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In the comm center I’m very quick to caution people when they come into interview for a position and say they can handle trauma. You never know whether something is going to stay with you. We all become not necessarily desensitized, but able to work past what we see, smell, and hear. But you...

Our response area is marshland and pine forest for backcountry, so we utilize a variety of solutions based on the situation here. Our agency runs 2 crew cab gators with medlite skids for events and when requested. One volunteer department has a 2 seater, same skid setup if our beasts can’t...

I assume a lot of it can depend on jurisdiction. We’ve had a few transported over my years in the comm center. Usually the monitoring service has called in to our PD and we just verify the incident, with them. In the event of an emergency they’re permitted to leave the residence.

Yeah the finding of “we should increase CPR training” is pretty weak. Again anecdotally, but I think the cultural and learned responses are the bigger issues at play. The church calls are always interesting from our side. 10 people call, no one knows anything about the patient, and the prayer...

Yes, more along those lines. I just assume our deviation happens probably earlier than EMS, back to the literal days of just the ambulance driver. It might have been later, just not sure.

I’m not arguing the charter and I guess the Red Cross is a little clearer example, to be clear they did do medical care in their early days, pre-modern EMS. They ran ambulance transportation in World War I for the military, hospitals, etc. and also did similar in their early disaster...

I get the the US Red Cross is not the same organization as the others internationally. But the other countries made the transition from battlefield assistance ( the ARC ran military ambulances) and disaster recovery ( Also ran triage and emergency medicine at disaster sites, historically) to run...

I mean like literally the Red Cross runs ambulance services in many European and other countries. Also from what I gather, since I’m not from the dinosaur days if EMS, the original ambulance attendant/BLS courses most places were run by them. My questions is when/why didn’t they just start...

So as I stare down the barrel of another night shift, a thought has crossed my mind. Why don’t we have Red Cross and other relief society ambulances in the US? I mean the Red Cross was literally founded here, and in many instances across the globe they run EMS systems. Then there are groups...

Google and GPS mapping systems have some inaccuracies in our county. A map book and competency reading one is required in our remote areas... sadly it’s a dying skill. As a county we have issued our own map books as the private companies have phased out.

Gracias, My internet is sketchy on my mobile at work. It’s a shame the study did nothing to capture CPR instruction from 911. Granted it’s not a be all, end all, but it’s the current system stop gap for lack of education in the layperson. It would have added a lot more to depth of the study...

Does anyone have access to the full study. Most, not all, 911 systems in the US are providing the CPR instructions. Are they tracking when instructions are provided and if they are being refused,etc? Public education is a significant factor, but anecdotally I feel like there’s some cultural...

They require proof of association and registry in state at checkout... otherwise I’d buy there in a heartbeat. Also hats off to them for checking before selling to anyone.

Specifically looking for the new NC EMD patch. The Boston EMT patch, not spelled out, just the abbreviation. Also the ACTEMS patch. Looking for primarily dispatch related patches. I have some of our system patches available for trade, and can get MD State EMT and EMD patches.

It all depends on how well radios are tracks be assigned aliases, at least on a Motorola system. Unfortunately, I have a police agency that cannot get through their head to stop randomly grabbing portables each shift... They have assigned ones for a reason.

It's always interesting to hear how it's done elsewhere. I think for the most part the US is behind the curve on correctly implementing dispatch protocols. We ignore the level of agency specific customization available, and just stick with the cookie cutter response levels given.

Pre-standardized protocols a lot of places required EMT. The basic medical knowledge isn't as useful these days. Like DrParasite said there are no prerequisites beyon a pulse and a high school degree to start the process. Pre-employment screening test and background checks weed out most...

Sadly in the US you won't find pay that good unless your in a major metropolitan area, with many years experience. We're still very under appreciated around here. But, I did forget to mention those dispatch certs through IAED are internationally accepted... If you can find a way to snag a visa...

ABT from grad school in a field I wasn't totally into. Which also ended up lacking the career style I wanted, but it was close to my wife. I ended up in comms because I had always had an interest. My preferred position would still be emergency manager, but around here the old guard won't...

Yeah that's what I'm thinking