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Do you have officers that will respond to a larger incident, something such as a car wreck, bus wreck, toxic gas leak, etc? If so, it is the first unit due's responsibility to begin triage and make the appropriate call for further resources. You can't get sucked into the mind set that when...

I like to play the game where I let my partner decides, and then we both just keep saying "I don't care where we go, you pick!" It's a great weight loss strategy

I know of services in NY that have them, but have never seen them actively used. However, unless the flail chest has caused an open pneumothorax, I don't believe that that device would be of any use in this situation.

The way it worked for us was we had to demonstrate the skill on another student before we could do it on live patients. If you werent gonna be willing to let me stick you, I'm not about to let you stick me. Just fair I think.

Well, the way it read to me was: Dispatched @ 9:54, Fire EMS & PD Fire Arrived @ 9:57 PD Arrived @ 9:59 and assuming that it was true that EMS arrived 7 minutes after being dispatched, the ambulance arrived @ 10:01.

Saw this on another forum, decided that you guys might like to see it. Have at it. http://www.emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=7334

Because you're afraid of a medic missing a tube, you don't like RSI? Why would you dislike a treatment option just b/c of the possibility of a poor outcome? Would the result be any worse than without trying to introduce a tube?

I don't think anyone is really attacking basics in general. It's mostly the idea of basics who are content with being a basic, and feeling that that is good enough for their patients. It's kinda like the basics that will automatically cancel ALS on just about any call, before even seeing the...

EMT-A/EMT-P would be awesome, but if you're charging insurance the same, why not just run an EMT-B/EMT-A truck? I'm not saying what's in the best interest of the patient, just what happens sometimes. And I always wonder about EMT-A or EMT-I/99 or whatever... they can do almost all the same...

I'm not gonna do a scenario on here b/c I don't see the point. There are plenty of professionals out there that have written books about it. I understand that you're trying to convey the point that there are many different presentations of different conditions. What I'm trying to point...

So, I gotta ask you: if this is a scenario, what was supposed to tip us off to the outcome? I don't see how it is thought provoking to go through a scenario that is completely "atypical". I bet that some of the higher educated members here can present cases that present almost identical to...

Our vollie squad has a set schedule, while many surrounding agencies do not. I've found the set schedule has a number of advantages, for one thing, we don't drop calls. In our district we don't have a paid ambulance staff to respond, we have a few paid by call agencies, but they generally...