WOOOHOOOO!!! I PASSED!!!
  I score a 95 YAHZOOTIE!!! |
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Yeah, but my condition falls in the 5% you missed ... it always does.
 CONGRATULATIONS!
  YIPPEEE!!! |
 Congratulations
Kim & MAIZIE |
| Hoorah!!!!!
Congratulations! that is wonderful!!!!  |
| YAY GINNY!!! :banana: |
| Hey Ginny,
When will they let you ride in the helicopter?!? |
Ron wrote: Yeah, but my condition falls in the 5% you missed ... it always does.
According to the breakdown I missed 4 questions on Trauma.....so as long as you don't have an accident I've got you covered!!!! NO KEN, I DON'T DO HELICOPTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
| Oh, I'm a trauma case, alright.
The moment my mother saw me, she went into shock! 
The moment my mother's GYN saw me he went into shock and dropped me. Fortunately I landed on the soft spot on my head.
I was born on the highway; a state trooper had to deliver me. Then MedFlight came -- for the Trooper!
I'm not saying I'm ugly, but I was born face up. When they turned me over to slap me, a nurse yelled: "It's twins!" |
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| CONGRATULATIONS!!! What a great acccomplishment! Be proud & celebrate!!! |
Congrats Ginny!!! Good work!! 
Ron.... |
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congratulation's |
| congratulations |
| YAY Ginny, Congratulations on such a great result WOO HOO |
| Woohoo! Congratulations! |
| Go Ginny!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Job!!!!!!!! |
| Good going Ginny, |
Willowsprite wrote: Ron.... What? What did I say? |
That's great, Ginny! We had no doubt you'd pass  |
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job Ginny!! |
| Hooray Ginny!! That's awesome news and a terrific accomplishment!!  |
| Congratulations! I really do think you should get extra points for your assist with the road side delivery though (the fawn).
Congratuations on a great job. And thanks for being one of the special people who respond when we're in trouble. |
| Congrats, Ginny! :cheer: Of course, we all KNEW you'd pass!! |
| WOOHOO!!!!!! Great job , Ginny |
| YEAH!!!!!
Way to go Ginny. It must have been agony waiting that long. |
| Congrats Ginny. I know how hard becoming an EMT is and continuing all of your fun certifications. Good luck & I hope you don't encounter too many unpleasant calls. |
| Hey Ginny!!!!!
OH boy!!! Am I ever jealous of you!!! Not only did you get looks but brains too...some people have all the luck!! Congrats and best wishes!!!!
Marianne and the boys |
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Thanks everybody!!!
Must be the God of Emergencies were just waiting for my card to arrive, got my first "official" call at 2:00 this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| I caught this a little late but....
WAY TO GO
Shannon |
| Congratulations!!!!!
Ron..... Ron... Ron.... |
| I am told the number one call is:
"Fat guy with chest pains." What was yours? |
Second only to "old lady with difficulty breathing"  |
| thats so exciting!! (not the old lady... you passing!) congrats! |
 Nice score! Congratz! |
| Awesome |
| Congratulations!!!!! Now you get to go to every random ill person and unknown problem call they can possibly throw at you.
Oh and I lucked out on my first call. Auto accident with entrapment and ejection. The way percentages go though you have the best chance of fat guy with chest pains. And the equation is the heavy the person the higher up they'll be in the building and the greater the chance that the elevator doesn't work. |
Maxmm wrote: Congratulations!!!!! Now you get to go to every random ill person and unknown problem call they can possibly throw at you.
I'm used to that, as an RN for 20 years I've been getting it since day "ONE", I am very good at saying, "I think you need to call your Dr." |
| Congrats - I'd be more than happy to let you save me, but let's hope I never have to!
GOOD JOB! |
Tasker's Mom wrote: I'm used to that, as an RN for 20 years I've been getting it since day "ONE", I am very good at saying, "I think you need to call your Dr."
Yeah but now you get to go TO people's houses and see what kind of conditions they live in. Wait til that first call where you have to pry someone out from between the toilet and the wall or you have to wedge yourself in the door and then wade through waist high trash to get to them. Mmmm, yum! |
| JUST CAN'T WAIT |
Maxmm wrote: Tasker's Mom wrote: I'm used to that, as an RN for 20 years I've been getting it since day "ONE", I am very good at saying, "I think you need to call your Dr." Yeah but now you get to go TO people's houses and see what kind of conditions they live in. Wait til that first call where you have to pry someone out from between the toilet and the wall or you have to wedge yourself in the door and then wade through waist high trash to get to them. Mmmm, yum! It reminds me of when I delivered pizza. People would be like, "C'mon in," and I'd be dying from smell outside, let alone inside. I'd always feign allergies-- one of my favorite lines from people was "You can't even tell I have cats." Oh yes you can. I can and so can anyone standing anywhere on your block. It's amazing how people live. Not sure if this is something that EMTs get as much, but I've had the nude move pulled on me more times than I care to remember... |
| Yeah Ginny! Congrats!
Mandy, what kind of emergency makes people get between the toilet and the wall? |
| OH YEA, the old toilet and the wall. That was one of the "skills test" for my final. The patient was in the bathroom wedged between the toilet and the wall and I had to get him out and protect his C-spine all at the same time. WHAT FUN!!!
