Recent content by usalsfyre

2mg IN rarely needs to be titrated, I'm not 100% sure what the fear is? IV naloxone is far more unforgiving. Perhaps I've just seen too much ham handed BVM use.

The number one reason is (possibly) misplaced accountability fears. A very, very close number two is the FDA's stance on "adulterated gasses" makes the blenders a serious pain in the *** to obtain and carry around. Worked one place that had it, and it was great. Maybe one day we can get it...

I cringe when I read this...unskilled BVM use has killed a lot of people.

I've seen them carried, but most blood banks are pretty insistent their tubing be used, even in traumas. So it's pretty pointless honestly.

I'm gonna take a guess that VinBin has never worked more than 30 minutes from a tertiary center.

So you would say there's no utility in using it to determine the correct destination?

I'm fairly certain you would need to consult a lawyer and get an official accounting of what happened. This sounds way too much like legal fishing.

It's funny how the world is small enough you know what programs everyone works for.

Fixed wing Paramedic/Paramedic crew in a King Air C90.

Last time I checked, my ambulances/aircraft weren't really any dirtier than an ED room. I've worked in both. Preventing contamination is more of a training issue than anything.

Strive to learn medicine and common doses for common conditions. Protocols, ect, really aren't the important thing to learn.

Those both clock in pretty damn high on the list....

Ok, I'll admit I'm grumpy and I apologize for that. That said, there's a number of ways to obtain the info you're looking for. Maybe not with a neat little clean number (that really means very little without a baseline ABG, but that's another story), but honestly good assessment skills won't...

6 times in a day, we knew her well. MedStar MH in Fort Worth stopped billing one guy at four million dollars outstanding debt.

Yes, and medicine is the real job of EMS providers. Not public safety, not firefighting...delivering medicine in out-of-hospital, transport and austere environments.