Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Noodles Redux - Thurs July 30

noodlebrown EMS returns to Noodles 102!  It’s that lovely place on Ives St. that serves gigantic bowls of Asian noodles (the dumplings are good too).

Plan to meet in the UHS parking lot THURSDAY JULY 30 1915 hours.

Special Accolades

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EMT-A received some very special accolades from her ride alongs this Monday, after her surprise appearance on the day shift.

Hope all the summer students are enjoying the beginning of their ride time.

Garden State Concertgoers

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Beep beep beep. July has been a wonderful month in the Garden State. The sun has shone at last, and my bruises have finally healed. (See Rascal Flatts.) So I think now is as good a time as any to share stories of the wonderful drunks who visit the fine town of Holmdel to see concerts:

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New training video: Med Assessment

"follow the light brita!!"

"follow the light brita!!"

After a brief hiatus, we have returned to filming EMT-B practical skill stations. And thus, we present a textbook Medical Assessment. Watch!

What is rales? and other breath sounds

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Now that you’ve been introduced to respiratory emergencies and the MAST trousers psychomotor skill station, you may be asking yourself, what am I listening for when I auscultate the lungs? And what is this rales I keep hearing about? Fortunately, we have some examples for your auditory perusal after the jump:

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