ToddTheMechanic

ToddTheMechanic EMT-I

Industrial Rescueman

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About ToddTheMechanic

ToddTheMechanic has 17 years experience as a EMT-I and specializes in Industrial Rescueman.


I'm a mechanic and AEMT/rescueman for very large, specialized, sensitive industrial infrastructure. Mechanics for this equipment work in thick pressurized suits around toxic/flammable chemicals, high voltage, high pressure liquid, extremely large moving parts, in thermal extremes, in confined spaces, and (very rarely) in shallow dive conditions. It isn't saturation diving, but there are many similarities.

As rescueman our role is general health/safety screening, managing minor employee illnesses/injuries, fire suppression, flooding damage control, extraction of victims from the hazard, decontamination, instructing victims on self-treatment/rescue, providing direct medical care in designated safer ("yellow") spaces with the assistance of remote medical direction, and then evacuating the victim from the yellow space to the green space (which is totally outside & away from the equipment to an on-site normal health clinic). 

Much of this is done in hyperbaric environment. Routinely we do general health assessments, see common minor illnesses, heat illness, minor side effects related to the hyperbaric conditions — it's much rarer but we absolutely do see entrapment, trauma, electrocution, burns, severe hyperbaric side effects like pneumothorax, etc. 

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  1. Took Ibuprofen for 2nd Vaccine

    Under the "Can my medications effect the COVID-19 vaccine?" category — https://www.goodrx.com/blog/covid-19-vaccine-drug-interactions/ In my position, we're not supposed to be vaccinating those who've taken Tylenol within the past 6 hours.
  2. Took Ibuprofen for 2nd Vaccine

    It's Tylenol they've been warning about, and you very clearly (based on side effects) had a strong immune response. I wouldn't be that worried.
  3. I'm a mechanic & rescueman (AEMT licensed) for very specialized industrial infrastructure. We regularly work in pressurized suits up to 4.5 bar (65psi) so one of the bigger medical concerns we have as rescueman is effects related to the pressuriz...
  4. Accusations are demoralizing :-(

    I'm sorry your in this situation, I'm sure you aren't solely at fault. There does seem to be a major systemic issue in your facility though if things are very routinely being ordered but not actually done, because (assuming the orders aren't dangerou...
  5. Faculty Falls/Injuries

    I don't work in the school environment nor am I a nurse, but I do work in the occupational health environment. I agree with the other posters — if I'm not the one involved in evaluating/managing an injury or illness, best I'll do is say "oh I'm sorry...