the 100% directionless thread

[Flying]

Never have I gotten so many looks or had so many nurses or medics walk up to me til today. If you want to be special, start a forehead IV. Nobody knows what to think of it

You've done it now!

 

[CALEMT]

Never have I gotten so many looks or had so many nurses or medics walk up to me til today. If you want to be special, start a forehead IV. Nobody knows what to think of it

Vascular access is vascular access.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Eh. There remains an ongoing debate in the critical care circles, specifically, about the ultimate DL vs. VL first pass success rates. Each study that comes out shows one thing or another, but I think the success rates remain very equal in pooled meta-analyses.

My understanding was that the literature was pretty convincing that occasional intubators do better with VL. That said, I don't have institutional access to the journals in a couple years now, so I'm not nearly as abreast of the research as I used to be.

 

[VentMonkey]

Never have I gotten so many looks or had so many nurses or medics walk up to me til today. If you want to be special, start a forehead IV. Nobody knows what to think of it

Vascular access is vascular access.

Right, but I guess I'll be the first to ask- Why?

 

[MonkeyArrow]

My understanding was that the literature was pretty convincing that occasional intubators do better with VL. That said, I don't have institutional access to the journals in a couple years now, so I'm not nearly as abreast of the research as I used to be.

I can't comment on the "occasional incubators" part; most of the studies that I was talking about were in an in-hospital context.

 

[Carlos Danger]

I can't comment on the "occasional incubators" part; most of the studies that I was talking about were in an in-hospital context.

Well the definition is murky, but generally means anyone who doesn't intubate at least several times a week.

 

[StCEMT]

Right, but I guess I'll be the first to ask- Why?

I tried two other locations and that was the last thing I could find that I hadn't tried already. And at the time, 4mg of Narcan hadn't woken him up, so I was prepping for box #3. It was there, it was gotten.

 

[NomadicMedic]

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Access obtained.

Next.

 

[TransportJockey]

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Access obtained.

Next.

Venous access by Black and Decker

 

[StCEMT]

Meh. 18 ga was in hand, IO was buried in a bag. Path of least resistance.

 

[EpiEMS]

Well the definition is murky, but generally means anyone who doesn't intubate at least several times a week.

It is starting to seem to me that folks who aren't performing regular live intubations ought not be intubating...?

 

[GMCmedic]

Sigh.

PHI changed the schedule they had planned so they now require 1 less medic and nurse. Guess I'm stuck on the ground for a while.

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[Chimpie]

Okay Hurricane Irma, you just need to stay out in the ocean. There's no need for you to come this close to Florida, or the rest of the country.

 

[RocketMedic]

I have a bad feeling about Irma. I think either Florida or the Gulf Coast is going to get it again, and Houston will be terribly beaten if we take another hit while the watershed is full...

 

[Chimpie]

I have a bad feeling about Irma. I think either Florida or the Gulf Coast is going to get it again

I prefer the top image. The good news is that at least we can get through the holiday weekend without stressing on what it's going to do.

 

[NysEms2117]

I have stuff to do in NYS... Please Irma no... I'll get you a beer and a lawnchair, just stay away.

 

[EpiEMS]

I have stuff to do in NYS... Please Irma no... I'll get you a beer and a lawnchair, just stay away.

We got a storm break...I mean Long Island...
So we are safe for one big one.

 

[VFlutter]

Two officers shot a little bit ago. Protestors already gathering promising riots worse then Ferguson if Stockley is found not guilty. Going to be a long night

 

[NysEms2117]

We got a storm break...I mean Long Island...
So we are safe for one big one.

I meant things like buy a house, and spend time with my fiance. Not looking to go back home to have to do the same sht in my own state..

 

[StCEMT]

Two officers shot a little bit ago. Protestors already gathering promising riots worse then Ferguson if Stockley is found not guilty. Going to be a long night

So business as usual for the city sadly