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Absolutely..... while it would be great to have it all wonderful, it would also be great if they all got indoor plumbing.. that ain't happening either any time soon!

It is acceptable to the citizens of the district. If we are not available, dispatch tones out the nearest adjoining district for response. They are about a half hour away. Some people opt to go to the ER POV. Some just wait, some die. The people who live here have the option of moving someplace...

Define 'weird' you said he was acting 'weird' and was sitting 'weird'

Generally they are still in the process of obtaining certification. There are two volunteers who do not have EMT-B and who do not plan on obtaining it. They are both long term vollies and invaluable on scenes. Sasha in response to your comment: We are a volly agency and our 'staffing'...

LOL.. I didn't. Once I was able to get the man to talk to me, I was able to ascertain that he was alert to person, place and time. He was able at that point to make an informed decision to refuse treatment and my opinions on his sobriety no longer mattered. We had no law enforcement available...

Wow, quite a reaction! Someone was sitting in the back telling jokes during sensitivity training! To assume that its always the female 'demanding' to have seperate quarters or raising the issue of segregation is obviously coming from some nasty incident in your past. I'm sorry for your pain...

I have guns. Several. I enjoy shooting, hunting, and skeet. I have enough respect for firearms to know that the enclosed metal box of an ambulance is not the optimum location for discharging a firearm. My local ER will not allow firearms within its walls. We had to transport a LEO who had...

Couple of points.... First, read your protocols regarding restraints. In our system, by our protocols, we are not allowed to transport in handcuffs unless there is no other option and the failed attempts to use other methods needs to be documented in the report. Second, not all drunks are...

One idiot does not a bad system make.

Just heard of a guy taken into local ER with a blood sugar of.. get this........2263. No previous hx of diabetes. Pancreatitis, advanced alcoholism, guy never got good regular medical care (interfered with his drinking.... having to keep all those appointments and stuff). Family hadn't heard...

Be very careful. Familiarize yourself with the raising and lowering mechanism. We used the Fernos for years and upgraded to Strykers. Fernos definitely have issues. Biggest issue with the Fernos were a tendency to be accidently lowered. Mechanisms can be a bit touchy if you are unfamiliar with...

The check is to see if the object is still lodged or blocking the airway but where it can be grabbed and removed.

Um... unless maybe they don't have a stairchair???

first aid training.. an integral part of every FA class is when not to move the pt. Also covered is consent.

We are given criteria under which we do not have to attempt CPR. Signs of obvious death such as decapitation, decomposition, rigor, asystole in two leads... but this is different from a declaration of death. Sort of like the R/O, we are saying... we're thinking this guy might be dead.. still...

I would go with the LSB. I mean there are those who will blow IV's, gut tube or otherwise mangle care... doesn't make the practice inappropriate, if we removed all skills that some people mess up, we wouldn't be able to do anything. My concern with this pt and the KED is what happens if the...

Extrication done by someone only trained in first aid is acting beyond the scope of their education/training.

Yep, otherwise everytime the doc walks out of the room to go check on another pt, he'd be abandoning you.

triemal, I'm a rural volly district. I may be the only EMS responder to a call. If its a 360lb pt in dka, I'm not going to care what level of medical training the responder has if they are able to help me manuever the pt into the ambulance. Depending on the geographical location of the call, I...