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Medication absorption through the pulmonary route is very inefficient as it is. Add pulmonary edema on top of it and you now have an even greater diffusion distance for the medication to have to try and traverse through to reach the pulmonary vasculature. Most of the time if the patient has...

Definitely a good recruitment tool... doesnt do much for retention though...

If she is as hot as the blond chick on Trauam why not! ha ha.. Overall, I thought it was a decent first episode... I'd give it a 7/10. Hopefully future episodes have more of a story behind them..

For good trauma pics go to rotten.com.... don't say I didn't warn ya!!

52 isn't too old... your only as old as you feel, right... if you want it go for it. I prefer 24's over 12's... but 12's aren't too bad either.

Around here (South Central, PA), hospital based EMS mainly consists of chase units staffed by Paramedics or PHRN's. They don't require any higher certification than any other type of EMS service.

And what point is that? The only thing I was stating was hypoxia causes vasodilation and oxygen has vasocontrictive properties. Is that wrong? To me, Vent was speaking on a very basic level that hypoxia induces vasoconstriction. This is evident when she made the statement about "reviewing some...

I have a lot of faith in what a Paramedic can do... if I didn't I would be merely wasting my time right now. I'm just not one to bow down and accept everything that is spoken by somebody else. My views on EMS systems and roles come from many years of active involvement in different positions...

Much of what I say I think you intentionally take out of context and spin it. "Book Learn'n Stuff" you say?... I love book learn'n stuff... prob why I carry a near 4.0... if it wouldn't be for that one "B" last semester in the practicum it would be a 4.0. I never said don't think outside of...

I understand that perfectly... however, I think you forgot we don't have 12hrs a day with our patients with access to full diagnostic results, direct physician input after they examine the patient, and conditions to do the majority of what you say we should. EMS has usually 20mins or less to...

What about it? A Paramedic has no way to determine that in the field nor do they have the time to. That stuff is not helpful to me as a Paramedic student... it really isn't. 3/4 of what you preach is not even EMS relevant. Sure, its medical but most does not relate to what it takes to be an...

Support for hypoxic vasodilation http://www.cvphysiology.com/Blood%20Flow/BF008.htm http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/27840.php http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/5/594

YES or NO... These are the questions.... Hypoxia causes vasodilation... except for pulmonary hypoxic vasoconstriction. Oxygen causes vasoconstriction. ????????????????? I posted one thing from Wiki... the other was from actual research.. both concluded the same thing. Don't...

What posts are you referring to as ignorant? Hypoxia causes vasodilation... except for pulmonary hypoxic vasoconstriction. Oxygen causes vasoconstriction. Information was posted to support that... and not to mention its taught everyday. Can you please post facts that states...

It's not a Paramedic's job to make a definitive diagnosis in the field. Providers who like to get all fancy and try to diagnose like a physician many times walk into the ED looking like dumb ***'s cause they are totally wrong and it's so obvious they are trying to appear more then they are. It's...

hmmm... it's funny how many protocols list the Cincinnati Pre-hospital Stroke assessment as primary method for assessing for stroke. I have yet to see any that mentions cranial nerve assessment. Again Rid... you are in the back of the unit.... how are you gonna treat your stroke patient any...

the hydrogen peroxide is like epi to a cockroach... it fires up there little dead hearts ;)

Rhan... I know many will disagree... but care of a CVA in the field is mainly supportive. We don't do neuro surgery in the field.... so nothing that we can do except supportive care. Even the AHA recommends no to only little oxygen. As far as your question, I use the Cincinnati pre-hospital...

I would not be comfortable with using my own phone to take patient pics. I don't want to be accused of taking inappropriate photos or be a suspect if they should ever leak out where they should not. My volly station carries polaroid cameras... this was awhile back so they may have gotten...

I have to use my own scope unless I forget it.... don't like sticking something in my ears that has been in countless other peoples ears.