My exam's set...

For Tuesday September 9th at 6PM.

Consider this my first attempt at finding someone willing to serve as a patient-substitute.
You'll need to be able to have that evening free, and be willing to have various and sundry techniques and apparatus demonstrated on you once per person being tested. (In this case, two people) The stuff that comes to mind right now are:

being secured to a long-board. (several straps, one across the chest, hips and legs, a c-spine collar and head securing)
being secured to a KED (Kendrick Extrication Device, it's used to immobilize someone's spine while they're in a seated position)
having one or two different splints demonstrated, these will probably be on an arm, but maybe a leg.
having a traction splint applied (this immoblizes an entire leg, and applies traction)

CPR and ventilation are demonstarted on a dummy, so you won't get defibrilated. I've all of these things done to me multiple times, at worst, they're uncomfortable.

If you're touch-shy or severely claustrophobic, please don't volunteer, you won't have a good time at all.

All necessary bribes are cheerily offered, just name them in advance. :-)

My exam's set...

For Tuesday September 9th at 6PM.

Consider this my first attempt at finding someone willing to serve as a patient-substitute.
You'll need to be able to have that evening free, and be willing to have various and sundry techniques and apparatus demonstrated on you once per person being tested. (In this case, two people) The stuff that comes to mind right now are:

being secured to a long-board. (several straps, one across the chest, hips and legs, a c-spine collar and head securing)
being secured to a KED (Kendrick Extrication Device, it's used to immobilize someone's spine while they're in a seated position)
having one or two different splints demonstrated, these will probably be on an arm, but maybe a leg.
having a traction splint applied (this immoblizes an entire leg, and applies traction)

CPR and ventilation are demonstarted on a dummy, so you won't get defibrilated. I've all of these things done to me multiple times, at worst, they're uncomfortable.

If you're touch-shy or severely claustrophobic, please don't volunteer, you won't have a good time at all.

All necessary bribes are cheerily offered, just name them in advance. :-)

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Listening to the Matrix Reloaded score at work is probably going to impress upon my co-workers just how much geek-fu I posess. Either that or the fact that I was drooling over the USB-storage-in-a-watch on thinkgeek yesterday.

Depending on how much I get in birthday moolah, less the cost of my books, I'll probably buy it.

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Listening to the Matrix Reloaded score at work is probably going to impress upon my co-workers just how much geek-fu I posess. Either that or the fact that I was drooling over the USB-storage-in-a-watch on thinkgeek yesterday.

Depending on how much I get in birthday moolah, less the cost of my books, I'll probably buy it.

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While the hardcopy patient information here is kept rather secure, the digital security habits suck. Scraps of paper with logins and passwords are littering my desk.

So glad I'm not a h4xx0R.

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While the hardcopy patient information here is kept rather secure, the digital security habits suck. Scraps of paper with logins and passwords are littering my desk.

So glad I'm not a h4xx0R.