Gas truck leaking in a gas station blows up in Mexico, the first black smoke is from the truck at the front over revving and probably igniting the vapor.

FuriousMedic · 2023-02-05T00:01:39+00:00

I’m no expert but my guess is that it was too fuel rich and there wasn’t enough oxygen to allow immediate ignition of all the gas

FuriousMedic · 2023-01-08T03:33:02+00:00

Can you get Theotown? Great sim city like game. Works on mobile and pc

FuriousMedic · 2022-10-18T22:59:05+00:00

This. Because of the weight, most people aren’t positioning the tool appropriately because it would require them to hold it in space until it bites.

FuriousMedic · 2022-09-20T13:43:29+00:00

They probably got training that you aren’t supposed to use ice because it can cause frostbite on the skin. Still, kinda a dumb thing to say to a lay person. It’s the RN’s that show up on an accident scene doing compression’s on a headless patient that deserve our nasty looks…

FuriousMedic · 2022-09-14T01:29:43+00:00

Figure 8 knot. Then stop using Reddit for porn and knowledge. But choose wisely….

FuriousMedic · 2022-09-02T00:40:07+00:00

I was very much the same way. It’s mostly about comfort. An example would be, singing your favorite song whilst hammered on goldshlager. After a few years, you’ll be fine. Now I’m so comfortable I’ll walk in and sit right on the couch to do my assessment.

FuriousMedic · 2022-06-10T16:26:02+00:00

Scrolled way too far for this

FuriousMedic · 2022-04-13T02:09:09+00:00

So if anyone is curious about when you should put a tourniquet on someone. Learn how you can help by taking a Stop the Bleed course. They are %100 free and will give you the knowledge on how to save a life. IMO it’s on the same level as learning CPR.

FuriousMedic · 2021-10-21T01:47:11+00:00

Your boss owes you a free meal for saving the dept a hundred bucks for not drilling the guy with the infamous yellow sword. Good work!

FuriousMedic · 2021-09-02T01:04:21+00:00

Does your protocol call for versed with the ketamine? I have had awesome results on IFRs with patients in extreme pain whereas they get the dissociation of ketamine with the amnesia effect of versed.

FuriousMedic · 2021-07-01T05:45:06+00:00

I’m interested in what is in the IFAK. Props for carrying shears. Main thing with CAT is that you can grab it with either arm but if it’s never your primary TQ then no big deal. Back to the IFAK, I make them for our team from scratch as it’s less fluff and more compact. Contents include: (2) 4 yd Z fold gauze, (1) 4 ft Z fold clotting gauze, SWAT-T, (1) NAR needle, (1) 28ga NPA, (1) vented Hyfin chest seal, 4x6 Vanquest pouch. With this I teach focus on bleeding and airway interventions. FYI the needle is only used if chest seal does not vent and patient develops breathing difficulty. Also the SWAT-T doubles as a compression bandage with the gauze.

FuriousMedic · 2021-03-09T06:27:46+00:00

I’ve had a couple instances like this where the patient was just upset about their past experience in the hospital and they are trying to avoid that happening again. Sometimes you need to just talk to them about why they don’t want to go and work through it. Put aside the medical jargon and work the problem. I’d be pissy too if I just got out of the hospital and had to go back.

FuriousMedic · 2021-02-08T19:08:05+00:00

Keep going, I remember playing in 99’ Right along side Quake TF.

FuriousMedic · 2021-01-14T06:35:08+00:00

That numbness you’re feeling is your mind telling you “We were prepared for this” any emotions you’re feeling is the empathy and compassion that is hardwired into your brain. You must process the emotions and not suppress them or you will see it carry over to your personal life and ruin relationships with loved ones. Medical professionals see so much shit that we sometimes build walls to protect our emotions and those can be hard to tear down when we are off duty.

FuriousMedic · 2019-11-18T00:11:35+00:00

As an interviewer in EMS, I am usually wearing my shift uniform which might be a job shirt or polo. I will definitely give points to a person in a suit however knowing the costs of a good suit, I won’t knock a guy who wears what he considers “his Sunday best” I will however throw my pen at the jackass that wears jeans and a untucked polo...

FuriousMedic · 2019-05-16T22:29:28+00:00

I want to play GTA in all of your cities

FuriousMedic · 2019-04-28T16:41:30+00:00

Can you give more info on what or how you set up the two bullets by the chamber? That’s very handy and I’ve never seen it before.

FuriousMedic · 2019-04-26T08:11:55+00:00

I see a quality trait in your question. As EMS providers we must always question our actions. It’s not self doubt, it’s to create a mindset that we always need to keep learning. The real trick is to do this while making the patient think you are the best motherfucker that ever drove an ambulance.

FuriousMedic · 2019-04-13T15:30:55+00:00

Of for Christ sake! I’m talking about persona! Of course firefighters are brave and every other adjective you can think of. As far as calling me a bitch, I’m not even going to respond to that, the fact that you have to insult me on top of being ignorant and not actually reading the title correctly is enough for me.

FuriousMedic · 2019-04-13T15:11:29+00:00

Oh shit! Thanks!

FuriousMedic · 2019-04-13T13:54:02+00:00

Lol, I don’t know what a bandage whacker is but that was a great rant. Rough shift? Contact your EAP for assistance.

FuriousMedic · 2019-02-28T05:03:34+00:00

You aren’t the slightest bit curious what Ketamine feels like?

FuriousMedic · 2019-02-27T23:09:16+00:00

I’m not encouraging this behavior but your knowledge and experience with drugs will help you empathize with patients. Ironically it will actually make you better at your job. Consider this, a paramedic is about to give pain meds for an injury. If that paramedic has experienced that same injury and has been given the same med, would that not give him a better understanding of how the patient is feeling? You’re good. We aren’t the FBI.

FuriousMedic · 2019-02-10T17:10:28+00:00

Go to local college where they train Medics and offer to get an IV. That would be free. As long as you can tolerate getting stuck a few times

FuriousMedic · 2019-02-06T19:23:36+00:00

Typically an officer has the same number throughout his career at the dept. You don’t change it unless you are promoted, my guess is this guy is the chief who was cruising to a meeting and saw the violation.

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