Recent content by thrilla82

actually sir or ma'am, i listen to every point of view. since im in afghanistan fighting for freedom, (something id like to have when i return) we have only one news channel. this channel plays one hours of cnn, msnbc, fox news and the pentagon channel on a loop. plus i get on the internet...

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29036/

and all im saying is, the government is having a hard time running medicare and medicaid and also social security and now they want to run the whole thing? why dont we take baby steps here and fix those first, then move on from there.

found this to be very interesting. what i dont understand is, why would people want to give up the right to choose who their doctor is? my father in law passed away from ms and could have had better treatment. for the longest time his doctor couldnt figure out what was going on, so my wife...

yup, hextend and hespan are still being carried and used by military medics. the reason we took it out of cls bags was because people (cls guys) would use it to help their hangovers. not the smartest thing in the world to do. i train my medics to only use it if needed and since evac times can...

its fun to have and great in fire fights but man it sucks humping this thing up mountains. oh well, you win some and lose some lol.

ive been a medic in the infantry for 6 years now. in my deployment to iraq i did everything from gunning ( 50, 240, and the mk19), to dismounted patrols with either my m4 or a saw (which looked funny with an aid bag on). here in afghanistan i carry a m4/203 and m9. i get asked all the time...

now this is an intriguing point because it is quite true. i could not tell you how many times ive seen an extremely over weight FF/P step out the back of the rig. some can see this as a double standard. its easy to hide tat's but how do you hide the belly that folds the belt over? just...

works great for the infantry guys as well. tape it to their finger and say "dont chew!" once the desired amount hits them, their hand moves from their mouth. and when they start complaining about the pain again, you remind them to look at their finger.

thanks for the links. sent some emails out, so hopefully i can get the ball rolling on that.

just as the above post states, you need to stay concerned about keeping organs operating and not busting clots with too much fluid. another down fall to .9 or lr is that only so much gets absorbed into the venus system. a lot of that fluid stays outside the veins. depending on the time with...

i've used the search button on this site and the web and can't find a definite answer. it's kind of hard trying to find this out while in afghanistan but does any body know of tactical teams that use medics in illinois or is there no such thing in this state? thanks for the replies.

and the root word of officer is office right?

gotta love this new softer army. everyones too concerned with their oer's and ncoer's that they wont take a little risk here and there. between iraq and here in afghanistan, ive run into too many young medics that dont know their a:glare::glare: from a hole in the ground. plus these kids are...