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I'm curious how a faster car will drop response times in half, but what do I know... https://autos.yahoo.com/news/dubai-paramedics-jealous-buy-lotus-mustangs-183052371.html "According to the UAE’s The National, Dubai paramedics are now receiving a Lotus Evora and a duo of Ford Mustangs for...

What do you suppose your supervisor or management would have to say if they rolled up on you guys while you had a TV and game console propped up on the dash playing mortal kombat?

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is a non-profit that does lots of advocacy and education in Northern VA. Perhaps they'd be a good place to start. http://www.waba.org/

No department is ever going to say they they run L&S for unit availability. They don't need to. I'm just saying it's certainly a consideration, particularily in areas where a 40 minute response time can be shaved down to 6. I'm not personally advocating L&S for stubbed toes. But certainly...

But that's means two units (the Fire BLS folks and the responding BLS transport) will be out of service an additional 34 minutes. A code 3 response gets everyone back in service and ready for the next call sooner. Not saying that's a reason to go code 3 but certainly a consideration for some...

Run-on sentences and lack of parenthetical breaks are my pet peeves. My brain runs out of breath just reading those posts! It is almost always in conjunction with a request for help of some sort.

70 questions, passed the NR-EMT Basic.

I'm 38, but pretty much in the same situation as you, seeking a life skill. I looked into the EMR course, but none was available locally so I did the full EMT course. Initially, I wasn't planning on serving as an EMT in any official capacity, but after taking the class I have been motivated to...

No one is going to pay you to complete your EMT education...lol.

Hand propping. Understand it's noise and windy anywhere in the general vicinity of an aircraft with an idling engine. It's not always obvious were the the prop actually is, especially at night. As a pilot, I rarely allow anyone to approach or exit my aircraft with the prop spinning...

I'm a grown man and I've never experienced fainting before in my life...well, until last month, when I did my clinical ride-along. I was so wound up going into it that I never actually slept the night before. I got there just before the shift started at 7am, and went out to the unit with the...