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An excellent example (and only one of many) why some EMS providers struggle to obtain public recognition within their community. Everyone shows up in a different uniform or no uniform at all.

Their next order won't be placed for a few months? Sounds like the military. Seems in the meantime you need to keep warm; however, is there a supervisor, captain, etc. you can pose this question to?

I suspect the article was referring to mechanical CPR such as the AutoPulse. The AutoPulse does have a feature that allows defib while not interrupting CPR. Of course being mechanical, CPR is non-interrupted during the entire code. You can move the patient down stairs, narrow halls, load in...

They are both aired on NBC, but different production companies produce the programs.

Here is an article I wrote for the July 2008 issue of JEMS magazine as to why policy governing this very subject should be mandated by EMS and Fire. http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/jems/3307/at_the_push_of_a_button.html Ray

I have a Sherpa carry mine for me.

I kind of feel bad for Foxbat. He clearly makes a well intended query and as a result he is ceremoniously ridiculed over a grammatical error by forum members who should probably look in the mirror themselves. This is one of the reasons I don't participate here as much as I used to. Too...

I've seen one of the St. Louis shelters and these were not the kind of folks you see in the "Grapes of Wrath".

Sounds like good advice!

Thanks man! Shot the cover to this month's JEMS also (third time in a year)! (back on topic) In my experience, most of the bummers are not there for food, but for money and usually get it. Hence, like the zoo, 'don't feed the animals'. They'll just keep coming back for more.

There's a reason signs at the zoo say, 'Please don't feed the animals'.

I know of numerous third service EMS providers that belong to the IAFF.

Although this conference is slated for upper EMS management, I was curious if anyone was going to the conference next week at the Don Cesar Resort Hotel in St. Pete Beach? I'll be there filming some interviews and would like to meet any EMTLifer's that might be in attendance. Ray

It's HIPAA. And I think he was talking about his personal vehicle.

You don't need a Mac to edit professionally. I have a professional video editing bay and you won't find a single Mac within a thousand feet!

Since this article came straight from an EMS news reporting site, I would think this clearly relates to this particular site with no questions asked!

Also late, but happy birthday!!

Could be the photo was taken before the November 2008 mandate?

Sounds like you need to look into the same program that Houston, Richmond and Philadelphia are using. We've covered this topic here in other threads, but here is a link to the story: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=5008343&page=1

Too many so called tribute videos use the wrong music to try and "move" the video. Boring fade-ins of EMS images over and over kill the emotion that is meant to be conveyed in the first ten seconds. Then couple that with totally lame lyrics that attempt a parallel to the video's message. The...