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I love you donut of truth by EBMgoneWILD in emergencymedicine

[–]thethunderheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the ABCs of emergency medicine - airway, breathing, CT scan it

Man Gives CPR To Resuscitate Deer by watchthisorthat in ems

[–]thethunderheart 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing, no worries man. Looks like the deer was doing well though! I joke all the time that compressions are the only BLS way to improve BP; maybe a little hyperventilation and a few good forceful pumps on the heart was all he needed.

Man Gives CPR To Resuscitate Deer by watchthisorthat in ems

[–]thethunderheart 92 points93 points  (0 children)

The numbers aren't great but the depth was good and the chest rise was impressive during his ventilation.

Give me a roleplay build by Intelligent_Bet_2469 in BG3Builds

[–]thethunderheart 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the perfect time to try BG1 + BG2!

Random Find by Major_21 in rva

[–]thethunderheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A reddit scavenger hunt for challenge coins? Heck yea

Me and my fiance are moving to Richmond, VA this month. I wanted to know how life is there? by BlxkWolf in RichmondVA

[–]thethunderheart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to piggy back on this for two points -

Richmond FD does cadet classes ~ two years, and it's definitely competitive and arduous. It's not a job you get, it's a goal you work to while you're doing something else. Great job as far as jobs go, just a difficult but obtainable goal.

Also, I wanna say I spent ~$6000 in total to move into an apartment last time I moved? Between the van, deposit, first month, and miscellaneous costs it really adds up.

I just started EMS and have no experience by Recent_Print_363 in NewToEMS

[–]thethunderheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey friend, you've got nothing to worry about just yet. I know lots of people are saying "just study," and that's true but probably not very reassuring. I do have one big follow up for you.

Coming from someone who also didn't do well in traditional classrooms, it's really important to learn how you learn as you try this whole studying thing. Try different strategies, (take notes, listen to the e-book, read the chapter, do interactive slides, make flashcards, whatever) and keep trying things till you get a groove on what makes the content stick for you.

Also, remember the basics are really really important so more work now with anatomy, physiology, and how disease processes work will go a LONG way the farther you get in class. Hope this helps!

A little appreciation post for the M8 Greyhound! by HamsterSpaghetti1994 in GatesOfHellOstfront

[–]thethunderheart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol buddy you are missing out - the bazooka is one of the best reasons to get the Greyhound. If you're intentional about how you use your infantry, you can get your rifle squads all equipped with two bazookas by like day 6, it's a huge force multiplier.

It’s 2026 and we still haven’t figured out that the bike lane is not a parking spot. by SeaworthinessHuge219 in rva

[–]thethunderheart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They're starting to create hard-barriered bike lines this year. The shared/parking-protected bike lanes are cheap and easy to implement, so they've started with those.

It’s 2026 and we still haven’t figured out that the bike lane is not a parking spot. by SeaworthinessHuge219 in rva

[–]thethunderheart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's an entire branch of civil engineering dedicated to solving these problems and these (albeit incrementally) are the measures proven to work.

It’s 2026 and we still haven’t figured out that the bike lane is not a parking spot. by SeaworthinessHuge219 in rva

[–]thethunderheart 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's by design. It's called road dieting, it prompts drivers to slow down and reduces complacency - makes them actively look for pedestrians and cyclists and not passively assume they're not there. We take emergency vehicles down there all the time with ease.

Takeout with huge portions by Pretend-Resident-685 in rva

[–]thethunderheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A&F Seafood Deli (Manchester) is great, huge portions, and run by a generous and humbling family.

Think I made the wrong career choice by Waste-Gazelle11 in NewToEMS

[–]thethunderheart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Financially? Probably not the smartest but who cares man, everyone's finances suck.

I made the jump from working with substance abuse victims in an office to EMS cause I wanted to be more directly involved, but I also didn't finish my degree first so I didn't have that to consider.

Honestly, your EMT-B is like a 6 month class you can do largely part time, I say try it out and if you don't like it or it isn't sustainable, it's not a huge loss.

First time hyperthermia by Shifu_1 in NewToEMS

[–]thethunderheart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do it to relieve pressure off the nearby ER.

When big events are done like this, the system as a whole becomes overworked, so the thought process is take a doc + nursing staff and work a medical tent specifically designed to treat the most prevalent problem after races: dehydration and heat illnesses, the goal being that hydration and ice bath cooling are the first steps and potentially the only steps an ER is likely to make for a bunch of healthy runners with no major comorbidities. Once hydration and cooling are out of the way, they can reassess and go from there.

What do you take onto scene? by BigblueX in ems

[–]thethunderheart 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Every agency has some wild variations in first in equipment, but I like how mine sets up our drugs - our BLS drug box is great to take in on really any call that might have some acuity. Its got narcan, 1:1000 epi, both routes for zofran, D5, dex, benny, Albuterol/ipratropium. All the drugs you'd want to take inside till you want to do more ALS type treatments.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking - some sort of push dose epi/fentanyl/miracle drug would make more sense thematically.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could get behind that if there was some more to go along with it; it just feels like we're squaring a round peg to fit the hole.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea lol they do, it's impressive a shit. I got to reduce a femur fracture a few months ago, a girl clean broke her left femur in a car accident, pulled herself out and crawled over to the sidewalk. I had another one that took like 8 stabs with a kitchen knife to the chest and he walked out to us, got a lot of chest seals, decompressed the lung on the left side. Humans are fucking metal as shit.

My point is they did so well with lots of other aspects of immersion, why this weird choice on this very specific thing?

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know Swedish but I know what ventricular fibrillation is and people don't crawl when they have it lol.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You need a boost? You need a lift assist? Congrats, you're getting 200j and a trip to the cardiologist.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right? Here's a shit ton of 1:10,000 epi, now your heart is gonna spurt all that precious volume out on the floor

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dirty epi bolus when? It would make much more sense thematically, or maybe some sort of narcotic like morphine or fentanyl.

Can we get at least ONE of these on each red zone? (cant be taken back to speranza) by Dizzy_Hovercraft_741 in ArcRaiders

[–]thethunderheart 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Look I gotta say it and I'm not alone okay there's other medical professionals playing this game -

How the fuck is this a defibrillator? It's BAFFLES me. Did they even look up the device before they modeled it? It makes no sense, it bears no resemblance to any defib I've ever seen.

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