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looking at someone? a cursory visual assessment? if you step in the front door, and you see the person in a tripod position, audibly wheezing, have you conducted an assessment? is it complete, no, but you can tell certain things about the patient, and you don't even need to be a paramedic...

That's what I mean... I've call them for sketchy refusals that were AMA, or if the patient's family was being disruptive... sometimes having a person in authority can help diffuse a situation... or at least get people to behave. Or if someone wants to file a complaint... I've called on the...

Kind of a simple question: when would you request a supervisor (ie, a person on shift in a dedicated supervisor's vehicle) to respond to a scene? I'm not referring to when they would or should be included on the initial dispatch, or if you get into an MVC, but what would your criteria be for...

I would say whatever you get them, it should be engraved/branded with your agency name. This way it also doubles as a marketing item. Other alternatives: a nice padfolio, which is great for taking notes in meetings or when at educational places. I have one I got from a college, and it goes...

if I had to guess, I would say he was disciplined for not backing up his partner who was driving the truck.... were you not in the truck when this happened? keep at it, @mgr22 is giving you some solid advice

I think Fire-based EMS can and does work in smaller departments.... If your FD has fewer than 5 stations, and has as many staffed ambulances as staffed engine companies, with staff rotating from suppression units to transport units, it makes sense to have fire-based EMS. Pittsburg is NOT a...

https://www.ems1.com/labor-issues/pittsburgh-ems-fd-feud-over-response-times-and-hostile-takeover

https://www.ems1.com/paramedic-chief/leadership-is-an-action-10-signs-of-a-bad-ems-supervisor

Let me ask this question: if I put a king airway in YOU, what would your response be? would you want it to stay in? or would you want it out, because you felt like you were choking? Also, in most situations, if you are permitted to start an intervention, you are permitted to end it, you feel...

wait, you know my ex?

never. seriously. back in the day, I used to discourage people from going to the hospital, but as I look back on my career, when the patient wants to go, my boss wants them to go, my employer wants them to go, it's not worth trying to convince someone not to go. If they want an expensive...

You believe wrong; unless state law says this can be done (https://marylandmatters.org/2022/01/28/should-convicted-officers-forfeit-pensions-lawmaker-pressing-for-change-in-state-law/ is when they tried it in Maryland, and New York does have a similar law...

As the article said: He was still innocent until the hearing officer decided he was guilty of the crimes he was charged with. This is what his union negotiated, and what the city agreed to. I'd like to know the justification from the hearing officer that "there was inadequate evidence to...

Speaking as an EMT Instructor, this instructor sounds like an idiot who shouldn't be teaching an EMT class. the book gives you a lot of foundation, and is a good reference, but your instructor should be delivering a lecture that supplements the book, not replaces it. If you aren't reading the...

Looks like all of the UK tabloids ran the same story... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-caught-having-sex-ambulance-33710839 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/30543908/person-love-ambulances-relationship-objectophilia/...

Is this a real article? hopefully satire? How did the Dailymail find this person? and why??? Ya think? simply having a diagnosis of a disorder doesn't mean you are allowed to do whatever you want.... I don't know what my response would be if I found a random person making love to my...

https://www.ems1.com/legal/judge-frees-colo-paramedic-convicted-in-death-of-elijah-mcclain

https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/world-news/elderly-man-dead-after-four-hour-wait-for-ambulance/

So now we are getting off the topic of the candidates, and the political parties themselves... and i'm sorry if it's too long for some people to follow Let's address this one at a time: How is being pro union good for non-union members? it raises the costs for non-union members who need...

Is this a new thing? I'll be honest, I don't think I ever received B-12 as a routine action following firefighting activities, but maybe it's common in California? Has anyone received it? Based on the YouTube video, it looks like it's more about the state going after compounding pharmacies...