Recent content by E tank

No argument...but it does for less what a lot of systems here do for more...what people have to come to terms with is the fact that EMS is a money pit forever and always...delusional to think it will ever be anything else...but is that worse than the alternative....

Tons of variables but whatever the solution involves, if the number of non-essential/frivolous transports to the hospital isn't meaningfully addressed, meaningful resolution can't happen IMO. I like the attention paid to the 'response time' fixation for even non time sensitive problems too. The...

Crystalloid is a finicky thing in general...Normal Saline is anything but normal...If I'm anticipating giving anyone more than 2 liters (extremely rare) it's Plasmalyte or Normosol, and those just to prime a rapid infuser device. In my experience those two make managing the...

No patients benefit from multiple liters of NS...

....And you're not going to rupture a AAA by palpating the abdomen...smh....

That's the most ignorant scenario I've ever heard of. Borders on hazing if they were actually serious.

'86? Grumpy Boomer here...still remember the 'new car smell' in those....no way would I say restore something so recent. Now something like this: Hell yes, bills paid or not...

Would have been a fine call if the guy didn't die. Droperidol is a great drug for that kind of thing and 5 mg in a 36 year old contributing to that outcome strongly suggests other stuff in play as well. Should have been just fine, even prone. Optics of the body cam footage are pretty poor as...

Well...doesn't say that...but the raw observational data do beg the question. And the reality is, publishing these raw numbers with no context or controls is not infrequently to service a particular narrative and because of the disingenuous motives, it frequently back fires. When sincere care...

Wonder what the police data show?

Betcha money from here on out for wildland/'suspicious' calls in Idaho, law goes in first every time....for a one off, psycho killer.

Dam I'm old...could have gone all weekend without seeing those bald fat guys in the front row....gotta avoid mirrors this weekend....

didn't go through the story, but did she have a knife or was it the medics? really hope she just wasn't patted down.

Well, if someone could demonstrate the math where bloated, inefficient fire EMS is superior to a private ambulance company especially in a place like Palo Alto, I'm all ears.. fact is, most people just don't stay in ems like they do in suppression or law. Really tough way to make a living after...

thing is, prolly not too many places in palo alto that are more than 5 mins from a hospital.