RdnkParamedic21

Well I don't want her either so I am kinda up a creek without a paddle huh? lol and for me, well, everyone has their price;) {Feel-good-00020069}

Cujo got to my bowl that I was GOING to make some lunch in...Well its his now;)

Here's another pic of me from the other night..We were just leaving on a S.W.A.T. call-out to serve a high-risk warrant. Please note the seriousness of situation at this particular point in time haha:P

Haha thanks! But SHH!! lets keep that whole being smart thing under the table, it might hurt my reputation:P

HAHAHA Not!! I am very smart with EMS and medical stuff and other things I like, and have a very high IQ (148--borderline genius, not to brag:P ) but figure out how I graduated high school with a STRONG 2.0 GPA :laugh: :laugh: I partied all the time and worked alot and still do.. And I am a total country boy, the whole big trucks, muddin', and the "redneck" image to me..So no, I'm not really a "nerd" nor do I have the "nerd" image:P

judygram wrote: I guess Judy is calling me a nerd:( lol:P

Josh

Correct!! in a nut shell thats basically how it works..OOO and I forgot a major factor in all this, the breathing part!! Increased activity=increased breathing..Which means your breathing more COLD air, cooling the core temp down further by directly cooling the lungs and the blood in the capilaries that are picking up the oxygen, and then going straight to the heart.. And you are right about the schnapps, when drinking alcohol in this case it just makes you "feel" warm because alcohol releases more epinephrine and vasopressin (natural hormones/chemicals in the body) into the blood stream and constricting blood vessels and increasing heart rate, which accounts for the warm feeling, then sending MORE blood out to the extremities making the blood colder..The warm feeling is completely false, making hypothermia more common in people that have been cocktailing because they do not take the precautions they normally would (coat and hat in the cold) because they feel warm enough..Everything thing with the body is a vicious cycle when one thing goes wrong;) B)<br><br>Post edited by: RdnkParamedic21, at: 2007/08/17 18:30

Oh yeah he is all different colors..Majority is green including cheeks, head and chest is grey, abdomen and tail are dark red, and flight feathers are BRIGHT blue.. It is very cool just to admire his colors

To the first post fairY..That is a mis-conception...at least in these circumstances.. Alcohol thins the blood, therefore making it easier to dissipate heat in cold water, air, whatever it may be.. And as to the activity one you have to know some etiology behind cold weather and the body..Here we go, when a body is in a cold ambient environment the natural response to cold is for the body to shunt blood away from the extremities to the core organs for them to stay "alive"..Your extremities basically function like the radiator in your car to dissipate heat (veins and arteries are closer to the skin surface than the trunk((chest, head & abd.)) therefore making it easier to lose heat). Well if you are very active in the cold, your muscles need oxygen to keep working and living, so your body will override the shunting mechanism and will send blood out to the extremities, therefore cooling it down faster via conduction with the cold ambient temp, and sending it back to the core organs cooling them down faster in return.

I just have a younger sister (17)...and I am taking bids on her :P

Here's mine

Ok I have to chime in on this stuff...First of all hyPERthermia does not mean heat stroke..Heat stroke is when your body has exhuasted all of its cooling measures (i.e. sweating ect..) and now your brain is getting warmer (brain=stroke) which is very bad. Hyperthemia is purly higher than "normal" body temp. #2 is people can develope hyPOthermia in seconds to MAYBE hours but there is soooo many variables that someone would have to take into account like: age, medical history, activity level in the cold environment (increased activity=hypothermia faster) any alcohol consumtion, any thrombolytic meds, anti-platelet, or blood thinning meds (Lasix, Asprin, Coumadin ect..), physical condition, ambient temperature.. and a hundred other things, and to my knowledge there is no ACCURATE "formula" for figuring that out due to all the variables. WOO, that was fun, any more medical questions???B)

Please disregaurd the unshaven and unkept appearance, I had the day offB)

Yes I sure will!

Here is one of Cujo being a big baby

You are correct Judy!

This is kind of like what I'm getting next month, cept the tear marks and gonna be wider with just the talons coming through and instead of nothing being in the tears it will have an american flag showing through.

Excellent!!! Very cute!

I agree with Heather, Tricky!!

Thats adorable!!

Heres a few pics of Cujo. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z112/rdnkparamedic21/IMG_0253.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z112/rdnkparamedic21/IMG_0271.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z112/rdnkparamedic21/IMG_0256.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z112/rdnkparamedic21/IMG_0245.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z112/rdnkparamedic21/IMG_0258.jpg

Its looking like next year is what people are thinking...It's just too soon to do it this year.. For the people that have to fly in anyway, however, CD I am overwhelmed by your generosity of trying to get this together ASAP, and offering your home to all of us to get together at. I am very humbled to call you friend.

Excellent Timneh!! Thanks for sharing!

Well thank you Judy!! CD, I will not be able to make it this year,I will be in school. I was thinking next year we would do this..You like to make things happen fast don't ya? That time next year I would be all in though.B)