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Ok, what's the extent of your real life emergency medical doings??

Me: treated 2nd degree burns in work unit, treated idiot who fell down a hill skateboarding and wound up stradling a cactus, tried to save the family dog when he got hit by a speeding car, and managed to get first treatment to a 3rd degree burn case, and a diabetic in shock, while on the phone with paramedics.

I one time fell asleep with the heat padding on and gave myself three burns on my ass and through great gymnastic feats, managed to cauterize, and bandage them.

Helped a pal when he broke an ankle in the middle of nowhere last summer.

The swedish wilderness is a huge place when you are in trubble

wouldn't trust myself treating anyone else, but i've had to treat myself for things like strained/sprained joints, throwing my back out, burns, cuts, and haul myself to the nearest building with a phone (quarter mile away, too damnit) once when i broke my nose after a nasty bike accident.

besides the numoris self-inflicted accidents i put my self through including busting out both front teeth, massive road rash, and a major concusion (all in the same feat) i walked 2 miles with a busted bike home.

treating others i have run most of the gauntlet, strains, sprains, burns, cuts/lacerations, punture wounds, and a whole lotta other wierd stuff. and to cap that all off i am not even an EMT yet, but soon - firefighter (in arizona 90% of calls are medical, and fire deparment always showes up first).

Last year, I was runnig the final leg of a 4X200 meter race when, not 10 meters from the line, my legs tence up and I fall. Shreded my shoulder and knee. Had to keep it covered for weeks. I can post a pic if I could find it...

Hmm, myself: abrations, lacerations, sprains/strains, road burn, 1st & 2nd degree burns, puncture wounds, shock, concusions, rock/spiny thing removal, etc.

Others: Shock, sprains/strains, concusion, 1st degree burn, abrations, lacerations, heat exhaustion, hyperthermia, dehydration, rock/spiny thing removal, road burn.

treated myself after getting shot

I've got First-Aid training, but the worst I've ever had to treat were bad scrapes from kids at summer camp.