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I was involved in my collegiate EMS at a school about the same size and same response times for ALS. PM me for more info

I've seen drunks dispatched as Bravo Overdoses (Dont have my handbook in front of me for the codes)

PA protocols say the siren must be energized while operating code 3. I take that to mean that the siren box is on while the siren does not necessarily need to be sounding

A class D license in NY is the regular drivers license, I know in NY, NJ and PA you do not need a special kind of drivers license to drive an ambulance. Look at your license, see if it has a class on it and what that letter is

A DNR order only applies in Cardiac Arrest situations. A POLST (Physician's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) would cover what treatments the patient deems they want. Usually, if someone has a chronic or terminal condition and a POLST they will also have a do not transfer order. I've...

Finishing the second semester of my BSN program in 3 weeks

I'm not a mechanic so I cant tell you the mechanisms behind it, but I believe I read that gasoline is not as efficient as diesel at idle

So now that the fumes have been classified as carcinogens does anyone see any policies being instituted to reduce EMS worker's exposure to these fumes? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18415532

Instructor card counts as HCP card

We usually send them to the DMV and point out that the emergency lights were on. That gets the ticket thrown out

75 is the new 45

We get emails and the agreed upon detours when the roadwork is scheduled to begin. We also get an approximate timeframe of the work and how it will effect our posting plan (High performance system)

Doctors working in Antarctica during their winter? They are stuck there for several months during the winter at which time no aircraft can come and land there to evacuate people/deliver supplies. First Aid on the ISS? Medics with hiking teams that climb Everest and K2?

Except Epi-Pens!

The systolic is when you first hear kortokoff's sign and diastolic is when you no longer hear it