It starts by living within your means. Nothing against Walmart in this example, as I worked for Walmart years ago before marriage, college, and my career, but if you're living on a Walmart checker salary, don't have an expectation of driving the nicest vehicles and living in the nicest places. I know I couldn't…

Even as a guy, I feel for Jada, and it's quite possible he's going to wind up in prison somewhere where the same thing will happen to him, sans roofies.

I understand what you're going through, having worked private EMS in the past. Where I am now, we have removed backboards from our protocol for any and all suspected spinal injuries. That also means no more KED boards, as well. I suspect this will be the standard of care across the entire country, soon, and instead…

I have to agree that this is old school thinking. I remember when the National Registry taught pressure dressings, elevation, applying more dressings, and so on. The National Registry has now moved the tourniquet up in priority as the 3rd step. Now it's simply, apply dressing, and if it continues to bleed through,…

Do you still utilize backboards for suspected spinal injuries?

The CAT is the best, in my opinion. The fact that it can be applied with one hand is just one reason it's the best. The medic makes a great point that tourniquet application is not considered a last ditch effort, as it was in the past. At this point, you apply a pressure dressing to a profusely bleeding wound. If…

My question to sgosp3, and I mean no disrespect. Do you have Aspergers? The fact that you have your desktop inform you whether you need a jacket, to me, might be indicative of Aspergers. Other than that, this desktop is very similar to mine. I prefer an absolutely clean desktop. There's never a single icon…

Hey, just 'cause you're not rockin' a solar charger and waterproof case doesn't mean some of the rest of us aren't. I don't go anywhere without my solar charger.

Personally, I like Moon+ Reader. I've been using it for a few years now without any issue to read books in just about every format. Using it on my Note 3 has been an absolute pleasure. I make the page black and the text a medium gray, and usually read with the auto-scroll feature. It looks absolutely amazing on an…

Personally, I would prefer to leave my notification area as clean as possible and leave these icons far away from this area. If you need a quick access area outside of the homepage, try using SwipePad. It's free, and really seems to be a better solution than this.

If you want all those features now, you could have purchased a decent Android phone a year ago or so. Apple is still playing catch-up, and is still falling behind more and more.

For many, the effect of the deaths of that 80k go far beyond that one single person. How many of those people lack insurance? Of those without insurance, how many have chronic medical conditions related to alcohol? How many more have those types of problems (without insurance) and don't die every year? When they…

Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

I'm happy with Airdroid because I typically send simple text messages. As of yet, I haven't had to look for another solution. I did try MightyText when it first came out and still in beta. If it's come a long way, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it again.

I picked this up last summer and I've loved it. Yeah, definitely a no brainer!

Wow, you just blew my mind. I hadn't even thought about mounting Nero and using it with Plex. I share a Plex server with a buddy of mine, and now I'm thinking we should do the same thing with our Plex server. Great idea!

You can use it like Dropbox, I guess, but I've been using it to simply store files. So far, I've uploaded just ever a terabyte, and I'm not slowing down quite yet. I'm a file packrat and have files I want to keep going back to the mid 80's. Yeah, that far back. I'm also uploading all my pictures and videos from my…

I decided to try Nero Backitup, recently, and I'm happy I did. The unlimited service cost me $50 for my first year. Normally, it's $70 a year. I peered closely at the fine print to make sure their "unlimited" plan was truly unlimited. Happily, it is. At just under $6 a month, or $70 a year, it seems to be a great…

These are amazing to have around. Seriously, if you use these, you will probably never use anything else. I also get these from my work once in a while if I run short, then replace them when I make an order. I've been using these with patients for many years, and I never want to use anything else. My wife will…

I have a child who vomits quite a bit. He's now 12, and it's been an issue for many many years. He has a diagnosis of migraines and takes medicine every day to help prevent these headaches. While this has certainly reduced the episodes, he still has an occasional episodes, and usually at the most awkward or…