Just had a difficult airway, used the bougie after I missed 1st attempt. We keep it either curled up, or in a semi circle, which leads to it being bent out of shape. Does anyone keep theirs straight, and if so, what do you store it in?
Polk is Fire based. Some are Firefighters, others are single resource. Volusia is fire based, not sure of FF/EMS or EMS under fire. Lake/Sumter dissolved, Rut/Roh has Sumter, Lake is EMS only, but appears poorly managed. Pinellas is run (poorly) by Death Star, err, SunStar. Hillsborough is...
My former project billed for ALS assessment. If we assess and release to BLS, we bill.
mONOc (cant spell MONOC without O NO!!!) just plain sucks. They DO have some good people, but I saw a lot of lazyness, stupidity, low pay and overworked people. They also left a LARGE swath of southern Ocean...
When you have poor, rural areas where there is apathy/no time available from younger members of the community, and thats all they can afford, then there is no choice for the community.
I think it is nothing short of a disgrace that we need to rely on those that should be retired and enjoying...
Or its 70 year old volunteers having MIs from being awoken by tones, 18 year old volunteers who drive like morons in their POV and crash. While our LODD yearly totals stay the same, we have also expanded what is known as an LODD. Poor example.
Medic 6 in AC, one random weekend, we got SPANKED. All weekend long. 20 was the minimum, 30 was the busiest. I left quarters at 1030, just catching up on charts.
Some nights were slow, others busier. All depends on how good your BLS is, and how restless the natives decide to get.
I don't...