Recent content by BadJoke88

The internal bleeding was the issue that surprised me the most, but in hind sight should have been obvious. My son's Hemophilia was diagnosed finally after a severe bleed into his right knee. And you are absolutely spot on with the cost. Factor replacement is ridiculously expensive and the...

Oh, I know there's precious little an ambulance crew could do in the field. I was thinking of speaking to how each disorder actually affects the individual, and little tid bits such as why Ibuprofen isn't the best choice and the lasting damage left in a joint bleed. Things like that.

I was thinking of hitting on that subject should I continue down this road. I find it ironic that my Mom is on Coumadin for blood clotting issues while my son is currently on Hemlibra (previously Factor VIII was administered 3x a week, more if there was an active bleed) for the reverse. Might be...

Hello All, So a year and a half ago now my then four year old son was diagnosed with Severe Type A Hemophilia. Since then I've been sucking down as much knowledge as I can in regards to hemorrhage control and trauma in patients with bleeding disorders. I've come to find, though, that there...

Hello All, So I'm trying to chart out my (hopefully soon) schooling and would love to attend one of the Wilderness EMT courses. However, there are quite a few out there. I've gone through Wilderness Medical Associates, Remote Medicine's, National Outdoor Leadership School's, Aerie's, and...

Hello all! My name is Paul McBride. I'm 27 and spent the last eight years in the active Air Force as Security Forces before coming back home to Alaska and making the switch over to the Air Guard. I'm currently awaiting a tech school date for Emergency Management but after careful thinking and...