Recent content by DarkStarr

This thread makes me angry. Seriously, turn the lights OFF!

No unit available? Happens all the time here in Beaver County! Seems like 961 dispatch is always scrambling to pull a truck from the hospital!

That's annoying.

You wouldn't spend 5k ONCE to make 50k a year?

Good job. I have one save that I know of..well, I QRP'd the call from home for mutual aid while we were out covering them.. gotta love it. I got there within a few minutes and started doing compressions/ventilations until the ALS unit arrived on scene. From what I was told, they got pulses...

Mine have lasted me over 2 years now, granted I am wearing them thin. I definitely wouldn't hesitate to get another pair. The side zip is nice, and one of the reasons I haven't given Haix a shot yet.

Wow, you make my job sound way more exciting than it is.

And I am all for having a weapon locked up in the narc box, such as a taser.

Concealed tattoo and do not carry ON DUTY. Otherwise, a mix of CC/OC, depending on the dress code and activities for the day.

Good thread. I recently took an EMS Street Survival Seminar through EMS1/Calibre Press with a coworker in Atlantic City, NJ. Great class, learned a lot. We have been sharing what we learned with our other coworkers as well.

I would carry if I was allowed. I do wish we were allowed to at least keep a taser locked up with the narcs though.

Lost my one and only Citizen watch while on duty.. kinda upset about it, I liked it. No idea where it came off.. :/

We have 3 of them (one for each truck), and they are great. Yes they are a little heavier, but know your limits and use proper lifting techniques. We don't mandate 2 person loads, but we do on heavier patients. I'd say 97% of my patients, I can load myself.. then again, I don't consider...

Really? I see more "squids" on Harleys. Sport bike riders are some of the safest, experienced, and most protected riders I've seen.

I keep a small BLS kit in my truck. I respond POV to a good number of calls off duty (and get paid) as a quick response personnel. If I can make it there before the ambulance on an E1, can be of assistance, they call for manpower, or if they are OOS and our mutual aid has an extended...