tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43167798614002159722024-03-14T12:33:15.699-04:00Socially Akward= Geek with Type A personallityI'm an Information Security Practioner and Paramedic in a major South Eastern County. Here I'll post my thoughts on all things Geek and EMS. Relevant articles, musings, and any humurous tid bits I can find will find their way on to these pages as well!SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-44897996939579669342011-08-11T22:44:00.000-04:002011-08-11T22:44:03.363-04:00Random thoughts... <style type="text/css">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Well, I have been naughty. More than a month with out a post. That just wont do. Excuse my while I tighten my chalice...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ok, I'm back and only bleeding slightly... Nothing that will kill me. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">So I have the good fortune to be involved with an EMS agency that practices Focused CPR. In my less than a year here, I've seen more CPR saves than the previous 16 years of Paramedicine combined. (I know, I know anecdotal data but still...) But I'm curious, how many other agencies do anything other than AHA, and what's their success rates like? Oh and when I say “saves” I don't just mean 'Hey!! we got ROSC... but no brain function' type saves, but real, honest-to-god discharged from the hospital in a functional capacity type of saves. I know of one case that the patient went from vfib arrest to signing his own admission papers. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Very exciting stuff!!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I'd love to be able to put up a link to a paper but they are still compiling the data for <i>their</i> papers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I've just recently heard that my old county (somewhere above the Mason-Dixon Line) is starting to experiment with Focused CPR as well. I wonder if they will experience similar save rates or is there something else unique about us here? Hmmmm.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><rant></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I hate that I'm concerned with putting locations with these posts. I would really love to say which county is doing what, but it just isn't worth the hassle. If an employee can't complain about their boss to their friends on Facebook then what might happen to me if I were to use all the locations? </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Gawd EMS can be pretty stupid sometimes. We get so small minded about such silly things. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></rant></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div>SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-89034883528100079462011-08-11T22:19:00.000-04:002011-08-11T22:19:34.207-04:00A day in the life... <style type="text/css">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">What follows will be a shift log of sorts. I've not worked with this<br />
fellow yet. By all reports he's pretty cool. We'll see I guess. Sadly<br />
he has more time at the agency but much less time as a provider than<br />
I, so he's in charge. Oh boy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> 0930ish<br />
Start he day the usual way, checking the truck, and meet my partner du<br />
jur. A grumpy cuss with a whole 8 years of EMS under his salty belt,<br />
bitching up a storm because there weren't any blankets. Blankets. In<br />
late June in North Carolina in the middle of a 90 degree day. Ya.<br />
That's the first thing on my mind. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">And when I say bitching up a storm I mean screaming, shouting, slamming doors, and mother F-ing everybody who has been on the rig this week.<br />
1017.<br />
Check on duty for a 1015 start, bitch because dispatch wants to know<br />
why we're late checking on.<br />
1200.<br />
Hold on for dear life as grumpy drives us at mach 3 to the hospital<br />
with a low priority attention seeker.<br />
Bitch the whole way. Listen to talk radio at a volume slightly below deafening.<br />
1226.<br />
Disappear at the hospital so as to screw a good drop time.<br />
1230.<br />
Return to the truck with food from the cafeteria. I'm fine thanks, I<br />
didn't want anything.<br />
1234<br />
Get a post. Bitch about it.<br />
1255(ish)<br />
Get a call. Bitch about it.<br />
1400<br />
Oh wait! Signs of personality..... Uh. No. Bitching about the nursing<br />
home and staff<br />
1420<br />
My call, he does my assessment for me then doesn't tell me what he<br />
found. When asked uses *that* tone of voice to indicate how much he<br />
disdains me for being new here.<br />
1440</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">My face melts off from the slipstream this rig is making. So thats<br />
what a sonic boom sounds like... Oh wait, nope, it was just my head<br />
hitting the opposite wall from high G turns and stops. The patient<br />
looks like the kid who doesn't want to be on the roller coaster any<br />
more.<br />
1500<br />
He finds a friendly nurse to chat up. Finally... The aggression is<br />
starting to get better. Maybe.<br />
1610<br />
Now he is giving unsolicited advice on how to survive in this company.<br />
Granted, some of that may come in handy.<br />
1630<br />
Holy moly, some common ground. There may be some hope yet.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1722</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Uh... No I won't tell the patient that <i>WE</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> decide which hospital to go to. Oh.... I guess </span><i>you</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> do make that decision even though its not in the patient's best interest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">1843</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I get to drive? Really? Wow.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Oh... I get to drive so you can look at the rig line up and bitch about how everyone else gets better rigs. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">1930</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Final call. Thank goodness. Moderate trauma, fat man laid his Harley down at 65 MPH. Leather coat's been sanded off, road rash everywhere. Lets take control of the scene, do a very poor job of managing it, then abruptly take the Pt to the ambulance without telling anyone want you are doing. Bitch because no one's helping you load Fat Road Rash Man in to the rig. Spend another ten minutes on scene attempting IV's with the Trauma Canter five minutes away. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">2040</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">End of Shift. Sure I'll wash and mop the truck while you hang out with the guys and bitch about being stuck with a new guy. No... no I don't want any help. (In my mind as he didn't offer)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">All this was a few months ago. Sadly its all true. Thankfully he no longer works in EMS. </span> </div>SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-49097654507941985622011-06-18T11:54:00.000-04:002011-06-18T11:54:13.042-04:00Had to re-blog this...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotW02BHzGBPFaRO4zX_dY4PPwuRODatAhhpsz9iVOGcKqiAqHV5m-QGptxx7fuR9Ui7jYrmokD8agC2UOHq7evLvR4IKWnndQFQ3bcbh-wbJxDi_UWdqtDgO09_TNu_FyPmKktUt6T1M/s320/sweet_halloween_dreams___P_by_begemott.jpg" width="280" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://begemott.deviantart.com/art/sweet-halloween-dreams-42197587">The original post on deviantart</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Artist: begemott</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this through stumbleupon. Had to share it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Its funny... in the artist's comments, he said it was stupid, but I get a real emotional response to it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-3168483766332032382011-06-18T00:25:00.001-04:002011-08-11T22:23:47.204-04:00Achievement unlocked: Pooping in public.My five year old has just proven how much stronger a person he is than<br />
me. He voluntarily went poop in a public bathroom. At five years old.<br />
It took me joining the military to be able to do that. Five. Huh.<br />
Anyway, I seem to have found the source of the local obesity problem.<br />
Golden Corral. I went there to graze (literally) and realized that, at<br />
about 100 pounds overweight, I was one of the small mammals. In fact,<br />
I'm mildly surprised that the earth's axis didn't switch back after<br />
all the Japan business, what with all the mammal biomass located in<br />
that one building. It's got to have extra structural steel to<br />
withstand the load.<br />
And yes, I am aware of the irony of me eating there while writing<br />
about the bison herd that feeds there. The food is yummy and<br />
plentiful. That is all I ask.SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-8322041718289309722011-06-14T16:02:00.000-04:002011-06-14T16:02:14.938-04:00Ooopsss....Well... in the past month I've learned a few, rather important, things.<br />
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1. Don't drop the only computer you own if you can't afford to fix it. Even as it left my hand, I could hear the head crash from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B0041OSQ9S?ie=UTF8&tag=socialgeekwi-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">hard drive.</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=socialgeekwi-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0041OSQ9S" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> That little SCReeeeee sound is the sound of $50.00 flying out of my bank account.<br />
2. Don't agree to help your friend move because he said he'd do the same for me. I did, he didn't. So a comparatively small (2 bedroom) apartment move took an entire 3-day weekend instead of less than 1 day that is should have.<br />
3. Don't believe any finical counselor that says you're out of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bankrupt-Your-Student-Loans-Strategies/dp/1425928552?ie=UTF8&tag=socialgeekwi-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">student loan</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=socialgeekwi-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1425928552" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> money. EVER. Apparently after that counselor left for maternity I was transferred to a new one who took one look at my account and "found" $5800.00 that was lost. So now I'm going back to school after all. that will be 9 of my last 12 core credits out of the way. Yay!<br />
<br />
So a new hard drive, new apartment, and that much closer to a degree. All in all not a bad month. Now that things are settling down, I hope to be updating much more often. (fingers crossed).SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-49416308231049389822011-05-03T14:34:00.000-04:002011-05-03T14:34:27.212-04:00Supprise!!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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I get a summer off. Holy crap! It’s not exactly how I planned it but hey, I'll take it! Apparently my financial aid counselor missed the fact that I don't have enough money to finish my degree. The federal gov't has cut me off. As I was preparing to enter the home stretch (12 more credits to my B.S. from the University of Phoenix) I came up $5000 short. I am slightly pissed, but at the same time it means no studying this summer. SO boo and yay! I suppose I'll be spending the time I'd normally be in school "researching" (read surfing the internet) and looking for scholarships and grants. So any of you who know about any scholarships or grants for 37 year old white males let me know please? <br />
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</div>SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-37678866888135989502011-04-08T15:54:00.000-04:002011-04-08T15:54:53.958-04:0050 Free Internet Tools for Tin-Foil Hat Wearers<a href="http://www.great-isp-deals.com/blog/2008/08/50-free-internet-tools-for-tin-foil-hat-wearers/">50 Free Internet Tools for Tin-Foil Hat Wearers</a><br /><br />My first attempt at auto reblogging.SeniorGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14663879572482087353noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316779861400215972.post-58871701764142176602011-04-08T14:33:00.000-04:002011-04-08T14:33:51.652-04:00First! :)I know everyone's rolling their eyes... I can hear it from here "Oh Gawd..." you all sigh, "He's one of them". Yup, I am. I just learned an new name for my affliction. Content/ Device Dependency. Basically I can't not have my mobile in my hand or laptop on my lap. I live on tech blogs. DIY sites are my caffeine. If I'm not playing Angry Birds, I'm on Facebook. I believe that in the future, we won't be naming generations "X" and "Y", but after their favorite devices. Current generation children, I dub thee the iPad generation. You're welcome.<br />
Anyway, as I've not used Blogger before, I'll be testing its different features so don;t be shocked if I upload a picture of a cute doggie right after a cadaver dissection. I'm ADD like that. <br />
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