New Orleans EMS A&E show! *Video*

[Angel]

Dan is pretty hot...

 

[LaceyA]

Dan is pretty hot...

I agree!!!

 

[Chimpie]

And... Why are they driving with the lights on everywhere? Like to post and just to get coffee?

Ugh..I really wish the website didn't block us non-cable-subscribers from watching.

Are you sure it's not just creative editing?

 

[SandpitMedic]

Lacey... Stick to your studies; not what you see on TV.

Angel...
Anytime you want to trade pix... I'll let you judge how "hott" I am.

Chimpie... Why are you blocked?! You can catch every episode on DVR. It definitely isn't editing. The lights flashing are legit.

 

[DPM]

So the blue and yellow reflective jackets they have... Does anyone recognise them? I'm looking for something warm, waterproof and bright / reflective but everything I've found cost $$$

 

[LaceyA]

So the blue and yellow reflective jackets they have... Does anyone recognise them? I'm looking for something warm, waterproof and bright / reflective but everything I've found cost $$$

They Look like 5.11 coats, they are super warm!

 

[Chimpie]

Chimpie... Why are you blocked?! You can catch every episode on DVR. It definitely isn't editing. The lights flashing are legit.

Because I don't have cable. When I try to watch on A&E's website you have to log in with your cable provider's info, which I don't have.

 

[DPM]

They Look like 5.11 coats, they are super warm!

It's not by 5.11, unless they don't list it on their website.

 

[LaceyA]

http://www.511tactical.com/public-safety/fire-ems/jackets.html

https://www.511tactical.com/apparel/outerwear/high-visibility-jackets.html

Here is where some of the people put here have... alot of the ones who have them around here are fire/ems service. They are super warm!

 

[LaceyA]

From the Last episode does any other services use the LUCAS CPR? I had never seen that before!

 

[Christopher]

Ugh..I really wish the website didn't block us non-cable-subscribers from watching.

Are you sure it's not just creative editing?

One of their Batt Chief's (or similar rank) has been posting on Facebook comment threads clearing up misconceptions.

They run nearly everything Lights and Sirens, Code <RANDOM NUMBER FOR YOUR SERVICE AREA HERE>, 10-18, We Do What Doctor's Do But at 8,000 MPH (<MORE> KPH), Delta, Indigo, Status 90, whatever you may call it. Why? Apparently if there are not enough units they go "HOT" to it all.

 

[chaz90]

From the Last episode does any other services use the LUCAS CPR? I had never seen that before!

We do and I love them. I've used the Zoll Autopulse before and vastly prefer our LUCAS. These are actually the LUCAS 2 since they're powered by batteries. I've never seen the original LUCAS, but I believe they were unbelievably unwieldy and bulky monsters powered by the souls of O2 cylinders.

 

[OnceAnEMT]

From the Last episode does any other services use the LUCAS CPR? I had never seen that before!

Around Austin we use them but Fire has them. They are stored on the engines.

 

[LaceyA]

Thats awesome! I hope i get to see one in person one day!! I dont think the services here have them I guess i will find out on clinicals

 

[MonkeyArrow]

While the LUCAS 2's are awesome, they can really mess someone up. We have one in the ER and apparently, it shredded someones soft tissue down to the mediastinum on a frail, old lady once. Really bloody, cause blood to shoot up the ET tube and all.

 

[NomadicMedic]

While the LUCAS 2's are awesome, they can really mess someone up. We have one in the ER and apparently, it shredded someones soft tissue down to the mediastinum on a frail, old lady once. Really bloody, cause blood to shoot up the ET tube and all.

The LUCAS 2 is fantastic. If the're not positioned correctly, they can cause some damage. Use the neck strap or the device tends to become misaligned. They do have a min/max weight limit. They don't fit or work well on tiny or huge folks.

 

[SandpitMedic]

We've got Lucas in one of the ERs we frequent. I Tele in... "Get Lucas ready." We refer to him as a person.

The charge RN loves it. He's rough though, that's for sure.

 

[SandpitMedic]

You'd think with the amount of codes we run here we'd all have them.

City Fire uses the auto pulse, or however it's spelled. I'm not really a fan.

 

[OnceAnEMT]

While the LUCAS 2's are awesome, they can really mess someone up. We have one in the ER and apparently, it shredded someones soft tissue down to the mediastinum on a frail, old lady once. Really bloody, cause blood to shoot up the ET tube and all.

Truly effective manual compressions are just as damaging. Perhaps placement was not correct. We do not use the geezer squeezer nor have one in our ED, and whenever a crew comes in with it deployed we have them DC it almost right away.

 

[MonkeyArrow]

Truly effective manual compressions are just as damaging. Perhaps placement was not correct. We do not use the geezer squeezer nor have one in our ED, and whenever a crew comes in with it deployed we have them DC it almost right away.

May I ask why you DC it?