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Comment on DNR 104 by Joffre

Joffre — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:14:39 +0000

Oh, I forgot; none of the family members on scene were listed as HCPOA either…

Comment on DNR 104 by Joffre

Joffre — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:13:18 +0000

You’re not the only one who gets riled up with this subject…

I received the following comment from a family member the other day, “We’re verbally revoking [the patient's] DNR.”

And the facility MD (NOT her PCP and the signee of the DNR) stated, “Yeah, I’m ok with that.”

This after the facility had apparently ALREADY preformed about four minutes of CPR from the time of the 911 call during our trip to the facility. I asked “May I see the DNR?”, and quickly put the intact form in along with the other transfer paperwork I was taking.

Hmmmm… it still seems to be a valid DNR to me… although thankfully, I didn’t have to test it out.

Comment on Stop calling accidents “accidents” by Kay Davis

Kay Davis — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:14:49 +0000

We have to drive like assHats and have ‘accidents’ because since we no longer have starving packs of wolves, sabertooth tigers and the other henchmen of Darwin, we need a new way to thin the herd of the lesser able to survive members.

Kay
A person who retired from being a EMP-P after 18 years of scraping up leftovers

Comment on Stop calling accidents “accidents” by Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:17:27 +0000

I agree that every crash is attributable to some break in the uniform rules of the road, whether intentional (speeding, DUI, following too closely) or unintentional (vehicle malfunction causing a failure to maintain lane, distracted driver failing to notice a light change, etc). I have been taught and now teach my students (LE Instructor) to call such incidents “crashes” or “collisions” because, while very few are indeed total accidents, (unforeseeable circumstances, such as a tire blow out) the majority are caused by some combination of factors that could easily have been avoided. Human error will always be a factor, and I do not by any means advocate the position that a citation should be issued at every collision, but I do believe that people are far too lax about their RESPONSIBILITY as the director of several thousand foot pounds of energy.

Comment on Spam by Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:09:41 +0000

Who says that is spam and not just every day members of society?

Comment on Hurry up! It’s an emergency! by Nicki

Nicki — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:47:11 +0000

First let me change my clothes and get my book to read. Don’t leave without me!!

Comment on Jacked up by minimedic

minimedic — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:51:57 +0000

Wow, I’m kinda speechless on so many levels here…

Comment on Hurry up! It’s an emergency! by ShinyNewMedic

ShinyNewMedic — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:41:07 +0000

Yep, been there, had that one. It’s right up there alongside “Can I have a smoke before we go?” and “But I just made coffee. Can I not drink it before we leave?”

*sigh*

Comment on Happy Medic: I have a question for you by medic

medic — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:52:09 +0000

good book indeed

Comment on Happy Medic: I have a question for you by Xavier Onassis

Xavier Onassis — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:27:02 +0000

Her book Stiff is one of the funniest, most educational/disgusting things I’ve ever read. Did you know Trendelenburg, who invented the famous Trendelenburg position, did so in order to move people’s flab out of the way? Yes, he was a urologist.

Also the LeFort fracture categories. LeFort’s work involved tying corpses to chairs and then swinging bricks at their faces and noting the results.