the 100% directionless thread

[Aidey]

We were talking about uncommon measurements! Now you're just making me feel like the oddball.

mmol/l isn't that uncommon, which is why I think I was confused.

 

[Shishkabob]

mmol and moles aren't uncommon. But I hate them. Stoichiometry is my arch enemy.

Did senior level chemistry my sophomore year of high school, and while I did great in the class, I HATED stoich. Hated. Like, you would not believe.

 

[Handsome Robb]

Who just did their first conscious sedation in the field? This guy!

Grandma fell hiding Easter eggs and fractured her femur and pelvis

But hey in the ER she told the ERP that she didn't remember us splinting or moving her. That was way cool to hear.

 

[Shishkabob]

I love mixing Fentanyl and Versed, if not for the patients pain relief, then the look on the RNs face when she realizes what I did on arrival :rofl:

 

[Fox800]

My paramedic intern has his last shift tonight. Hallelujah!

 

[Chimpie]

I don't know why, but this is just too damn funny..

 

[Handsome Robb]

I love mixing Fentanyl and Versed, if not for the patients pain relief, then the look on the RNs face when she realizes what I did on arrival :rofl:

I've never seen it done in the field before, to the extent we did today at least. Started at a Bloomsbury of 3 dropped her to a -2 with 100 mcg of fentanyl and 1 mg of versed then she came back up to a 1 in the box during transport. Stayed at 99% on 2 lpm, didn't even touch her respiratory drive. Talk about the stars aligning!

I'm going to need to do that a few more times before I feel comfortable with it though.

 

[NomadicMedic]

I used to do the same with phenergan and morphine. It was the perfect cocktail to move a Nana with a hip or pelvic fracture.

 

[bigbaldguy]

Who just did their first conscious sedation in the field? This guy!

Grandma fell hiding Easter eggs and fractured her femur and pelvis

But hey in the ER she told the ERP that she didn't remember us splinting or moving her. That was way cool to hear.

Nice. Well done, but does she remember where she hid the eggs?

 

[bigbaldguy]

I don't know why, but this is just too damn funny..

I know why, cuz it's hilarious.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I used to do the same with phenergan and morphine. It was the perfect cocktail to move a Nana with a hip or pelvic fracture.

That'd be a good one too. They use it in the ER sometimes still and we carry phenergan but the only time we can use it is if the patient is allergic to zofran.


Last call of the day definitely got me going pretty good. Acute fulminant pulmonary edema. 58% on room air. Hands down the fastest I have ever moved on scene and easily the biggest chunk I've taken out of the seat when i puckered.

So far we've had a legit code 3 return every single day of my internship. I've returned code 2 times in the 6 months I've worked as an I and we've done it once 5 out of 5 days of my internship. Bad omen much? And I graduate on a Friday the 13th...

 

[exodus]

It took us 55 minutes to get checked in at Delta today at LAX because the Kiosk wanted us to see the rep at the counter for some reason. It took us a matter of 2 or 3 minutes once we got up there. But it took everyone else about 15-20 minutes to get checked in... They had one rep in the "normal" check in area, but 4 or 5 in the premier or whatever check in.

Wtf takes so long!

 

[bigbaldguy]

It took us 55 minutes to get checked in at Delta today at LAX because the Kiosk wanted us to see the rep at the counter for some reason. It took us a matter of 2 or 3 minutes once we got up there. But it took everyone else about 15-20 minutes to get checked in... They had one rep in the "normal" check in area, but 4 or 5 in the premier or whatever check in.

Wtf takes so long!

If they don't make flying coach miserable nobody would pay for the upgrades.

 

[NomadicMedic]

That'd be a good one too. They use it in the ER sometimes still and we carry phenergan but the only time we can use it is if the patient is allergic to zofran.


Last call of the day definitely got me going pretty good. Acute fulminant pulmonary edema. 58% on room air. Hands down the fastest I have ever moved on scene and easily the biggest chunk I've taken out of the seat when i puckered.

So far we've had a legit code 3 return every single day of my internship. I've returned code 2 times in the 6 months I've worked as an I and we've done it once 5 out of 5 days of my internship. Bad omen much? And I graduate on a Friday the 13th...

And you know as soon as you become a medic it'll all dry up. You won't be able to catch a serious call to save your life.

 

[Shishkabob]

And you know as soon as you become a medic it'll all dry up. You won't be able to catch a serious call to save your life.

During my FTO/DTO process at my new employer, I went 2 months without a single legit call. My first 2ish weeks with my partner, we had 5 arrests, an RSI and a homicide. I now average an arrest a week. Though once I get my own truck again, you know it will be dry...



My agency is taking part in a new ROC study about permissive hypotension. I've YET to have a major trauma. There are a couple of medics who have already enrolled 3+ patients. ?!?!?!?!

 

[Sasha]

If they don't make flying coach miserable nobody would pay for the upgrades.

Does southwest really not fly to Miami?

 

[fast65]

And you know as soon as you become a medic it'll all dry up. You won't be able to catch a serious call to save your life.

So very true, during the last two weeks of my internship I RSI'd two people, ran two codes, and had around 6 legit code 3 returns...now, nothing.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Really dispatch? We have to transport a guy 2 hours and 30 mins away just so he can get 6 stitches removed?

 

[DrankTheKoolaid]

Really dispatch? We have to transport a guy 2 hours and 30 mins away just so he can get 6 stitches removed?

Please tell me your not serious!

 

[bigbaldguy]

Does southwest really not fly to Miami?

Nope. Not yet.