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Thanks for all the comments Interesting thread NN

You know what p's me off. They say don't drink alcohol in cold climates, vaso-dilates Don't drink alcohol in hot climates because alcohol is a diuretic. NN No one ever says Warm climate, if you have the fluid, small amount of alcohol, vaso-dilate perfect, helps you cool. Freezing your...

Bullitt A new paper EMJ June 2010 by Richard Lyon "Mild theraputic hypothermia improves patient outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest" If you PM me, with your email, I will send you copy. NeuralNet

Thanks everyone The other thing I’m looking at is the large limb ECG electrodes. They seem expensive for what they are, £30. Anyone know a better price? Anyone have any experience of them? Do they always need gel? NN

Like I say just being pedantic Agree NN

No person would consider administering any form of drug therapy based soley on a 3 lead ECG, is that true? Hate to say bullsh*t and be pedantic but arn't ALL pre-hospital cardiac arrest drugs administered on the basis of a rhythm strip? Have you got a copy of the clinical governance ECG...

I have been looking at small and relatively cheap ECG monitors. Price range £125 - £300 The interesting one’s can be seen on the same website, but can be bought on eBay. LEAD MEDI TECH-LEAD THE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY NN

Book review "Tactical Emergency Medicine" May be of interest From EJM By Professor Rob Russell Tactical emergency medicine offers a wide range of fascinating insights into an area of medicine in America which, though possibly familiar from the film or...

Wecome FYI on BBC QI The Vegetarian Society, created the word "vegetarian" from the Latin "vegetus" meaning "lively". Nothing to do with bad hunting or Veg. NN

Annie I am sure UKP would of laughed. Loved your PS "Oooh turned out nice again" Thanks for a smile on a sh*t day NN

Spoke on the phone many times Passonate was the word I would use Remember his recent post of the "Chest decompression", you could tell he was really proud. Great respect for the man Condolences to the family and friends Neural Net

16mm when I was boy, boy soldier What's a video? What's next, your official SAS selection course video? See what I mean, it just doesn't sound right Selection: Yes he managed to carry the stretcher, but he didn't smile at the camera? Fail NN

I have just seen something amazing an official “P company” photo album Log run, stretcher race, yes you to can have your P Company recorded for only £90 Have to say, the album was beautiful and brought back memories. Seriously, if someone had come near me with a camera on P...

Thanks for the interesting comments: For the record: A complication of any acute asthmatic attack is a pneumothorax and that’s why ALL asthmatics should have a chest X-ray to exclude a pneumothorax It is also recognised that a certain body types, long tall males, may develop a...

Not sure what your saying here. If the patient needs ventilating, yes, BVM is fine A common complication of asthma is a pneumothorax, and if it's a tension it needs to be treated, male, female, young or old. The article is saying as a first aid measure you could try to decompress the chest and...