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saw 2 new ones yesterday. SeniorCare out of NY, and i'm not making this up...Peter Pan Ambulance, i've also seen World Class

here in jersey i've seen Friendly Care, GEM, LifeStreams, AMBICAB, Medi-Taxi, Trans-Med, People Transport, Sunny, Virgo, Bell Medical, and my personal favorite FUCHS EMS. I'm sure there's more to see and I shall post more if I do. Btw Bullets I actually used to work for Always Caring or as we...

Air Horns and Bumper mounted Q Siren on all rigs

Thank you Tanker and Hale, both of you see the point of the thread. It is just another vent thread but apparently some people have gotten mad at me once again for having an opinion. I chose this profession because I do enjoy helping people. it just irks me when I get called out for an unknown...

Clibb I couldn't agree more, but there are shady IFT co's out there that have just the bare essentials to pass state inspection. Plus I can't even count how many times I would be missing things only to find out my truck was raided. It is a dog eat dog world. Also when people are acting like...

This thread is for all those calls we get in the wee hours of the morning, just around the same time we get comfy and just fall asleep or are already sawing a log. When we get to the call we say to ourselves "Really?, You woke me up and made me get out of my warm bed for this?". This is a place...

Awesome, thanks Master I'll use that for future reference. Our pt was in a car, and according to the passenger next to them they were alert one minute and not the next, they tried slapping n shaking them but nothing. We bascially had to drag them out of the car onto the cot. When we got them in...

Where do I begin, I've worked for several IFT co's. It's pretty much of what everyone else has said, plus I would be all over the state barely getting a break. At first I liked it, but after awhile I despised it. Some places have contracts covering 911 for towns with volly squads during the day...

Linuss you wouldn't believe what basics over here can't do

The majority of the medics I work with are great. There are however afew that I believe don't have the GOD complex but are either having a very bad day or is never in a pleasant mood. For them I ask if they need help with anything and if they say no, I just let them do their job and assist them...

Thanks Hotel, from what I can remember they picked it up from a 7-11 or someplace. Kicker is the pt didnt even smoke it, they were just inhaling it as the others smoked. We knew the pt was faking because we did the hand drop test and they didnt smack their head.

Ok, I know teens are always trying different things to get high like snorting Smarties. I recently went to a unconcious/unresponsive and they were smoking potpourri(the pt was a faker but thats a whole different thread). My question is has anyone else come upon this, and what is potpourri...

the IFT companies i worked for had the type II's., one had a sprinter which was not fun to work in., the vans aren't too bad but it is a major pain tryin to work on the pt's right side., plus depending how tall you are you had pretty good odds of whacking your head afew times on the bars...

i agree with parasite, i too have had the misfortune of incountering with those types of "nurses"., granted everyone has a bad day but since you are the healthcare professional recieving the pt you have every right to know what's goin on with them., i've also had some ask me why i needed the...

While taking a shower this morning I was cleaning my navel when I noticed blood., I cleaned it and it's a bit sore., If anybody has suggestions why this is happening it would be great., Thanks