Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[Agent Splat]

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15+ L/min through a cannula? that must've shaken all kinds of things loose.

actually, it may have been closer to 20+. I think the little floaty ball in the gauge shot to the top of the meter.

 

[Agent Splat]

actually, I've now made 3 posts that start with the word "actually."

 

[Agent Splat]

I bought the wrong kind of apple 🙁

 

[45408]

that's crap. i have no idea if my lease allows nail-pounding, but I sure as heckfire do it anyway.

actually, most of them say you can't pound nails into the woodwork, which makes sense, but drywall? I'll just spackle it over anyways.

 

[45408]

actually in retrospect, the pain is more in the back of my neck.

actually, couldn't it be meningitis?

 

[Agent Splat]

actually, couldn't it be meningitis?

citric acid-induced inflammation of the meninges? hadn't thought of that. good time to take some penicillin. M2s, why would that be?

 

[Agent Splat]

I think Paratech has the coolest looking ambulances in the area. The chrome wheels are sweet. Good size, too.

Though that Ohana ambulance service has a cool rig too. Palm trees on the side and such.

 

[45408]

I think Paratech has the coolest looking ambulances in the area. The chrome wheels are sweet. Good size, too.

Though that Ohana ambulance service has a cool rig too. Palm trees on the side and such.

actually, I kind of like the LEDs that Bell has, plus their air horns are pretty wicked. Of course, I'll always be partial to the 9mm holes in the Curtis rigs. 😍

 

[Ashers]

So much for leaving lunch early to come up here and "study," eh, Splat?

 

[DoctorFunk]

citric acid-induced inflammation of the meninges? hadn't thought of that. good time to take some penicillin. M2s, why would that be?

Good time to take ceftriaxone, you mean.

 

[Ashers]

Good time to take ceftriaxone, you mean.

Maybe he knows it's N. meningitidis, and all he has to do is have high dose pen G and stay on it for a while.

 

[Gimlet]

Quick, get me some rifampin for prophylaxis...hopefully I won't get pregnant when my OCP fails while I'm on it.

Prowler, those stupid lease stipulations were one of the major reasons why we decided to buy a home. It's nice to be able to do whatever the **** I want to my house without fear of repercussions.

(You aren't signing a lease with DeeAnn Kufahl, are you? Sounds like something she would write.)

 

[Agent Splat]

actually, I kind of like the LEDs that Bell has, plus their air horns are pretty wicked. Of course, I'll always be partial to the 9mm holes in the Curtis rigs. 😍

true, I do like the LEDs. Our service has a couple rigs with airhorns, but if you have the airhorn switch on with our setups you can't use the horn button on the steering wheel to switch siren tones, and I prefer having that. Other pain is all of our ambulances are different so it's tricky to keep the "audio visual" systems straight.

 

[Agent Splat]

Maybe he knows it's N. meningitidis, and all he has to do is have high dose pen G and stay on it for a while.

i know nothing of that right now. I can tell you felbamate can cause aplastic anemia though. luckily i'm on a low dose and my NMDA receptors aren't totally blocked.

 

[Xandie]

I had zero surgeries today. It was super.

And you're all insane.

 

[indo]

Toothpaste makes an excellent nail hole concealer.


You all sound like doctors.


My favorite receptor is the cannabinoid family. Although, you have to treat them nicely or else you'll develope anxiety.

 

[donnyfire]

Did you folks realize that you can download entire textbooks onto your PDA in addition to the (presumably) nifty programs they're going to give us? Or that you can watch movies?

Not sure which will come in handier. All I know is that I can't wait to have a portable, non-greasy Netter to carry with me.

Textbooks on PDA's are pretty handy. Other must have titbits include eponyms, medcalc, a medical dictionary of some sort, The John's Hopkins antibiotic guide, Ms. Pac Man, Scrabble, Frogger, Chess, and Tetris.

 

[donnyfire]

So a few of us have been on these boards since 2004, and I have the fewest posts by far. That makes me feel inadequate.

Oh well, off to scrub.

2003 here, with the fewest posts by far.

You shouldn't feel inadequate. You rule.

 

[donnyfire]

I'm not too worried about it yet. I saw one of your classmates over at starbucks and she had 2 stacks of note cards that were about a foot high. I just wondered if that was the way that eveyone does it. She said that the good part about all of it was that MCW students usually kick butt on the pharm portions of step I.

I used notecards (mostly) and the occasional visual aid.

But the best way is to scavenge some notecards from the M2's of this year. That way, you don't have to spend time making them.

 

[donnyfire]

I think Paratech has the coolest looking ambulances in the area. The chrome wheels are sweet. Good size, too.

Though that Ohana ambulance service has a cool rig too. Palm trees on the side and such.

I worked for Paratech briefly. Their ambulances are ok, but I'm a fan of the MFD rigs. Red rules. But then again, I'm biased.

 

[donnyfire]

Maybe he knows it's N. meningitidis, and all he has to do is have high dose pen G and stay on it for a while.

If bacteria don't exist, why would you need an antibiotic for them.

 

[donnyfire]

And you're all insane.

Once again, you are the speaker of truth.

 

[Ashers]

If bacteria don't exist, why would you need an antibiotic for them.

Because Dr. Myers said something about knowing them for some exam coming up.

Working on your post count, eh, Don?

 

[Agent Splat]

I worked for Paratech briefly. Their ambulances are ok, but I'm a fan of the MFD rigs. Red rules. But then again, I'm biased.

red? ugh. i'll take white with nice accent colors. or this. if it keeps me visible and safe, I don't care if it looks like a clown car.

 

[donnyfire]

Because Dr. Myers said something about knowing them for some exam coming up.

