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  1. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Celery juice! Tastes just as delicious as it sounds.
  2. PotatoMedic

    (NC) EMT Refresher question and refresher in general

    Just relax and chill. My guess is you are taking a refresher class. Their goal is just to review the skills. Doubt there will be a test. But I honestly can't say at all, I don't even know what program you are doing.
  3. PotatoMedic

    2022 EMS Conferences

    It's the first year they are doing it's. Put on by the people who run Heavy Lies the Helmet podcast.
  4. PotatoMedic

    Drug testing

    I've never know of an agency to do a hair follicle test. So you probably are fine. Worst case go bald! (Everywhere)
  5. PotatoMedic

    Drug testing

    Maybe? No idea how long it lasts as detectable in your urine. My uneducated guess is you probably are fine now.
  6. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Fixing the hypoxia sometimes is enough to get them breathing on their own again and I don't have to give narcan. Fixing hypoxia can help prevent combativeness and agitation when I do have to give narcan as well.
  7. PotatoMedic

    2022 EMS Conferences

    Excited! I got my ticket to Crash and Learn.
  8. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    There are some studies that show that some homeopathic treatments are effective. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,48&qsp=3&q=homeopathy+double+blind&qst=ib#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DD3KF6evJqOgJ
  9. PotatoMedic

    (NREMT-P) ALS Psychomotor Exam

    Relax. Get a good night's sleep. And don't over think things.
  10. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    I have a Community Paramedic cert from the university I got my bachelor's at. Just have no idea if I'm actually prepared to take that exam. And it's not an inexpensive exam.
  11. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    I'm curious what you think of the exam. I'm looking at taking it. What did you use to study?
  12. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Well... 200 dollars blocked off for the Crash and Learn conference. Just waiting for registration to open!
  13. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Sounds like his opinion on rest is 12 hour shifts! 😅
  14. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Actually I did!
  15. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    I just sneezed and my entire back popped.
  16. PotatoMedic

    Your Controversial EMS-Related Opinion

    How much do we really need paramedics when only 7 percent of our calls have interventions that are considered potentially life saving? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2020.1797963
  17. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Also finished the IA Med FMP course. And officially have the 100 hours of approved CE's needed to recert my FP-C. I'll admit I thought I was going to fail the final exam.
  18. PotatoMedic

    Your Controversial EMS-Related Opinion

    To be fair I haven't dug into this much, but BLS has better outcomes than ALS (per a study done in 2015) https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M15-0557?articleid=2456124 Now to try to find the full article.
  19. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    I like waffles
  20. PotatoMedic

    the 100% directionless thread

    Ouch
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