Monthly Archives: June 2010

Abby won’t mug me ***UPDATED

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Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland has been rescued. Her little incident in the Indian Ocean has set off a barrage of criticism, mostly directed at her parents’ decision to allow her to sail around the world alone in an attempt to be … Continue reading

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Call review #1 ***UPDATED

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Code 3 for hypertension. This is a 76-year-old female whose daughter called for a relatively sudden onset of weakness over the past hour. She speaks no English, and her daughter tells us that she’s been generally “fine” except that over … Continue reading

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Take criminals with a grain of (smelling) salt

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Meet Keison Wilkins. He faked a heart attack in court but no one bought it. Which reminded me of a call for an unconscious subject. Code 3. At the city jail. Great. We’re always at the jail for some silliness … Continue reading

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Getting food

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Random old posts: The press is not impressed Get dressed Wagon crash How to write a PCR properly Anatomy of a night call

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What is right?

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Code 3 for cardiac arrest. A 97-year-old woman has collapsed in the backyard. She’s in asystole. Her daughter is with her, standing quietly nearby as we start the resuscitation. She watches as the first several compressions are followed by the … Continue reading

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