Poster Children

Are you fucking kidding me? I loaded the JEMS Web Site this morning, and was greeted by an "interesting" photo. Now, I'm not going to get into the finer points of splinting, or the fact that we "stabilize" C-Spine FAR too often. Those topics have been covered ad nauseum.

That being said, how is it that the Journal of Emergency Medical Services feels it is appropriate to use THIS photo for an article on splinting procedures:

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over.

Blocks, big mouths, big livers, big problems

Hey, Dude, MOVE.

Ambulance Driver does a nice job breaking down AV Blocks in terms anyone with a pulse can understand.

Rogue Medic is right on with this Rant. Hell yeah.

Woman lie, apparently size does matter. Only after they both went their separate ways and spread their Hep C, though. Bravo.

I'm no mathematician, but this seems moderately problematic.

WTF? Is this for real? I can only hope that site is designed as a trap for such criminals. Debunked x2 via Snopes. Whatev.