the 100% directionless thread

[Akulahawk]

It's raining in California!!!!!

Lies, I tell ya!!! Pure LIES!!! It never rains in California, everyone knows that!!!!

 

[EMT2015]

Lies, I tell ya!!! Pure LIES!!! It never rains in California, everyone knows that!!!!

HAHAHAHA. Supposedly, it's only raining today and then it's heating up tomorrow.

 

[Jim37F]

Something like a 40% chance of rain tonight...I figure either a) everyone will freak out and hunker down inside and it'll be a quiet cozy night for us....or b) they'll freak out and still drive like maniacs making us run freeway calls all night

 

[ViolynEMT]

Lies, I tell ya!!! Pure LIES!!! It never rains in California, everyone knows that!!!!

It pours.....man, it pours.

 

[CALEMT]

Sunny as can be in the desert...

 

[EMT2015]

It pours.....man, it pours.

AND...... it stopped raining, oh and the sun is coming out. That was short lived.

 

[chaz90]

Thank goodness for bureaucracy.

I shudder to think what tragedies could befall my community if incredibly invasive and dangerous pieces of ALS equipment like capnography cannulas, blood tubes, or IV start kits were kept on BLS ambulances for ALS providers to use. Simply imagine the harm an EMT could cause if they had access to an unopened liter bag of 0.9% saline. A screw bottle of saline is certainly safe in the hands of our EMTs, but we cannot overstate the danger of the same solution in an IV bag.

Thank you, oh great ambulance inspectors, for saving us from the terrifying specter of a BLS crew that recognized ALS would appreciate EtCO2 monitoring in the acutely ill CHF patient and placed the nasal prong monitor on before they placed the patient on BLS CPAP. Truly, you are keeping the little known public health risk of our time at bay through your unsung heroism.

 

[PotatoMedic]

Has conceded that I am going to be pissing off my wife by starting to apply to PA schools.

 

[CALEMT]

There is nothing more frustrating in this world than ironing your own uniform shirts.

 

[Jim37F]

Thank goodness for bureaucracy.

I shudder to think what tragedies could befall my community if incredibly invasive and dangerous pieces of ALS equipment like capnography cannulas, blood tubes, or IV start kits were kept on BLS ambulances for ALS providers to use. Simply imagine the harm an EMT could cause if they had access to an unopened liter bag of 0.9% saline. A screw bottle of saline is certainly safe in the hands of our EMTs, but we cannot overstate the danger of the same solution in an IV bag.

Thank you, oh great ambulance inspectors, for saving us from the terrifying specter of a BLS crew that recognized ALS would appreciate EtCO2 monitoring in the acutely ill CHF patient and placed the nasal prong monitor on before they placed the patient on BLS CPAP. Truly, you are keeping the little known public health risk of our time at bay through your unsung heroism.

meanwhile in my "mommy, may i?" LA Co system, my BLS ambulance have all that stuff, only thing medics need is their drug box and we're a fully stocked ALS Rescue Ambulance with IV trays and Saline bags and even ET tunes on the shelf next to our very own Zoll E-Series

 

[Jim37F]

(Which means we're probably the only 6 BLS ambulances in the entire county to actually carry pulse oximeters lol)

 

[redundantbassist]

next to our very own Zoll E-Series

Eww.. zoll

 

[PotatoMedic]

Eww.. zoll

Have you had a chance to play with the zoll x series? Really a nice monitor.

 

[TransportJockey]

Have you had a chance to play with the zoll x series? Really a nice monitor.

Thats what we used when i flew. I loved that monitor

 

[CALEMT]

Have you had a chance to play with the zoll x series? Really a nice monitor.

Were still rocking the LP12's and 13's where I'm at.

 

[TransportJockey]

Were still rocking the LP12's and 13's where I'm at.

What is a lp13?

 

[CALEMT]

What is a lp13?

Whoops, excuse me just the 12's... brain is fried. While out covering our far far east deployment on the river, they had the new lp15's. Pretty nice monitor, rumor is round here the EMS agency wants every ALS dept/company on the same monitor. Which would be zoll.

 

[PotatoMedic]

My only qualms with the zoll x series is how it prints 12 leads and where the paper is printed. The bracket helps.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Whoops, excuse me just the 12's... brain is fried. While out covering our far far east deployment on the river, they had the new lp15's. Pretty nice monitor, rumor is round here the EMS agency wants every ALS dept/company on the same monitor. Which would be zoll.

County changed their stance. AMR only wanted to use the LP15s (since we already have them sitting in the ops managers office). Fire only wanted to use the Zolls (since that is what they have been using). The county changed the mind and said each company can use whatever monitor they want as long as it meets their new requirements (real time CPR feedback, EtCO2, etc).

 

[redundantbassist]

I got to play with a few different monitors in my AEMT class, among those was the zoll m series. I don't really like the way they are set up, or how they look and sound. I really prefer the LP 15 or even the Philips MRx over them. That being said, i'm a little biased against zoll, as I have a long-standing hate against zoll AEDs.