People who pass out in the bathroom NEVER wind up in the middle of the floor where you can reach them!! |
ButtersStotch wrote: Not sure if this is something that EMTs get as much, but I've had the nude move pulled on me more times than I care to remember...
My hubby showed up for a plumbing call in Laguna Beach. The guy was senile and answered the door in a shirt and no pants...no underwear etc... Out here in the Desert there is the typical gay nude guy. He will answer the door in nothing to try to impress. |
| I'll just tell them if they want ME to save them they will have to put their clothes on first |
| HAPPY DANCE |
| The most common reaction to any medical problem that people have is that the feeling that they have to go to the bathroom. Most people get a sensation that they have to "bear down" and they end up D.O.T. Emergency Services slang for Dead on Toilet.
Always sounds better when you are in front of family than saying the person is in the bathroom and dead; curbs the imagery. I'm guessing that the reason they end up between the toilet and the wall is because they probably feel themselves becoming lightheaded or passing out and they go to lean against the wall. Gravity and sweat take over from there. |
| Congratulations! Well Done! |
My grandmother died of a heart attack on the toilet  she fell over into the tub/shower and my grandfather couldnt get her out...its weird hearing that is a common place to die...
Im sorry Noni...I dont mean to spread the way of your demise, but I really am surprised!! |
| Solution!
If you don't want to die, build your toilet far from the wall* and not within reach of the bathtub! You'll live forever! *You can use a free standing toilet paper caddy, such as: TP holder - whimsical TP holder - multifunction convenience TP holder - utilitarian |
| RON
It's called "Valsalva", when the person bears down it causes a sudden slowing of the heart which can lead to syncope. Two most common places the elderly experience syncope (passing out), the bathroom and church. |
| see thats why Ginny passed her test she's just soooo smart! |
 gee thanks!!
Actually that's "nurse stuff" |
| Well, from a non-nurse....Youre smart |
| so, old people commonly bear down in church? |
| I had the pleasure of watching my wife attempt a Valsalva Maneuver to correct her SVTs before they had to go to the Adenasine (sp?).
It sure was fun watching the EKG monitor... |
| Congrats Ginny! |
| Congratulations.
May you only have to save people that have clothes on in the appropriate areas. Ron, what a comedian you are. |
barney1 wrote: so, old people commonly bear down in church?
HAHAHAHAHAHA Nooooooooooooo, it's an odd phenom but I wa a Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse for many years, specializing in electrophysiology and the Dr I worked with (who put in pacemakers) had a theory that when Old Folks get to church they relax and their heart rate will often slow considerably. If they have any pre existing conditions such as Sick Sinus Syndrome that is when they will often be exacerbated and they pass out. He was Hindu, I used to tell him they passed out in church because God was watching out for them and didn't want them to pass out alone at home. |
Ron wrote: I had the pleasure of watching my wife attempt a Valsalva Maneuver to correct her SVTs before they had to go to the Adenasine (sp?).
It sure was fun watching the EKG monitor... That is another use for it, another "cure" for SVT is putting your face in a bowel of ice water Both cause a vagal response which slow the heart beat. In the case of SVT the slowing of the heart beat is often enough to break the re entrant arrhythmia and get you back into Sinus Rhythm. I prefer Adenosine, it's quicker |
Tasker's Mom wrote: is putting your face in a bowel of ice water
Ginny, you're working too hard again. Wish I were closer, I'd make you a cup of tea and little tea sandwiches. In your new sunroom of course |
Tasker's Mom wrote: I prefer Adenosine, it's quicker
You just like watching people go asystole!!! Don't forget the EMS favortie precordial thump. (That's where you punch the person dead square in sternum. It's like hitting the reset button on the computer.) |
Maxmm wrote: Tasker's Mom wrote: I prefer Adenosine, it's quicker You just like watching people go asystole!!! Don't forget the EMS favortie precordial thump. (That's where you punch the person dead square in sternum. It's like hitting the reset button on the computer.)AHHHHHH YES, but a precordial thump is only "supposed" to be used for witness VT, usually by the time you get them on a monitor they are already in it!!! Always seems soi mean to just smack 'em in the chest |
| Okay, all you medical people - in ENGLISH please!!!! |
Tasker's Mom wrote: AHHHHHH YES, but a precordial thump is only "supposed" to be used for witness VT, usually by the time you get them on a monitor they are already in it!!! Always seems soi mean to just smack 'em in the chest
And that's the difference between prehospital providers and nursing staff. Rules do not apply to us!!! Muh hah hah hah!!! |
Drezzie's Mom wrote: Okay, all you medical people - in ENGLISH please!!!!
When they die, you bring em back to life  |
Tasker's Mom wrote: Drezzie's Mom wrote: Okay, all you medical people - in ENGLISH please!!!! When they die, you bring em back to life They break, we fix! |
Darcy wrote: My grandmother died of a heart attack on the toilet
she fell over into the tub/shower and my grandfather couldnt get her out...its weird hearing that is a common place to die...My FIL was found in the bathroom, same thing...He had a bad heart, so him having a heart attack while on the toilet wasn't surprising. It seems he hit his head on the opposite wall, as he passed out. We I had no idea that this happened often. |
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