MCW Class of 2010, Part 3

[Agent Splat]

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Also, by "open ended question" did you mean that it was the type of question that would cause most women to talk continuously for at least 10 minutes?

suddenly he's Marty. creepy.

 

[asunshine]

aw, c'mon, we just passed up the Oklahoma crew.

Ah, class of 2011 thread. Doomed before it even started.

But you promise to answer the newbies' questions, right? We'll try not to be obnoxious 😉.

(Was that apostrophe in the right place? Anyone?)

 

[DoctorFunk]

that period should be in the "inside" of those quotation marks, "Funk."

Freakin' EMTs. First they decide they're good enough to dispense medication in the field without a physician present (we all know a phone call shouldn't be good enough) and now they think they can take the creative license away from a former English minor? Pshaw.

 

[Agent Splat]

Freakin' EMTs. First they decide they're good enough to dispense medication in the field without a physician present (we all know a phone call shouldn't be good enough) and now they think they can take the creative license away from a former English minor? Pshaw.

phone call? what the hell? I don't even need to do that. if i think you need it you're getting it.

 

[akpete]

I am angry. Big won't commit to Carrie and he seems to be just stringing her along.

My channels 2-12ish don't work for some reason right now. Time Warner has to come to my house...not exactly sure what they're gonna do. Hhhmmm...the cable goes from the wall to the TV. Well, done on my end.

Therefore, no Sex and the City today. 🙁

 

[akpete]

The reason the 2009 thread slowed down is because it is full of inside jokes.

I'm in the damn class and I don't know the insidedness to the jokes half the time.

 

[akpete]

Man, I gotta spend $100+ to replace a burnt out headlight on my Acura. Those HID bulbs are PRICEY. A regular bulb is about $12, but these bad boys are over $100 from the cheap online sources, and it's $160 installed from the dealer. It's a chore to get at it too, so I might have to buckle under.

My left rear blinker has been out since August. I should probably do something about that...

 

[akpete]

Ugh, hopefully no data entry for me; I'd rather keep working my real job if that's the case. For the summer research program, you have to design and conduct your own study, right? Or can you just work on a preexisting project?

Actually, I think most of the time you're just working on something the doc wants you to work on. Someone else could correct me on that.

I tried to get research, but a bunch of things fell through for me, so it didn't happen. But I was the exception. Pretty much if you wanted to do research, you could do research. The numbers have climbed every year too.

 

[akpete]

just thought I should have one more post in a row.

 

[DoctorFunk]

phone call? what the hell? I don't even need to do that. if i think you need it you're getting it.

Oh, you and your "standing orders" are so infuriating. What I wouldn't give to order up an army of physician clones to take over EMS duties across America--I'm sure they would be able to get CPR success rates beyond that 5-10% barrier.

That being said, I wonder what I have to do to renew my national EMT-B certification at the end of this year? 😉

 

[Agent Splat]

Oh, you and your "standing orders" are so infuriating. What I wouldn't give to order up an army of physician clones to take over EMS duties across America--I'm sure they would be able to get CPR success rates beyond that 5-10% barrier.

That being said, I wonder what I have to do to renew my national EMT-B certification at the end of this year? 😉

i've never in my life seen a doctor do CPR....that's for people that are paid by the hour, dammit!

 

[Agent Splat]

That being said, I wonder what I have to do to renew my national EMT-B certification at the end of this year? 😉

I'd heard they only spot check the envelopes for all the appropriate recert requirements...go ahead and send it in 😉

i remember when I thought the length of the registry exam was long. damn.

 

[akpete]

That being said, I wonder what I have to do to renew my national EMT-B certification at the end of this year? 😉

Ah, just let it lapse like I did.

That reminds me, I should probably work on some athletic training CEUs.

 

[Agent Splat]

Ah, just let it lapse like I did.

That reminds me, I should probably work on some athletic training CEUs.

i still gotta get a WI Basic and Intermediate Tech refresher in somewhere.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Ah, just let it lapse like I did.

I'll probably end up doing just that. Too bad though, it was my last reminder of all the ridiculous activities I crammed in and hoops I thought I had to jump through as a pre-med. Farewell EMT-B certification, although I used you on only a single ride-along during which I watched at least 5 hours of TV at various fire stations, you were always a faithful companion.

 

[Agent Splat]

(Was that apostrophe in the right place? Anyone?)

it sure as heckfire was. you win a special place in my heart

 

[Agent Splat]

I'll probably end up doing just that. Too bad though, it was my last reminder of all the ridiculous activities I crammed in and hoops I thought I had to jump through as a pre-med. Farewell EMT-B certification, although I used you on only a single ride-along during which I watched at least 5 hours of TV at various fire stations, you were always a faithful companion.

🙁

 

[donnyfire]

I'll probably end up doing just that. Too bad though, it was my last reminder of all the ridiculous activities I crammed in and hoops I thought I had to jump through as a pre-med. Farewell EMT-B certification, although I used you on only a single ride-along during which I watched at least 5 hours of TV at various fire stations, you were always a faithful companion.

don't do it if you can avoid it. I let my paramedic license expire this summer, and am now trying to figure out how to jump through hoops to get it reinstated.

 

[DoctorFunk]

don't do it if you can avoid it. I let my paramedic license expire this summer, and am now trying to figure out how to jump through hoops to get it reinstated.

Actually, the requirements don't look too bad. Probably have to take a 24 hour refresher crash course and I think the classes from M1 year would cover the remaining 48 hours of "continuing education." After that, just have to check on my CPR certification and pony up $15.

If you don't mind me asking, what are the advantages you find in keeping your certification?

 

[pratik7]

Yeah, only 4"... I have a complex about being too tall as it is. I am from HI where most people are Asian and short.

I will have you know that my mom is a towering 4 feet 11 inches

 

[Ashers]

I will have you know that my mom is a towering 4 feet 11 inches

Wow, if she was in Hawaii, she could join the AP bio teacher at my high school and have "midget" written on her driver's license. (That Japanese lady has a lot of spunk though, and she scared me away from taking her class -- she's really nice once you get to know her.)

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/space+is+fun/

Am I the only person here without any sort of EMT training? Me and my vampiring job before med school -- maybe I should just leave and start the 2011 thread.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Am I the only person here without any sort of EMT training? Me and my vampiring job before med school -- maybe I should just leave and start the 2011 thread.

Quick! What do the following EMS mnemonics stand for: ABC and OPQRST. If you can define these and are certified in CPR, you may already be an EMT-B and not even know it! 😉

 

[Ashers]

Quick! What do the following EMS mnemonics stand for: ABC and OPQRST. If you can define these and are certified in CPR, you may already be an EMT-B and not even know it! 😉

So when you become a EMT-IT, you get to do IVs and finish the alphabet? 😀

 

[DoctorFunk]

So when you become a EMT-IT, you get to do IVs and finish the alphabet? 😀

I wouldn't know. All the EMT-ITs I ever met communicated with each other using some sort of sign language and cured patients by simply laying hands on them. Amazing what they can teach you in a few extra hours of class.

 

[akpete]

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/space+is+fun/

this video just scared the crap out of my dog. good work.

 

[45408]

don't do it if you can avoid it. I let my paramedic license expire this summer, and am now trying to figure out how to jump through hoops to get it reinstated.

I would've kept the paramedic, but I let my EMT-B expire, although I used it for about 800 more hours than Funk.

 

[Ashers]

I wouldn't know. All the EMT-ITs I ever met communicated with each other using some sort of sign language and cured patients by simply laying hands on them. Amazing what they can teach you in a few extra hours of class.

That is pretty good. One wonders why they would even need to go to med school then... Just to keep themselves from getting too bored? See what us normals have to go through to help people?

 

[DoctorFunk]

That is pretty good. One wonders why they would even need to go to med school then... Just to keep themselves from getting too bored? See what us normals have to go through to help people?

I always assumed it was so they could get those nifty magnets and coffee cups we got at orientation last year.

I mean, c'mon...I was conned into joining the Boy Scouts in elementary school because they were giving away a cool beetle-looking Transformer figure at the sign-up meeting. EMT-ITs, even with their omniscience, couldn't be more logical in their actions than an 8 year-old Funk, right?

 

[donnyfire]

If you don't mind me asking, what are the advantages you find in keeping your certification?

I was a firefighter/medic for several years before med school, so it's sort of an ego thing (last vestige of an old life).

from a practical standpoint, if I do decide to do EM, it can't hurt to put an active EMS license on my CV, right?

 

[Ashers]

I always assumed it was so they could get those nifty magnets and coffee cups we got at orientation last year.

I mean, c'mon...I was conned into joining the Boy Scouts in elementary school because they were giving away a cool beetle-looking Transformer figure at the sign-up meeting. EMT-ITs, even with their omniscience, couldn't be more logical in their actions than an 8 year-old Funk, right?

I got the beetle Transformer without joining boy scouts. I wonder what the Transformer movie's gonna be like.

Anyone else excited about the Borat movie?

So, Don, are you thinking more about EM now than urology? You could always go out for the emergency urology calls as a medic/urologist.

The library's really quiet and empty at 8am, except for the construction.

 

[DoctorFunk]

I got the beetle Transformer without joining boy scouts. I wonder what the Transformer movie's gonna be like.

There's no way it will be better than the original movie. I didn't see it in the theater, but my best friend swears that Optimus Prime's demise in the first ten minutes of the film was the first time he was really exposed to death. He started crying right away and asked his "mommy" what happened to Optimus Prime. Why wasn't he moving anymore?!

It was also probably many childrens' first experience with swearing in a cartoon (SPIKE: It isn't even *dented!* Oh ****! What are we gonna do now?), the last movie Orson Welles worked on, and had a bitchin' musical interlude featuring a Weird Al song. Perfection on film, folks.

 

[Agent Splat]

I wouldn't know. All the EMT-ITs I ever met communicated with each other using some sort of sign language and cured patients by simply laying hands on them. Amazing what they can teach you in a few extra hours of class.

i can't remember the last time I actually had to lay my hands on the patient to cure them. Usually I just drive the ambulance past their house while meditating and that does the trick.

 

[Agent Splat]

There's no way it will be better than the original movie. I didn't see it in the theater, but my best friend swears that Optimus Prime's demise in the first ten minutes of the film was the first time he was really exposed to death. He started crying right away and asked his "mommy" what happened to Optimus Prime. Why wasn't he moving anymore?!

It was also probably many childrens' first experience with swearing in a cartoon (SPIKE: It isn't even *dented!* Oh ****! What are we gonna do now?), the last movie Orson Welles worked on, and had a bitchin' musical interlude featuring a Weird Al song. Perfection on film, folks.

i think the new one should have "Amish Paradise" in it.

And I heard that "Beetle" won't be a "Beetle" in this one. something about a Camaro.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Usually I just drive the ambulance past their house while meditating and that does the trick.

I've never actually witnessed this in person, but in my EMT-B class there were tales that paramedics are able to actually avoid the hassle of ambulances altogether and can teleport themselves from patient to patient using only the power of their hypermedical minds. Then, not only do they cure the patients with only a sideways glance, but at the same time they conjure delicious Subway sandwiches for everyone at the scene, magically made the way each person prefers them.

Maybe Donnyfire would care to confirm these legends?

 

[DoctorFunk]

And I heard that "Beetle" won't be a "Beetle" in this one. something about a Camaro.

First Con Air, now Beetle is a camaro?! I'll get you for this, Michael Bay. 😡

 

[donnyfire]

I've never actually witnessed this in person, but in my EMT-B class there were tales that paramedics are able to actually avoid the hassle of ambulances altogether and can teleport themselves from patient to patient using only the power of their hypermedical minds. Then, not only do they cure the patients with only a sideways glance, but at the same time they conjure delicious Subway sandwiches for everyone at the scene, magically made the way each person prefers them.

Maybe Donnyfire would care to confirm these legends?

Aye, there be supernatural powers that come with being paramedical...

I always avoided the ambulance (pronounced "tax-eee") by teleporting from patient to patient using the big red truck.

Also, I cure patients not by a sideways glance, but with a raised eyebrow, and an occasional wiggle of my nose.

 

[Agent Splat]

Aye, there be supernatural powers that come with being paramedical...

I always avoided the ambulance (pronounced "tax-eee") by teleporting from patient to patient using the big red truck.

Also, I cure patients not by a sideways glance, but with a raised eyebrow, and an occasional wiggle of my nose.

but does any EMT-B you're on call with still have to drive?

 

[donnyfire]

but does any EMT-B you're on call with still have to drive?

Yeah, because the "B" in EMT-B means Back in the Front, rookie.

 

[Agent Splat]

Yeah, because the "B" in EMT-B means Back in the Front, rookie.

but how does a paramedic know how to take a blood pressure if the basic is always up front? or know how to talk to the patient?

(i know you're joking, but remember, B is not always = to rookie)

 

[donnyfire]

but how does a paramedic know how to take a blood pressure if the basic is always up front? or know how to talk to the patient?

(i know you're joking, but remember, B is not always = to rookie)

i know.... no offense intended....

all kidding aside, I seriously always tried to get my basics in the back, and then had the engine guys drive.

 

[Agent Splat]

i know.... no offense intended....

all kidding aside, I seriously always tried to get my basics in the back, and then had the engine guys drive.

hey, offend the basics all you want, I'm an I!! 😉

 

[DoctorFunk]

hey, offend the basics all you want, I'm an I!! 😉

Alright people, enough of this exclusionary EMS talk. Let's get back to more important subject matter.

M2s, who here has gonorrhea?

 

[donnyfire]

M2s, who here has gonorrhea?

Always a great conversation opener.

 

[samenewme]

Alright people, enough of this exclusionary EMS talk. Let's get back to more important subject matter.

M2s, who here has gonorrhea?

Oh, don't TELL! It's more fun when it's a surprise!

 

[akpete]

Alright people, enough of this exclusionary EMS talk. Let's get back to more important subject matter.

M2s, who here has gonorrhea?

Damn, not me. I'm so disappointed. 🙁

 

[DoctorFunk]

Damn, not me. I'm so disappointed. 🙁

Yeah, me either. I got my test results this afternoon and it came up negative for the big G, and here I had already fired a "warning shot" about the news to my wife this morning at breakfast.

 

[akpete]

Yeah, me either. I got my test results this afternoon and it came up negative for the big G, and here I had already fired a "warning shot" about the news to my wife this morning at breakfast.

Awarded funniest post of the week.

 

[45408]

i can't remember the last time I actually had to lay my hands on the patient to cure them. Usually I just drive the ambulance past their house while meditating and that does the trick.

Not here in Milwaukee. We'd always have to bring them to the hospital, and then when we were a few blocks away, they'd ask if we could make a "quick stop" at someone's cousin's house, and the patient would disappear. 😕

 

[Agent Splat]

Not here in Milwaukee. We'd always have to bring them to the hospital, and then when we were a few blocks away, they'd ask if we could make a "quick stop" at someone's cousin's house, and the patient would disappear. 😕

seriously?

 

[Agent Splat]

I would like to take this moment to express how sad I am that a PhD doesn't know when to properly use "affect" and "effect."

Affect: A verb. good mnemonic: A=Action. You AFFECT something, "to influence"
Effect: What you get from something... You GET an effect.

Cripes.

Though, "effect" CAN be used as a verb, meaning "to bring about." However, "affect" as a verb means "to influence." The PhD's usage of "effect" is inappropriate as he refers to influences on acid lability, Beta-lactamase sensitivity, and G+/G- activity.