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From the Whatever Works website (and, I presume, catalog) comes what is quite probably the most useless product I’ve seen this week (and it’s probably patented):  a sheet tucker.  Yet for years we’ve been doing hospital corners with our hands, silly us….

Several months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that in a study they’d performed, certain ALS tasks were performed faster with more ALS providers on scene.  I greeted this announcement with a resounding “Who cares?”  The full study was finally released early this month, and I’ve finally gotten around to looking at its 70 pages.   (There’s so much there to talk about that I’m going to have to break this into several posts.)

One sentence description:  a study based on scenarios that are so standardized that I don’t think you can generalize from the results, and which measures few things actually known to improve patient outcomes.

Part 4:  cardiac  results

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Storm is officially spayed, all her shots are up to date, and she still needs a home.

From Purdue University (hat tip Reason) comes what is apparently an updated version of something I’ve somehow missed all these years:  a global meteor strike calculator.

Several months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that in a study they’d performed, certain ALS tasks were performed faster with more ALS providers on scene.  I greeted this announcement with a resounding “Who cares?”  The full study was finally released early this month, and I’ve finally gotten around to looking at its 70 pages.   (There’s so much there to talk about that I’m going to have to break this into several posts.)

One sentence description:  a study based on scenarios that are so standardized that I don’t think you can generalize from the results, and which measures few things actually known to improve patient outcomes.

Part 3:  extrication results (more…)

There’s little worse than a nauseated patient on a backboard, if only because that nauseated patient can vomit straight up, back onto him- or herself.  If you have a nauseated patient on a backboard, and you can’t get the line…all those antiemetics can be given IM as well.  Your patient will thank you, as will the ED housekeeping staff (since, for whatever reason, those patients almost invariably wait until they’re no longer moving to finally vomit).

Several months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that in a study they’d performed, certain ALS tasks were performed faster with more ALS providers on scene.  I greeted this announcement with a resounding “Who cares?”  The full study was finally released early this month, and I’ve finally gotten around to looking at its 70 pages.   (There’s so much there to talk about that I’m going to have to break this into several posts.)

One sentence description:  a study based on scenarios that are so standardized that I don’t think you can generalize from the results, and which measures few things actually known to improve patient outcomes.

Part 2:  a note on statistics (more…)

If there’s anyone within a reasonable drive of Pittsburgh, I’m looking for a home for a female Akita.  We got her from a dog pound (not a shelter–a freaking dog pound) about a week ago, and she’s been nothing but sweet and wonderful–except to our other dog.  They clearly can’t live together as things are, and since I don’t have Cesar Millan on speed dial, the only kind thing to do is find another home for her.

She seems to have been a show dog in her former life.  She’s absolutely gorgeous, totally sweet to people and seems good with kids (limited experience), and trots beautifully in her very Best of Show manner.  She’s up to date on her shots, and she isn’t spayed, but I’m willing to spring for the cost of that for anyone who wants her.

Come on, you know you want her, or know somebody who does.  Let me know.  Remember, it’s only half a life without a dog!

I’m certainly not the first person to point this out, but…if you’re old enough to go out as Slutty Red Riding Hood, aren’t you a little old for trick-or-treat?

Several months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that in a study they’d performed, certain ALS tasks were performed faster with more ALS providers on scene.  I greeted this announcement with a resounding “Who cares?”  The full study was finally released early this month, and I’ve finally gotten around to looking at its 70 pages.   (There’s so much there to talk about that I’m going to have to break this into several posts.)

One sentence description:  a study based on scenarios that are so standardized that I don’t think you can generalize from the results, and which measures few things actually known to improve patient outcomes.

Part 1:  experimental design (more…)