Working on your post count, eh, Don?

Um

 

[donnyfire]

Yup

 

[Agent Splat]

actually, i take that back. THIS would be my ideal ambulance. but only if it came with the proton packs.

 

[Agent Splat]

Um

so far so good.

 

[Agent Splat]

Yup

you're doing great! keep it up!

 

[donnyfire]

i'll take white with nice accent colors.

Actually, I'd agree. Keep the red with the FD's, everyone else can have white. But, I'm a traditionalist. I always hated the lime green fire trucks, and am a fan of leather helmets.

 

[donnyfire]

actually, i take that back. THIS would be my ideal ambulance. but only if it came with the proton packs.

Just don't cross the streams.

 

[donnyfire]

 

[Ashers]

Haha ... you could've done a "yay, 500" post there. 😉

 

[Agent Splat]

Actually, I'd agree. Keep the red with the FD's, everyone else can have white. But, I'm a traditionalist. I always hated the lime green fire trucks, and am a fan of leather helmets.

sometime awhile ago a study was done on the lime green...when it was new they thought it would make fire trucks more visible, so to test this they gave some departments new lime green trucks, and for awhile the accident rate actually went down. however, after awhile it apparently rose to meet the number of accidents with red trucks. the accidents were only down at first because the firefighters were being extra careful with the new trucks so as not to mess them up.

there's a department in my county that has some black fire trucks...really ugly.

 

[Agent Splat]

Just don't cross the streams.

i won't talk about how that phrase can/has been used in the past.

 

[Agent Splat]

Haha ... you could've done a "yay, 500" post there. 😉

agreed. pretty lame 500th post, don. i expected better from you. you lose your Splat Text Page Privilege (STPP).

 

[Ashers]

sometime awhile ago a study was done on the lime green...when it was new they thought it would make fire trucks more visible, so to test this they gave some departments new lime green trucks, and for awhile the accident rate actually went down. however, after awhile it apparently rose to meet the number of accidents with red trucks. the accidents were only down at first because the firefighters were being extra careful with the new trucks so as not to mess them up.

there's a department in my county that has some black fire trucks...really ugly.

Maui has a white fire truck. The rest are yellow-green.

 

[Agent Splat]

I'm going to party like this is post 1999.

 

[Ashers]

agreed. pretty lame 500th post, don. i expected better from you. you lose your Splat Text Page Privilege (STPP).

Does that mean:
a) you're going to stop text paging him
b) you're going to text page him more
c) he can't text page you

 

[donnyfire]

sometime awhile ago a study was done on the lime green...when it was new they thought it would make fire trucks more visible, so to test this they gave some departments new lime green trucks, and for awhile the accident rate actually went down. however, after awhile it apparently rose to meet the number of accidents with red trucks. the accidents were only down at first because the firefighters were being extra careful with the new trucks so as not to mess them up.

there's a department in my county that has some black fire trucks...really ugly.

Yeah, I heard about that study. It resulted in the return red as the preferred color in the mid-80's or so.

On a related note, I once saw a driver do ~$15,000 worth of damage to a brand new truck on it's first day on the road. 👍 Having rear wheel steering takes some getting used to.

 

[Xandie]

Don... you're very silly. PS: I got called in twice on my first call night... what's that all about?

Also... the rest of you are also very silly. And I'm happily eating dinner. So there.

 

[donnyfire]

agreed. pretty lame 500th post, don. i expected better from you. you lose your Splat Text Page Privilege (STPP).

Oh dang.

 

[donnyfire]

i won't talk about how that phrase can/has been used in the past.

It's a urology thing.

 

[donnyfire]

Don... you're very silly. PS: I got called in twice on my first call night... what's that all about?

Also... the rest of you are also very silly. And I'm happily eating dinner. So there.

Twice?!!?

I wasn't called in during my whole rotation. 😎

 

[Xandie]

I know! I got called in at 6:45 on Wednesday night, and at 4:15 on Thursday morning. Woo. Hoo.

 

[samenewme]

red? ugh. i'll take white with nice accent colors. or this. if it keeps me visible and safe, I don't care if it looks like a clown car.

Maybe they used decals to dork it up for Mardi Gras.

 

[45408]

Quick, get me some rifampin for prophylaxis...hopefully I won't get pregnant when my OCP fails while I'm on it.

Prowler, those stupid lease stipulations were one of the major reasons why we decided to buy a home. It's nice to be able to do whatever the **** I want to my house without fear of repercussions.

(You aren't signing a lease with DeeAnn Kufahl, are you? Sounds like something she would write.)

Nope. I negotiated the troublesome clauses, and she's signing it tomorrow. I was thinking all day about how much nicer this would be if I weren't living in someone else's property. A house is probably 2+ years away though. The wife needs a few more raises she just got another $1.50 though...

 

[45408]

Toothpaste makes an excellent nail hole concealer.

LOL, I'll keep that in mind.

 

[45408]

I worked for Paratech briefly. Their ambulances are ok, but I'm a fan of the MFD rigs. Red rules. But then again, I'm biased.

Of course you're a fan of the MFD rigs. Life is rough when you don't deal with a real budget, and you can buy a huge-ass International truck that has to kneel before you can even get the patient in or out of that thing. They look awesome (especially the paramedic education rig, which is almost as long as a semi), but it doesn't make you wonder why our city budget is always in trouble. They're really not very big inside either. You'd think you could set up a trampoline in there, but it's only a little bigger than a full-mod.

 

[45408]

actually, i take that back. THIS would be my ideal ambulance. but only if it came with the proton packs.

my employer has an ambulance from the late 60s that looks like that, but without the stuff on top. 😛