Re: [CH] Beware the Salsa
jim (jim@mail.wildpepper.com)
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:44:13 -0500
I wouldn't think the ID bracelets cost much. At a minimum, simply put
your name, date of birth, port location, and allergies. I don't think it'd be
hard to Google or even ask your MD for sources. For the cheapest
solution, print it out on a piece of paper and stick it in your wallet so that
it falls out if/when we pull it open to check for info. One old guy on the
list puts it all on a USB flash drive.
Dave- the "amp" would have been the D50. It is so routine that we don't
think much of it, but I guess I can appreciate the effect it would have on
the public. We were at a Burger King, called on an unconscious person.
We get there and immediately suspect "diabetic" -confirmed by
bystanders who said he kept asking for 'sugar' before he went under.
The crowd at the place figures he's dead since they can't rouse him for
anything and he's only barely breathing. We get IV access, administer
the sugar water and it's "Lazarus, come forth!" :-) Up he pops, to lucidly
and clearly converse with us, sign the release (refusal of transport), to
the cheers of the public. We feel like frauds sometimes ;-) I don't mean
to make light of it- it *IS* a serious condition (and will result in death if
not reversed quickly), it just feels so routine to us and requires so little of
our skills that we feel guilty over such a simple thing as 'sugar water'
making such a difference.
Byron- cool! Thanks for the info. A pH of 5.0 with a "low" of 4.5 certainly
means that it is waaaayyy too high for hot sauce. That would indeed be
a 'recipe for disaster' if applied to chiles, veggies & fluids. The "low" of
4.5 would be the absolute *minimum* for hot sauce, with 4.2 or so
being better.
-Jim C
http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
Mild to Wild(R)