Recent content by Kyle Vernon

Yes I picked up personal malpractice just recently. And I plan to do at or below BLS. FD and PD will be on scene as well. Everything is as I thought, I was just checking to get a clearer picture of the limitations. I will also have a talk with the medical director before the event.

That's good to know, fortunately I don't do that.

So in NJ if you assist or are first to response by proximity you are able to perform bls interventions only. Don't expect you'll have an intubation kit in your glove box :) ... I've seen stranger on calls believe me.

I'm sure the event doesn't have a med director, if they do its under the parish license, which would be the same as the parish EMS/fire. Or, BLS. ...Nice nudge. :)

I've been volunteering to man the first aid station for a local event for the past 5 years or so. Usually in association with the FD I volunteered for, I'd make them aware and use my first responder gear issued by the FD and work under their protocols. (Which is bls, in this district...

Context is key, I use it for transport and transfer a lot. But yes you are right.

I fully expect that I may indeed have to one day tx my ex on a PEC. Since the tx would not be considered urgent, I'd likely opt out. If it were an emergency and she was aware that I was responding, I'd expect she'd want a different unit, and I'd oblige her, pending her condition. If her...

It's a matter of liability. If I felt I needed help I might have you ride, but not drive. Get to the ED with a non-employee pulling my unit in and a supervisor there... I'd be looking for another job. Not to mention if you get t-boned along the way.

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