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So, I've been an EMT now for almost 6 years. Obviously I'm a career dispatcher, but I've been toying with attending local community college for an ALS program. The end goal would be to pickup some side shifts, and advance myself personally. The problem: I run with a fire department where we...

Hi Limes, I've been in dispatch in a rural county for almost 5 years and a supervisor the last 2. Dispatch is a different animal than field response. The obvious difference is lack of contact with the scene. So you'll take the call, process it and then your done with 99% of calls outside of...

Somewhere around 70% of firefighters in the US are volunteers. The good news is it sounds like you are in the Phoenix Metro area where you have paid career departments. Career fire departments are highly competitive agencies to join. We're talking like 200-1000 applicants per 1 slot in the...

Well I'm not a constant poster on here, but a lurker. I check in and post on topics I have knowledge about when they come up. I'd be cool with voluntary system.

Makes sense I've been out of the Erie, PA area for over 5 years now. A lot of the BORSTAR mission doesn't really mesh with the northern border, at least not the northeast.

Not my agency thank goodness, but taken from a coworker. A tower was dispatched, by itself for a "high rise" maternity... Luckily crews realized the error and added an ambulance to the high risk maternity.

MSP is dying for flight medics all the time. They have trouble with people wanting to go through their academy and be dual role personnel. Like CALEMT said, unless BORSTAR has changed, it requires a minimum of several years as a standard officer, which would be 99.99% be on the US/Mexico...

Like Nys said, CIT classes are great and are one of the more advertised courses on these subjects. Though any sort of crisis communications type class or lecture will help a little bit. Three quick ideas from training and experiences I've had. Granted these come from behind the desk, but I...

Thank you all very much. I just like to know a little more about agencies I have represented in my collection.

I'm posting this off topic as this is just purely for my own understanding. I was going through my patch collection, and have a patch from Helene Fuld Medical Center Emergency Communications. I understand the hospital now operates under a different name, but I want to know what the emergency...

In our area the protocol is pretty simple. A direct helicopter flight to the facility that placed the LVAD or cares for you. It's an automatically triggered response on dispatch for HEMS, also preferably from that hospital, usually med star for us. The only problem we have is that sometimes...

It he link was not intended honestly it got put up when I got kicked offline while putting up a reply. The US military being a big key player in NATO, the Red Cross uses it still just rebranded as crisis response, and UN crisis response teams use the same framework. The National Health Trust...

I apologize for the double post. I can't Edit or delete the other post from my phone. CISM and debriefing are not synonymous, it is a tool that can be used when appropriate. The goal is also not innoculation against PTSD, it is to explain the persons reactions, encourage healing through...

Our mental health professional is a licensed psychiatrist. The issue with the reviews is the way CISM mehtods were performed. As in not correctly, with people who were experiencing extreme physical trauma. I'm also just going to point out that Bledsoe is a D.O., not in mental health. While...

That is initial requirements to begin joining the team as a peer support person. The team includes mental health professionals as well. This is just the jumping off point to becoming active member. I'm not trying to start a debate on effectiveness... Yes I'm aware of the Cochrane Reviews, and I...

Maybe all the BSI and the blood borne pathogens training has just got you all freaked out. If it continues to be a problem, you should probably seek some help.

So I'm curious to know what education requirements any of your local CISM or peer counseling service. I was invited to join our local group, which involves attending a short course, 27 hours. It was simply an introduction for us to the various methods of psychological first aid and group...

http://www.emsworld.com/article/11187270/ems-in-the-national-park-service http://unitedstatesparkrangerlodge.yuku.com/topic/1174/RangerParamedic#.VxLtC3ErKM8 When I was in Arizona back in November I saw signs for the EMS station near the Grand Canyon Park entrance... I never had the time stop...

I've never done dispatch for a private service, but what chaz90 said is pretty much you important points. Don't lose track of people, and try to be reasonable. If you're doing 911, there's other things to cover, but he's given you a good start.

MSP does serve as the primary air medical transport in the state, and are running with 2 flight medics on the helicopters now. From my understanding of it all, they receive their funding from the state, and there is also a $17.00 yearly charge on Maryland vehicle registrations to supplement the...