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Still waiting for baby pics... :P

I know as a paramedic we're a fairly poor folk, but there's better stuff than Jim Beam. :rofl: <I kid, I kid> <Man Rule #17: Never criticize a man's choice of drink> :beerchug: I prefer Bushmills myself if I'm not getting all uppity with some Johnny Walker or a single malt.

DEmedic: Do we get to see baby pictures or what? :cool:

So I just spent the evening in the ED with my son after he managed to acquaint his face with a pole while playing football with some friends. Simple lac above the left orbit and a little dermabond fixed it, but it definitely needed more the steri-strips...and lets face it, I am no expert when...

This has been pretty much been beaten like a dead horse, but here is a post I did when discussing our county protocols and EMS checks on BGLs

Let us know how it goes!

The benchmark for "really wrong" is a prolapsed colon, so just avoid that.

There are some commonwealth medics floating around here and hopefully they will give you some information, but I would start here by doing a search as it's likely been answered multiple times before. As a general rule, however, US Paramedics are not generally qualified to be paramedics in...

I feel like a fat lazy loser. I have not worked out in nearly two weeks. I still feel like I'm fighting some weird cold and have been just wiped out. blech.

That would be nice...Hopefully Moffatt sees this and responds with some information if he can.

Or even Phenergan would be nice at that point too, but I hear ya my friend. I'm afraid that any change, regardless of the "progressiveness" of any MD, will be long and hard fought because we're going to be be fighting against a long line of poor field providers and inadequate oversight and...

I'd tell you to cheer up, but I get the same way when I take tests. I bet you did better than you feel you did.

I dislike drawing parallels between different people, but I cannot help but think that Riverside County EMS has managed to get itself its very own Dr. Bledsoe. I only mention Bledsoe because it is well known, but Dr Van Stralen is most certainly accomplished in his own right, and the fact that...

Thanks Mr. Moffatt for the information. Often times information is scarce with field personnel and there often exists no way to find such things out as there are no resources to reference. Even the recent PMAC minutes mentions nothing, on my first look-through, about the change over outside...

This is a mini-conference flyer and it has Van Stralen listed as the medical director for REMSA. http://remsa.us/documents/events/20131016-EMS-Conference.pdf

SB does, but each company has to have it's own medical director for accountability, training, and ordering controlled supplies, etc.

Just run down your assessment when "turning over" to arriving responders. This includes medical history. Patient stories change, or they "mis-remember," etc., so give the info because it acts like a check-and-balance by providing one more avenue of inquiry. A common approach is SBAR S...

dr van stralen is the medical director for AMR SB County, and I believe he does some lecture at Crafton Hills. My source on Ochoa being phased out is good. The info on Van Stralen is less solid, but it's highly likely as these political coups rarely go down without replacements having already...

Thank! I just forced liquid through my nose! :rofl: