Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[DoctorFunk]

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How about you go and knock some sense into the hospital admins. That way maybe my parents would stay another year. 😉

If you really want to be nerdy while you're on Maui, my dad can give you a tour of the hospital.

I feel like I should plan some sort of Parent Trap operation while I'm in Maui to force them to stay on the island...

As far as the tour goes--there you go, tempting my geekbone again. You really ought not do that.

 

[Agent Splat]

indeed. I even tried googling the word, but either I'm misspelling it, or it's below google's radar. see if splat knows what it means.

i've never heard it either. finally found it a second ago...must not be a very popular term.

FARKLE or FARKEL

In this area it means a person decked out in EMS/fire gear 24/7, listens constantly to scanners, has the red lights in their car, numerous stickers on their car, their entire wardrobe consists of EMS/fire related items. They live, eat, breathe, sleep EMS or fire. I guess you might consider them the ultimate vollie.

i do satisfy the scanner thing on occasion, and the lots of EMS apparel thing, but that's about it. well, I do eat, breathe, and sleep EMS too. no lights in my car though.

I DID see a subaru impreza go flying past the North ave. intersection by my apartment last week with a flashing red light on top, on the dash, and sirens blaring. Had a WI firefighter plate on it...not exactly sure who the heck they were or why they needed all that stuff on their car. Pretty funny though. Tiny little car.

I think "Rescue Randy" is the more common term that I've heard. We had a Rescue Randy back home...had an amber lightbar on his car, decked out radio, probably sirens, even had one of those cop/taxi spotlights on the driver window. the best part is that he wasn't even an EMT, he just drove the ambulance. he always wanted to be a cop from what i heard. he would even "patrol" the town in the evenings. seriously. just drive around, patrolling.

 

[DoctorFunk]

i've never heard it either. finally found it a second ago...must not be a very popular term.



i do satisfy the scanner thing on occasion, and the lots of EMS apparel thing, but that's about it. well, I do eat, breathe, and sleep EMS too. no lights in my car though.

I'm standing right outside your apartment right now and your car has EMS license plates too. You farkle.

 

[Agent Splat]

I'm standing right outside your apartment right now and your car has EMS license plates too. You farkle.

forgot about that. stay out of the trunk, i don't want you messing up the Lifepak 12 monitor/defib i keep in there.

edit: is the charging light still on for my IV bag warmer?

 

[DoctorFunk]

forgot about that. stay out of the trunk, i don't want you messing up the Lifepak 12 monitor/defib i keep in there.

edit: is the charging light still on for my IV bag warmer?

Yeah, your IV bag warmer is looking good. The homeless guy you pay to drive for you while you're giving CPR in the backseat is getting a little cold out there though.

 

[Agent Splat]

Yeah, your IV bag warmer is looking good. The homeless guy you pay to drive for you while you're giving CPR in the backseat is getting a little cold out there though.

tell him to quit his bitching if he wants that bottle of whiskey.

 

[Gimlet]

Sorry for an on-topic post, but something from the Pharm notes is bugging me. Is Nitroglycerin really abbreviated GTN, or is that just a dyslexic typo in multiple places? Logic (and Wikipedia) seems to dictate the acronym would be NTG.

 

[Agent Splat]

Sorry for an on-topic post, but something from the Pharm notes is bugging me. Is Nitroglycerin really abbreviated GTN, or is that just a dyslexic typo in multiple places? Logic (and Wikipedia) seems to dictate the acronym would be NTG.

i noticed the same thing. in all my reports at work and such, and in other places, I've always used and seen the abbreviation NTG.

Pretty sure he was a little confused or something when he wrote that. somewhere else in our notes, maybe the clinical lecture, i saw it NTG as well.

 

[Agent Splat]

i have nearly 2 feet of snow on my balcony, mostly thanks to drifting. but it's still pretty cool.

it's the wet, packing snow that's PERFECT for making forts, snowmen, and the such. I wanna take a study break to go make a snowman.

 

[45408]

I'm standing right outside your apartment right now and your car has EMS license plates too. You farkle.

Ah, that's different. Many of my co-workers swore by them, saying it's a very good way to keep yourself from getting a ticket from the men in blue. Granted, if you're driving drunk, you'll probably get in even more trouble, because you should know better, but I haven't had a parking ticket or any encounters with the police since I got the plates 18 months ago.

 

[45408]

I think "Rescue Randy" is the more common term that I've heard. We had a Rescue Randy back home...had an amber lightbar on his car, decked out radio, probably sirens, even had one of those cop/taxi spotlights on the driver window. the best part is that he wasn't even an EMT, he just drove the ambulance. he always wanted to be a cop from what i heard. he would even "patrol" the town in the evenings. seriously. just drive around, patrolling.

oh, that's a farkle all right. what kind of scanner do you have? and why?

 

[Agent Splat]

oh, that's a farkle all right. what kind of scanner do you have? and why?

can't afford a 500 dollar digital trunking scanner right now. i'm just using the link i included above. they're dealing with a house fire on 99th street right now. i grew up with having police radios on...just used to it. at work we always have one on as well so we'd be more on top of anything the police were getting involved with that might need us. I just like the noise. comfort thing in a way.


anybody else just see the huge flash of lightning followed by the long thunder rumble? it's a thunderblizzard!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Agent Splat]

Ah, that's different. Many of my co-workers swore by them, saying it's a very good way to keep yourself from getting a ticket from the men in blue. Granted, if you're driving drunk, you'll probably get in even more trouble, because you should know better, but I haven't had a parking ticket or any encounters with the police since I got the plates 18 months ago.

my plate may have gotten me out of a ticket once, but i'm not sure...I was headed back to school from work, still in uniform to boot, and got pulled over after a trooper on an overpass tagged my car and his buddy down the road picked me up. he pulled me over and said "hello sir, i'm not gonna look at your license, just letting you know we're stopping anybody doing 75 or over, you have a nice day!" and he went back to his squad. technically never even verbally told me to slow down. always wondered if my plate and uniform made up his mind when he walked up to the car.

they may have just been pulling people over as way to tell everyone to slow it down. traffic was hella busy that day on the highway.

 

[samenewme]

i have nearly 2 feet of snow on my balcony, mostly thanks to drifting. but it's still pretty cool.

it's the wet, packing snow that's PERFECT for making forts, snowmen, and the such. I wanna take a study break to go make a snowman.

I've never done that. Is it fun?

 

[45408]

always wondered if my plate and uniform made up his mind when he walked up to the car.

they may have just been pulling people over as way to tell everyone to slow it down. traffic was hella busy that day on the highway.

Yes, and no. I'm sure it was a big help. Traffic stops are usually done for a few reasons - make people behave on the roads, get some ticket $$$, and keep an eye out for people with outstanding warrants. If they see someone on "their side," I think they're likely to cut you some slack. Obviously my opinion, but good luck getting anyone to admit to much. 😛

Gimlet - ask your police friend, maybe.

 

[Gimlet]

Gimlet - ask your police friend, maybe.

10-4.

 

[Agent Splat]

10-4.

actually, a lot of places are phasing out the 10 codes, which is pretty sad...the end of an era.

in milwaukee all I hear on the radios now is "message received" which takes a lot longer and is more annoying.

10-4? everything 10-2, or should I 10-9? I'll 10-19 later to see. Anyways, 10-76 to the CMUTS to hit the books again. the test is coming soon so this is 10-33. I'll be 10-23 in a minute.

yeah, farkle. I know. bite me.

 

[donnyfire]

actually, a lot of places are phasing out the 10 codes, which is pretty sad...the end of an era.

in milwaukee all I hear on the radios now is "message received" which takes a lot longer and is more annoying.

10-4? everything 10-2, or should I 10-9? I'll 10-19 later to see. Anyways, 10-76 to the CMUTS to hit the books again. the test is coming soon so this is 10-33. I'll be 10-23 in a minute.

yeah, farkle. I know. bite me.

my department actually had a policy of using plain language. so when we did paramedic intercepts with outlying BLS units, I had no idea what they were saying when they started throwing 10-this and 10-that at me.
My cop buddy gets all geeked out by them, though.

Oh yeah, and although I don't have EMS plates, I know for a fact that my FF plates have gotten me out of at least two tickets.

 

[donnyfire]

Take that, thread!!

 

[Gimlet]

I was gonna respond earlier, but I thought I'd let the thread languish for a little after your post. So, out of curiosity, how do you KNOW that the FF license plate saved you from a couple tickets?

 

[45408]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un4ULrgVYMY[/YOUTUBE]


it's absolutely hilarious, watch it.

 

[45408]

actually, a lot of places are phasing out the 10 codes, which is pretty sad...the end of an era.

in milwaukee all I hear on the radios now is "message received" which takes a lot longer and is more annoying.

10-4? everything 10-2, or should I 10-9? I'll 10-19 later to see. Anyways, 10-76 to the CMUTS to hit the books again. the test is coming soon so this is 10-33. I'll be 10-23 in a minute.

yeah, farkle. I know. bite me.

10-4 = okay
10-8 = in service (aka, cleared from the hospital)
10-9 = please repeat that
10-10 = personal errand
10-16 = non-emergent
10-17 = emergent call (use lights and siren)
Code 5/10-19 = go to (station quarters, usually)
10-20 = your location
10-21 = call the station
10-46 = refueling

Unit ### is first, orange/blue/red/brown (on scene alone/with PD/FD/sheriff) or second (at ED).

All of those were used on a pretty daily basis.

and I think 10-54 or 10-72 was our code for "WE NEED COPS NOW!" only heard it used once. And our overly militaristic communications guy once told someone "10-30" on the radio, meaning "inappropriate radio conversation." Nobody but him knew what it meant.

 

[donnyfire]

I was gonna respond earlier, but I thought I'd let the thread languish for a little after your post. So, out of curiosity, how do you KNOW that the FF license plate saved you from a couple tickets?

The cops told me, both times.

 

[Gimlet]

Somebody please, just shoot me now.

I could really use a MCW Class Thread study break right about now. (Not that I haven't been slacking in the Lounge for the last hour anyway.)

 

[DoctorFunk]

Somebody please, just shoot me now.

I could really use a MCW Class Thread study break right about now. (Not that I haven't been slacking in the Lounge for the last hour anyway.)

Could be worse. You could be wasting your study break by watching the Oscars. Suck x10.

 

[Gimlet]

Could be worse. You could be wasting your study break by watching the Oscars. Suck x10.

At least your wife didn't decide to put on her own little marathon of the entire last season of "Sex and the City" yesterday. I made good utilization of my earplugs, but I still had to look at those heinous bitches every time I glanced toward the living room.

 

[samenewme]

Somebody please, just shoot me now.

I could really use a MCW Class Thread study break right about now. (Not that I haven't been slacking in the Lounge for the last hour anyway.)

I don't have much funny to say. I could winge about the two able-bodied, strong gym rat med students who live upstairs not doing their fare share of driveway shoveling, but really, it's not all that interesting. My roommate and I did the bulk of the shoveling. Girls rule!

 

[Gimlet]

I don't have much funny to say. I could winge about the two able-bodied, strong gym rat med students who live upstairs not doing their fare share of driveway shoveling, but really, it's not all that interesting. My roommate and I did the bulk of the shoveling. Girls rule!

That sucks....That was some damn heavy snow today, too! My upstairs neighbors last year (4th year student and his wife) liked to slack on the shoveling duties, too. Ostensibly, we were supposed to trade-off every other time it snowed, but it probably worked out to about a 5:3 ratio of me shoveling to him. He also didn't ever cut the lawn during the entire spring/summer when they still lived there. He would let it get so long when it was his turn that I would finally have to cave and cut it because our landlord was inevitably bringing over a prospective tenant to show our unit.

My wife was awesome this morning and shoveled half the driveway/sidewalk before I woke up. 😍 She was too worn out to finish it by herself, but helped me with the rest.

 

[Ashers]

I spent my time looking forward to posting in the alphabet thread in the Lounge -- I loved it how we dominated the drugs! Now I have to go to bed, so I can wake up and study more and make sure I get to school before the protestors. I doubt they'll be there before 6:15 anyway. Kill me now.

 

[Agent Splat]

10-4 = okay
10-8 = in service (aka, cleared from the hospital)
10-9 = please repeat that
10-10 = personal errand
10-16 = non-emergent
10-17 = emergent call (use lights and siren)
Code 5/10-19 = go to (station quarters, usually)
10-20 = your location
10-21 = call the station
10-46 = refueling

Unit ### is first, orange/blue/red/brown (on scene alone/with PD/FD/sheriff) or second (at ED).

All of those were used on a pretty daily basis.

and I think 10-54 or 10-72 was our code for "WE NEED COPS NOW!" only heard it used once. And our overly militaristic communications guy once told someone "10-30" on the radio, meaning "inappropriate radio conversation." Nobody but him knew what it meant.

you forgot the most important one...10-79!

 

[indo]

"I don't need to study, I'm asian"


SNL's The Office bit was pretty funny too.

 

[45408]

you forgot the most important one...10-79!

call the coroner? I've never seen a dead person in my EMS work.

 

[Ashers]

ALL PAU! (That means "finished" in Hawaiian -- figured people should learn something useless today).

Now I have to find something to do to occupy my time.

 

[Agent Splat]

unnnghhhhhhh

 

[DoctorFunk]

Wait, wait, wait...was that a pharmacology test, or Step 2?

 

[Ashers]

I was just trying to sleep, and I was awakened from my near sleep by realizing an answer I put was wrong. =( In addition to 1 drug I forgot.

 

[akpete]

So I might have to try to dig myself out of a hole next block. That test sucked.

And what's up with having 2 lectures on digitalis, but no questions about it.

For one question, I completely had the right answer down. Then my twisted mind convinced myself that no, triamterene is not an antihypertensive, it must be for the heart. So I reversed my answer. And then erased it as an answer for the previous page for acting on the distal tubule and left that one blank. Way to go, April. 😡

 

[akpete]

In addition to 1 drug I forgot.

Only 1? I'm so jealous.

As to be expected when I take off the weekend before. It's my own fault.


BTW, going to bed at 9pm and setting the alarm for 3:30am doesn't work.

 

[Ashers]

Only 1? I'm so jealous.

As to be expected when I take off the weekend before. It's my own fault.


BTW, going to bed at 9pm and setting the alarm for 3:30am doesn't work.

Well... only 1 that i know of for sure. I'm sure I missed random things like I always do.

 

[indo]

well, setting the alarm and getting into bed at 9 seem to work but falling asleep and then getting out of bed at 3:30 really are the limiting factors.

 

[samenewme]

You just need an alarm clock that you can't turn off in your sleep.

 

[akpete]

You just need an alarm clock that you can't turn off in your sleep.

One of those, or one that has the puzzle that you have to put together is the next step.

I did fall asleep right at 9ish cuz I was tired from previous night, but was too confused/not awake to put 2 and 2 together when the wake up call came (twice) and the alarms went off (2 alarms, multiple times). I woke up at 6:40am.

 

[Xandie]

I need one of those alarm clocks...

Also, who wants to come figure out what's wrong with my cable? Allegedly, a caple signal amplifier would fix it, but that doesn't really make sense. It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

 

[Ashers]

I need one of those alarm clocks...

Also, who wants to come figure out what's wrong with my cable? Allegedly, a caple signal amplifier would fix it, but that doesn't really make sense. It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

If you had something I could fix, I'd come -- don't know how to fix cable. I'm on the brink of studying for boards. I've forgotten how to do nothing.

 

[Gimlet]

I need one of those alarm clocks...

Also, who wants to come figure out what's wrong with my cable? Allegedly, a caple signal amplifier would fix it, but that doesn't really make sense. It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

Do you pay for your cable, or are you getting it for "free?"

 

[samenewme]

One of those, or one that has the puzzle that you have to put together is the next step.

I did fall asleep right at 9ish cuz I was tired from previous night, but was too confused/not awake to put 2 and 2 together when the wake up call came (twice) and the alarms went off (2 alarms, multiple times). I woke up at 6:40am.

You need a cat.

FEED THE KITTY NOW!

 

[donnyfire]

It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

Annoying, but jazzy!

 

[Agent Splat]

I need one of those alarm clocks...

Also, who wants to come figure out what's wrong with my cable? Allegedly, a caple signal amplifier would fix it, but that doesn't really make sense. It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

from what you're saying I'm guessing that you have what's called a coaxial inversion, which weakens the signal. I would take a look at the tuning band array in your building's cable box and check for any crossed circuit loops.

 

[Ashers]

Annoying, but jazzy!

har har. At least it's not a syncopated clock.

 

[indo]

I need one of those alarm clocks...

Also, who wants to come figure out what's wrong with my cable? Allegedly, a caple signal amplifier would fix it, but that doesn't really make sense. It's annoying to try and watch a show when the sound syncopates in and out. 🙁

Roll up some tin foil and stick it between the antennae. If you haven't had to do that in your life you haven't lived.