I don't care about that. The important question is. Agent Orange or Lemon Drop Martini?
Wtf lol. I don't drink but how is a military chemical comparable to a drink haha.
First off Thank you for doing what you do! Both at the site and IRL... Secondly, Happy belated Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day <3
Have you ever seen an episode or scene being filmed of that Gags show they air on Comedy Central? Always wanted to run into them and participate 
Is it pronounced Pou-tin or Pou-teen? Haha jaykay I know that answer
Cya in Discord
xo
It is a real privilege to be allowed into people's private life and earn their trust so easily. Best job in the world
LOL I'm not a die-hard Quebecer but yayyy for Quebec nationalist day lol. I have watched a lot of Just for Laughs/Gags. I haven't been pranked by them
yet, but my girlfriend has! She isn't dumb and spotted the cameras quickly. Apparently the actors were cringy AF.
And its Pou-tin hahaha.
toodles xD
Hello from Las Vegas, NV USA
It’s wonderful to see that other prehospital professionals enjoy wow I’m also a paramedic, do you guys use RSI? What’s your guys’ cardiac arrest survival rate? Do you guys do mechanical compressions or a compressor device like the Lucas or the auto pulse? Cheers
YAAAA!! I knew I wasn't the only one!
Our PCP crews only have access to the Combitube. Old school but does the trick. However our ACPs are the ones that have access to endotracheal tubes, so yes
Our stats for cardiac arrests have been tampered a lot with by our medical director to make them
look good, who's been striving to beat Seattle's record. We've been trailing Seatle's King County record by a few percentages. However, this is only considering witnessed v-fibs/v-tachs by first responders, or paramedics with a shock given within the first few minutes. Without any "padding", we have about a <10% survival rate for all cardiac arrests.
We don't have any CPR machines, we burn our bodies out pumping away lol. Most of the time, however, we get the firefighters to hop into the ambulance and do the compressions while we manage airway (our fire service is trained as first responders).
Technology wise, we are still pretty far behind. We've just gotten the new Zoll X monitor, but still no capnography (although the monitor is compatible).
I've always been curious as to what the difference between EMTs and Paramedics are in the states? Longer schooling?
In Quebec we don't have EMTs. We get a 3 year course which gives you the PCP license. After 3 years on the road you can do 2 years of schooling to become an ACP. We no longer have CCPs over in our province too!
