed up grills i have ever seen. ????

And Mechanics always drive crappy cars lol

 

[usalsfyre]

Or how little intelligence is needed for working IFT anywhere.

While not trying to be TOO argumentative, I see more sick patients doing IFT than I did doing 911. They are there if you care to look.

 

[Steam Engine]

You have no idea how that sounds here in the states lol

I lol'd at that, for real.

 

[DesertMedic66]

While not trying to be TOO argumentative, I see more sick patients doing IFT than I did doing 911. They are there if you care to look.

I don't doubt that. As in my experience you get more experience doing 911 then IFT. IFTs here we don't do anything at all. It's just monitor the patient. With 911 you get to intubate, IVs, splinting, backboarding, etc.

I'm not saying that stuff doesn't happen in IFTs I have just not seen it yet or heard about it in my service.

 

[R99]

Cardiac arrest at the mini market, maybe I can get a drink or something during a cycle of CPR coz its boiling hot here

 

[exodus]

While not trying to be TOO argumentative, I see more sick patients doing IFT than I did doing 911. They are there if you care to look.

You also do CCT. Of course we'll get more terminal patients with a ton of problems, how many of them that we see as a BLS IFT provider are acute? As well as, BLS shouldn't be doing IFT unless it's a discharge for a medical patient back home or to a SNF, or lateral transfer. (And of course our favorite 5150's.)

 

[adamjh3]

While not trying to be TOO argumentative, I see more sick patients doing IFT than I did doing 911. They are there if you care to look.

Have I seen really sick patients doing IFT? You bet. But with my job we have a very low call volume and our two contracts (which we're really only back ups for) are psych facilities. So it's very slow work. Drive to facility, pick up patient experiencing ASI/AHI who has either had time to chill out or been given a nice dose of benzos, and drive them to the other facility. If SHTF, call ALS or drive 10-20 minutes to the ED.

You don't need to know much on the BLS side here.

Yes, I strive to be more than a taxi driver, and I think I am. And I do love my job, and there have been serious calls I've attended where if I hadn't taken the time to read and learn from the vast knowledge available on this amazing site I would have lost my composure and not known what the hell to do.

I was simply commenting on how mindless a large portion of my IFT job is relative to my stand by job

 

[JPINFV]

There's a difference between chronically sick and acutely sick.

 

[usalsfyre]

There's a difference between chronically sick and acutely sick.

I guess because all of our trucks are ALS and our facilities use our service more like 911 than they should at times my impression is skewed. I've tubed one of my "transport for evaluation" calls and a couple of others have ended up that way shortly after ED arrival.

 

[rmabrey]

Turns out I missed an opportunity to be on a UK documentary about obesity.

 

[R99]

Free bottle of coke sweet

 

[rmabrey]

And I get to take tactical PHTLS for free. I have no idea what it is but if its tactical it must be cool

 

[Chimpie]

10.5 hours till my mini-staycation starts.

 

[Meursault]

And this month in J. Gallifrey Med: Malignant dysrhythmias of two hearts.

http://www.annemergmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ymem/4937.pdf

(I figured there's a little something for everybody here)

 

[JPINFV]

And this month in J. Gallifrey Med: Malignant dysrhythmias of two hearts.

http://www.annemergmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ymem/4937.pdf

(I figured there's a little something for everybody here)

Meh, who cares. He's 71, so he'll just regenerate soon enough anyways. Besides, where's Dr. Jones when you need her anyways?

 

[JPINFV]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOur_y7LWpA[/youtube]

 

[medic417]

Turns out I missed an opportunity to be on a UK documentary about obesity.

Your that fat?:unsure:

 

[Joe]

Cool... my smart phone is more useful than most of my family members...

Sig worthy for sure!

 

[R99]

Red night tonight, am tring to sleep so my flatmate and his friend should probably shut the hell up and this fly should really stop buzzing me, and the landlord should really stop hammering but we need the mailbox fixed