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    NC medic to get credentials back

    SO...I dont know it the word has gotten out about this or not, but remember that story where Franklin County NC paramedics decided that someone could be dead while still breathing??? NEW UPDATE in ongoing melodrama: It SEEMS that this medic has commissioned the State office of EMS for the...
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    didja miss me???

    Sorry ya'll, I have been planning a move, attempting to sue my department and spending time with the man of my dreams, on top of working and trying to pay a mortgage. I have missed you all and I'm glad I have been able to come back to you... :D :D :D GIN
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    Sorry I have been so absent...

    My best friend in the world got married last weekend to a wonderful girl...and since I was in the wedding, I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off to make sure everything went off before the bride had a fit. I'm sorry I have been gone, but I missed ya'll and its good to be...
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    What would you do?

    Ok HELP! I need feedback from all of you wonderful people...based on your varying experiences, it could help me map out my next few steps. This is going to be a long one so bear with me... I started in Durham in 2002. I work with a guy who is black and apparently doesnt like Jews too much (I...
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    Honoring a Fallen Hero

    Judi Villa, David J. Cieslak and Brent Whiting The Arizona Republic May. 11, 2005 12:00 AM A veteran Phoenix police officer who chose to spend his entire 22-year career patrolling the city's streets was shot twice Tuesday during a routine traffic stop and left to die in the roadway...
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    when your sugar turns to....

    So here was my yesterday: I managed to get coffee and breakfast and just happened to be on the phone BSing with city communications when I got dispatched, 2 districts over for a cardiac arrest. 70-ish female in PEA, 3 rounds of drugs, lido drip, pacing and defib. DRT at Duke. 2nd call, some...
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    EMS Acronyms

    So we all have acronyms that we use a lot that are funny, I've seen things like FDGB but how bout some others?? I'll go first: LOL squared: (not laughs out loud amazingly) this one means: Little Old Lady, Lying On Linoleum Not vulgar in the least but one of my favorites!! :D
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    hows that for "hoody"?

    So last week, I was covering the "south side" which is code for the projects here in our fair city (with a murder rate per capita higher that DC and NYC combined) and we get dispatched to a GSW. So we go halung full-tilt for freedom and justice down the street and arrive to find a half dozen...
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    High flow O2 contraindicated for embolic CVAs

    With all the research thats going on in Durham at DUKE, a couple of docs have started research on high flow 02 in pts with embolic CVAs. Their argument is, in the time it takes to initiate treatment and transport of the patient, the high-flow oxygen that we are used to providing actually causes...
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