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I’m finally getting to finish restoring an old Craftsman table saw. Replaced the trunnions and the arbor assy, finished the calibration wheels, replaced the belt and rewired the motor. All what’s left is installing a new fence, then it’s party time [emoji1689]

You ran out of projects already ??

Oh, this isn’t an ego thing at all. I’m being realistic here (you’re in the field longer, have more experience etc), and my train of thought is always along the lines of risk vs gain. In this particular instance, the risk of complications with RSI outweighs the gain but a proper cric should do...

I’m not gonna even try to argue this, because you’ll beat me with sheer experience, but personally I’d never even attempt to tube a severe TBI. Cric it, yeah.

A chance to increase ICP, as @CALEMT mentioned. Also, a risk of additional brain trauma due to both sympathetic and parasympathetic response that can lead to all kinds of nasty stuff.

RSI is contraindicated with most head and facial injuries.

In the leg, of course. Leave the dude be, he’s a firefighter [emoji12]

Quite often, actually. Former coworkers I am still in touch with; it’s a small group of people but I’ve always been selective of who I interact with.

The plot thickens ! [emoji897]

That’s the impression I’ve gotten from the RTs and CCRNs as well. Lots of bells and whistles on the new vents but no real improvement over the old ones.

Is G5 the one with the iOS interface ? I’ve seen these in a PICU when they just arrived.

FP = flight medic. They’ll have a CCRN with them because it’s an air CCT. Has nothing to do with insurance on their end, it’s a transfer to a higher lvl of care facility.

I understand that, but knowing that he’s a FP I’m not sure it was a SNF that was sending. And lower tier hospitals usually do not have helipads either. I’ll wait for Desert to elaborate.

I’m confused. Why did you have to stabilize the patient and not the sending facility ?

*** To call you out on your BS, naturally [emoji8]

Your false equivalency aside, male skin is about 25% thicker. That’s physiology, not BS genderism.

Because - surprisingly - females tend to have a gentler skin than us brutish apes. Not everything is a gender issue, unless you’re in a habit of making it into one.

Why would they ? I find it curious how defensive you both became, all of the sudden. Care to share with the rest of us ? The only thing I’m looking down on, is your Ricky Rescuesque attitude. Shears, penlight, steth, the rest, really ? Keep your wallet in the backpack and your keys...