DJ MC Posted April 4, 2014 Share #8376 Posted April 4, 2014 Random video. Ah, good old days when buses like this ruled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakenhamtrain Posted April 5, 2014 Share #8377 Posted April 5, 2014 http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/truck-gets-stuck-under-notorious-bridge-at-intersection-of-flinders-st-and-spencer-st/story-fnii5sms-1226875450525 Another useless interstate truckie getting stuck under the viaduct. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted April 6, 2014 Share #8378 Posted April 6, 2014 They now have some Godzilla TV ads up. Just look up the official Godzilla YouTube channel and you'll find the trailers there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 8, 2014 Share #8379 Posted April 8, 2014 I got 'em plain by attraction But you became a distraction a threat to my paper stacking I thought you'd change, but now I know Can't turn a hoe into a house wife baby And there you go... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted April 9, 2014 Share #8380 Posted April 9, 2014 It's in the best interest that certain sub-chapters of life reach a conclusion in the upcoming future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted April 10, 2014 Share #8381 Posted April 10, 2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 10, 2014 Share #8382 Posted April 10, 2014 The most interesting man in the world.... Sez who?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted April 10, 2014 Share #8383 Posted April 10, 2014 The most interesting man in the world.... Sez who?? I say so myself. I'd post a meme in retaliation, but I don't have a very unique one in that regard, so here's an irrelevant replacement one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingoat Posted April 10, 2014 Share #8384 Posted April 10, 2014 That's a Fairbanks Morse engine. Still being built since 1938. Same engine, same reliability for submarines, ships, and even locomotives. FM/ALCO 251 F engine It didn't work that well in locomotives or Fairbanks would of been a major player after WW2. In stationary design it can't be beat but variable throttle they don't hold up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 13, 2014 Share #8385 Posted April 13, 2014 Oh my gahh... saturday (today) was such a beautiful day! Sunny, warm, awesome Almost sad to see it go... oh well, there will be more. "Nite doods... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted April 13, 2014 Share #8386 Posted April 13, 2014 It didn't work that well in locomotives or Fairbanks would of been a major player after WW2. In stationary design it can't be beat but variable throttle they don't hold up. Yeah, they had issues. They were also ahead of their time when it came to higher horsepower diesels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 13, 2014 Share #8387 Posted April 13, 2014 I am the kettle that whistles in the night. I'm a little tea cup with the teeny, weenie hole in the handle that you can never quite get your finger in. I am Teapot Duck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted April 13, 2014 Share #8388 Posted April 13, 2014 I am the kettle that whistles in the night. I'm a little tea cup with the teeny, weenie hole in the handle that you can never quite get your finger in. I am Teapot Duck. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted April 14, 2014 Share #8389 Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Ugh this Respiratory Care Practitioner college program is killing me. While I am studying here I guess I might as well explain what in the world I am doing in college for medical when I am an IT professional. Well it pays that's the first thing. 40 dollars an hr to start! This is what I always dreamed of doing as a carer thats another thing. The Nursing field is growing by leaps and bounds, it is a recession proof field, and the pay is incredible. Network administrators will not make the kind of money I can make once I am done and licenced to practice as a healthcare professional. This is one of the things I am studying right now in preparations for two lecture exams I am absolutely going to get slammed with after spring break (In the same week). Warning: Contains graphic content I participated in many of such procedures in the ER or ICU all the time during emergency codes in my internship (still being trained under supervision) when the person is in respiratory distress, blunt or penetrating head trauma, cardiac arrest, acute stroke or coma, dying and quickly. This is called an intubation where a tube is introduced into the airway deep into the lungs with use of a larangoscope in preparation for mechanical ventilation life support. After that the central IV line is surgically placed into the jugular vein to sedate the patient (Usually proponol [which is a sub-anesthetic], in emergency situations in the ER morphine [narcotic] and lorazapam [which is a benzodiazepine much like xanax]) , as well as heparin and saline to improve blood volume cardiac output and blood pressure which in turn improves ventilation and perfusion in the bronchi and alveoli of the lungs to keep the person alive. One has to be careful, if you do any of this wrong you might mortally injure the patient. Then the RCP sets the mechanical ventilator which does the breathing for them by use of positive pressure of air and oxygen (think in physics, Boyle's law). Afterwards we treat the patient and assess the patient accordingly, delivering medication via aerosol management until the patient is stable and recovering. Other procedures are involved such as oxygen therapy which is not sen here. When the patient is stable, the patient is extubated by the RCP and put on aerosol mask, then the nurses take over to perform other procedures to help the patient recover. Warning: Contains graphic material This is one of the life support machines the RCP operates. The Bennett 840 Mechanical Ventilator which I am learning right now. It is widely used in all the hospitals in the ER and ICUs in New York City. There are also BiPAPs, incubators (for babies), Oxygen Blenders and other devices which the RCP is responsible for set up and operating on critically ill patients including premature babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEx9a1gGX4 Mechanical ventilation life support, emergency invasive procedures to maintain airway ventilation and medication treatment where it pertains to the respiratory system is the specialty of Respiratory Care Practitioners under the direct command of pulmologists and anesthesiologists which sets us apart and on the same level as nurses who are not permitted to perform such procedures as it is out of their scope of practice. EMTs are also specially licensed to make such procedures which stands out as an exception to the rule. Theres way more to this, such as chest tubes where needles are inserted directly into the lungs from the sides in the case of pnemothorax - removing mucous plugs using airway suction catherers and more. Warning: Contains graphic content If you got the guts to do it I strongly recommend you pursue this as a career. You will be going places. Its a respected field, very much so, pay is excellent and you will go home each day or night with the satisfaction that you saved a life. Man I should print this and give this to my professors for extra credit. Edited April 14, 2014 by realizm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted April 14, 2014 Share #8390 Posted April 14, 2014 Thank you realizm for learning how to keep people alive in times of dire medical need. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8391 Posted April 15, 2014 I am the most *fiendish* terror that flaps in the darkest night. I am the skunk that pollutes your air. I am Negaduck [diabolical laughter] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8392 Posted April 15, 2014 Thank you realizm for learning how to keep people alive in times of dire medical need. Thanks man. At the hospital right now on lunch break. Unlike last week which was a nightmare today is smooth sailing save for one emergency situation but luckily my team stabilized the patient. Thats what I mean by job satisfaction. I mean dont give up your aspirations to become a T/O or a C/R, absolutely go for it. But as for being in healthcare, excellent benefits, union benefits and the pay is solid. When I start I will make as much money as a T/O easy. More with OT factored in. Aim for the MTA absolutely, but its always good to have a plan B. You know the deal. Many of us here are in other respected fields such as IT but avid railfanners regardless. Respect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8393 Posted April 15, 2014 Ugh, nasty outside! Can't take a walk! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8394 Posted April 15, 2014 It's only water. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8395 Posted April 15, 2014 It's only water. You must not have any fancy dress clothes on... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8396 Posted April 15, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Fv7nuRe4Q Test gaming video. Check it out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8397 Posted April 15, 2014 You must not have any fancy dress clothes on... I have an umbrella and a car. I guess these inventions never passed your mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8398 Posted April 15, 2014 I have an umbrella and a car. I guess these inventions never passed your mind. Even with an umbrella you still get wet... I guess that idea never passed crossed your mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted April 15, 2014 Share #8399 Posted April 15, 2014 Lmao^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted April 16, 2014 Share #8400 Posted April 16, 2014 I didn't know I could get wet traveling in my car. Then again with I wouldn't think you could afford one with all your "clothes." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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