Recent content by medicineman

Had friends that were federal screws in Kingston - apparently they are supposed to be seen within 72 hours for primary care things and if something requires specialist care, must be seen considerably sooner than you or I would get in to be seen...I want to say he said 14 days, mind you that was...

Combat Gauze uses kaolin, which is found in clay (can be used to treat diarrhea - KAOpectate) and is not a shellfish protein. I stopped carrying the chitosan powder at work and only carry Combat Gauze.

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Well, the job is hard so it should be a little difficult to get in, and if you are in the middle of Ungabungalooktutuk, you had better be reasonably healthy, since looking after someone and getting them out of adverse areas is sometimes a risk to more than just the sick person, especially in...

...and those are the good qualities...

Yup

Yes - took my kid almost 7 years to get through that nonsense

You would need to have the doc write a formal letter (likely at further cost unfortunately) to reiterate that it was for a brief illness and has never in fact had any issues with asthma like symptoms before or since, as well as have your son (not you) send in an appeal letter with it. Problem...

As he should have...

Seen people stab themselves more than once with Epipens or the old atropine-oxime autoinjectors - lack of SA as to (a) direction weapon pointed and (b) that safeties were out...

We had a scary one in a Base Hospital I worked in where the person had an anaphylactic reaction to a sting or food I think, then got a tad better but got worse and worse despite epinepherine...turns out they were allergic to the sulfite preservative in the epinepherine...so a wonderful cycle of...

My first job out of the military was in a small farming community 30 minutes to any hospital in any direction - I always prescribed the injectors in pairs (or used TwinJects when they were available), as it really only buys you about 20 minutes - I have evacuated people out of the woods and such...

When I was in Recruiting, the CEMS wasn't the issue, the moving target was and will continue to be about the conditions people have/had and how to view them in the occupational and operational medicine spectrums...and were a moving target even to serving members when it came to retention vs TCat...

It's still before midnight where I am...

Either way, both before photos...afters look a tad different.