General Stuff
Movies and TV
Don't just stand there, do something!
Potpourri
Mark's Rules of EMS
100
He's our new Medical Director
Who is "Tucker Bierbaum?"
100
He played Paramedic John Gage.
Who is "Randy Mantooth?"
100
It's what you use if the patient is unresponsive, but gags on an oropharyngeal airway.
What is "A nasopharyngeal airway?"
100
It used to be ABC (Airway, Breathing, Compressions.) Now it's this.
What is "CAB (Compressions, Airway, Breathing)?"
100
It's Mark's First Rule of EMS
What is "Eat the Fries first, everything else can be nuked later"
200
It's the local Level IV Trauma Center
What is "Ukiah Valley Medical Center?"
200
She played 'Jugs'
Who is "Raquel Welch?"
200
The maximum amount of oxygen you give through this device is 6 to 8 liters/minute.
What is a "Nasal Cannula?"
200
You have to do this after applying restraints
What is "Checking for distal pulses?"
200
Mark says this is the easiest way to kill somebody.
What is "Assume the patient is just drunk?'
300
It's what REDCOM wants to hear if they ask our status while transporting.
What is "Code 4?"
300
Nicholas Cage played Paramedic 'Frank Pierce' in this movie.
What is "Bringing Out The Dead?"
300
It's what you do if you can't ventilate the patient on the first attempt.
What is "Reposition the head?"
300
It's what you say just before you push the flashing red button.
What is "I'm clear, you're clear, everybody clear?"
300
Mark says if you drop it, you should pick it up.
What is "The baby?"
400
It's one of the two facilities skilled in cardiac care in CVEMSA
What are "Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital" or "Sutter Medical Center?"
400
In this TV show the ambulance, fire and police stations were all at the intersection of King and Arthur, inspiring the characters to refer to it as "Camelot."
What is "Third Watch?"
400
It's the current compression/ventilation ratio for adults.
What is "30:2?"
400
It's the dose for aspirin in chest pain suspected to be cardiac in origin.
What is "One adult aspirin, or four baby aspirin?"
400
Mark says you should know when to get out of this town.
What is "Dodge?"
500
For an MCI in Mendocino County, it's who we talk to for hospital bed availability.
What is "Howard Forest Dispatch?"
500
He played EMT John Six in "Trauma Center"
Who is Lou Ferrigno?
500
It's the type of dressing you put on a penetrating chest wound.
What is "An occlusive dressing?"
500
These make up the APGAR score.
What is "APPEARANCE, PULSE, GRIMACE, ACTIVITY and RESPIRATION?
500
Mark Says don't cut it.
What is "A down jacket?"
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