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In NY and Colorado Intubation is condisered a BLS Skill for Medics. Thank God!

Glad to see you survived! Too bad there was nobody to supervise the 12 year old! ;)

I get poison ivy like that...I do not go to the ER any more for that (convience when I was in NY...go in complain to the attending...get my shots and a scrip), but when I did...boy they wanted pictures and everything. I never have seen anything like it either!

FDNY still transmitts their station identifier via morse code to remain FCC compliant.

I love my NY strap, and the shorty keeper strap I have on it now...no more radio swinging in the patients face! ;)

I have been on the job a while too...Some of our members were not born yet when I started, and cannot understand about riding on the tailboard or not wearing gloves. :rolleyes:

PS...I am knocking at your back door! I wish getting promoted on the job was this easy! ;)

You should leave ALS for when you need them...but no need to beat up on the BLS either. I used to get loads of BLS (Crappy disptcher...then tried to pre-empt me for a high priority back in my own area)...it is no big deal.

Doctor B is right...try to stay inhead of the 8-ball...it is awfully hard to get back there once you let it in front of you!

Hope you had a good one!

I still use the old method of O2 administration. If you have SOB or are really sick...you get it. ;) Pulse OX is nice...but I can still tell when to use O2

They say anything over 30 is misleading...but what do I know???...I use 30 myself!

I run a Squad Engine, and we get to practice often with the tools...on actual MVA's and in training. I recieved my basic training in Firefighter II and advanced training from Hurst.

I used to hate dispatchers on a power trip...another reason I do not work for the privates anymore...ever part time. GPS is goos...except if they (the powers that be) try to screw you with it. It should be used for resource management for dispatching.

I wear suspenders. ;) I used to wear a belt...long time ago. Radio holster, EMT pouch with scissors hemostat (for to hang IV's on EMT's or LEO's). A pager and a 3 cell maglight (with batteries taped together...more solid that way) Glove pouch...and IIFC that was about it.

Our two new busses have all LED set ups...They are available in full size lightbar configurations, and I like it. Looks like a UFO landing!