Recent content by northernnhmedic

1. Under 3 minutes. The state communications center was still EMD'ing the call when we pulled up on scene. We dont know how long he was down since no one witnessed him go down, and he was found by a worker at the gym found him. 2. It was an abrasion, consistent with rug burn. 3...

It could have been. It was unwitnessed, so it could have been alot of things. And there were no signs of trauma aside from the abrasion

Got called for a cardiac arrest at a local athletic club today, just outside of a room with treadmills. We found the patient face down on the floor with no cpr in progress. When I rolled him over, I noticed a fairly large abrasion arross his forehead. A quick inspection of the area around him...

The state of confusion.

The service I recently joined just became a Paramedic level service, and they dont quite have all the equipment they would like. Currently, if we need an IV pump for a transfer we either borrow one from our local hospital, or we attach a dial-a-flow to the line. The problem lies in the fact...

I have a personal XTS 2500 that I use for work. After a year of use, the battery is starting to crap out on me. The charge wont even last me a shift anymore. Would anyone know of a good battery manufacturer other than Motorola?

Not a rock song, but how about "We Didnt Start The Fire" by Billy Joel when heading to a fire standby?

This was heard on my towns public works frequency. Truck 4: Truck 4 to base. Base: Go ahead. T4: Could you call PSNH (electric company here) and have them look at a pole on Smith Street. (a few minutes later) Base: Truck 4, PSNH is requesting details on your request. T4: WE...

I know this is a random spewing, but I ate a ton ot food today, thinking it would help me to sleep through the night half of my 24. Nope... Woke up at 2 am, without the aid of a dispatcher, and havent been able to sleep since. Anyone else suffer from non-dispatch induced insomnia on the job?

How about the subway stations at Broadway/Roose, 71/Queens Blvd, or at Queens/Woodhaven? You have to remember which way you went in so you dont come above ground 3 blocks from your bus...

Is it a bad thing that Ive done at least 1 call with 3 different services in the last 18 hours?

Oh and 46Young, medics on traumas there? Until the advent of "RescueMedics", and even after the RMs came around, ALS was never much of a thought on most traumas. Unless it came in as an uncon or an arrest, it was my experience that medics didnt roll on traumas, and the BLS didnt call for...

Wow 46Young, you did hit the nail on the head. Granted i was only in FDNY-EMS for 3 years, i do feel the same way. When i worked in Queens, my volume was higher, and the majoroty of it was truly sick patients. Now that Im back in NH, im wishing I was back in an urban EMS environment. Granted...

I realize that now. It would have been barely do-able. As much as i have to work 80 hour weeks now, im enjoying it, and Im happier than I was down there. I tried to commuting to and from Manchester (NHs largest city with approximately 120,000 people and 2 hours from me) for about 6 months...

I try to figure out what kinds of pranks I can play my partner. Back when I used to work for a private service that was self-dispatched, I used to call the 911 line when my partner was sleeping. The 911 line was attached to a set of bells from an old rotary phone, so whenever it rang, it would...