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So according to the NY times people putting on a white coat felt more, well, "doctorly" Mind Games: Sometimes a White Coat Isn’t Just a White Coat Does wearing your EMS gear affect your behavior or cognition even? I feel pretty fancy in mine - that is, while they're clean. Post patient contact...

Not sure if this is the correct sub-forum, or even if EMTLIFE cares about such things, but here's a research paper that I thought was fascinating, even if morbidly so. Post-mortem decapitation by domestic dogs It seems German Shepards have a predilection of consuming their owner's entire head...

It's weird what you notice sometimes: Not sure if this is in the correct section to post this, but I've tried searching... I've noticed some people can edit their... er... this: Is it a number of posts thing, or some "indecent sexual favours to Mods" thing? ^_^

Inflammatory title aside, I have a question for anyone who is, or knows, any B.C. OFAIIIs. I'm working oilfield in Alberta, and have met a range of certified people from across Canada (EMR/EMT/PCP/ACP whatever), each normally on the higher end of the competency spectrum. Well, usually...

Heading back out on rotation soon and am getting low on TV shows. Anyone got anything good to recommend that isn't designed solely for mouth breathers? There's so much crap out there! As a guide, personally I love: * Good SciFi (Battlestar, Stargate, etc) * Firefly and anything Whedon *...

Fortunately I have suffered neither so far, but I get the impression that every EMS worker has at some point: A) screwed up their back B) taken a good smack in the face from a Pt. Now the punch thing I mainly added for hilarity, and I'll deal with the threat of abusive pt.s as best I can...

Okay, I hear stories, always "I know a guy who" stories, that the following is possible, but my brain is melting from trying to decipher service Canada's website. Here's what I am: * I'm an EMR working oilfield. * EMR work in Alberta disappears at the end of March during spring breakup *...

Really? Maybe this makes me the Grinch and I'll be hounded off the forums, but Javascript snow? Really? Will we have animated gifs soon too? Yay!

So I'm doing a tonne of self study, and as such I'm coming across a whole schwack of new terminology. Won't I be fun at parties. The issue is that I need to get the North American pronunciation of these words. Some online dictionaries have mp3 style pronunciations for common words, but more...

So I'm off soon to do some oilfield work in the middle-of-nowhere, northern Alberta. For those of you who have done this sort of thing, any advise on things that I should take with me? It's 2 or 3 weeks on, sitting in a truck or portable for 12hrs doing bugger all. It'll be great...

Well, not lost so much, but how have you changed since you became an EMS? I was chatting to a friend of mine who's ex-army, and we were shooting the sh:t about medic stuff. He said the one thing that changed for him is that he can't have BBQ pork anymore as it gives him flashbacks from...

Okay, here's a EMT-B disagreement I'm having: As an ex-English teacher, in my mind 'Nervousness' and 'Anxiety' are synonyms and interchangeable. In my notes for the Side Effects of Salbutamol, Ipratropium and Epi - two of them have 'Anxiety' listed, the third 'Nervousness' (I forget which...

Just wondering, but where did laypeople get the idea that it's a good thing to stick something in the mouth of someone having a seizure? Years ago I was in a hostel bar where some dude had a grand mal, and bystanders started offering their sandals to stick in the poor bugger's mouth. Despite...

Hey Gang, So I'm researching oilfield work (Alberta) and was wondering if EMR/EMT jobs are available year-round or only at certain points? Am I right in thinking that winter time is the peak as you need frozen ground to move the huge machinery? Does this mean that there's no summer work...