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a quick jumpsuit to toss on isn't a bad thing for a volunteer either. if your clothes are dirty because you work in a dirty profession (farmer/mechanic), it presents a cleaner image to the PT. if you work in a white collar job, it can help protect your work clothes from fluids you may not want...

who is going to pay for it? And does that mandate extend to volunteers that may respond from work where they may be wearing a different uniform already? Not against it, just wondering for those of us that don't do it professionally.

HPFM: Hokus Pokus F*****g Magic

why yes I do, I spelled it right, then let spellcheck change it without vetting the change.

if you can't figure out if CO would cause a change in lung sounds, I'm afraid for your psychopathology instructor.

In my system albuteral and epi are administered by basics so giving them before a crich is BLS before ALS. I get where your coming from though, you do need to accelerate your interventions in relation to the patients condition. Though BLS before ALS to me just means try the least invasive...

LOL... it appears you are correct... when you mentioned "MB Tank" I thought you were still talking about O2 tank sizes. Don't mind me, a bit late to the party it seems.

MB is childs play, try an Abram's Tank :p

I'm sorry I can't help you with the internship question. I just stopped to say hi to a fellow cheesehead. I work in Madison.

Oh without a doubt, the vast majority of our transports are non-emergent.

my 'station' is my house, in my recliner, in my pajamas. lay a pair of 5.11 ems pants, a polo, a pair of socks, and my shoes next to my chair. Pager goes off, I toss my stuff on and out the door. I'd almost like one of those stations better, get away from the kids sometimes..lol

The greatest time savings while running hot don't come from the increase in speed. They come from the ability to request the right of way at intersections. Parting traffic like the red sea, safely slipping through a red light and moving on instead of sitting in a line of cars picking your nose...

I think it has to come down to common sense and driving with due regard. If you are in town where speeds can vary anywhere from 15-35mph, 10 over is a sizable % increase in speed. Not to mention the close proximity of other people, and the significantly higher chance of cross traffic. If you...

Yeah the trauma center 20min away is a Level IV, but the closest level I trauma center is 40-50min by ground, even running hot. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/trauma/classification.htm

I'm from a rural area where HLZs are literally everywhere. Hay fields, pastures, soccer/football field, open areas at parks, stretches of lightly traveled roadway, etc... not to mention our shortest transport even with full lights and sirens is 20+ minutes away after we start rolling. I'd...

It's sad that they felt they couldn't land at the soccer field because of players and spectators. I don't get why it would have been difficult to just have the players get off the field and delay the game while they used it as an HLZ? Better for the PT, safer for the public, and those players...

If truck drivers have a max number of hours for public safety reasons, why don't medical personnel have the same thing?

i'd run with you anytime if I could. I'd get more calls in a night with you, than a month volunteering with my current gig. Don't get me wrong, I love the volunteering, but the experience would be amazing.

I can understand the want to be as environmentally conscious as you can be. I have to wonder, though, about the environmental impact by the acquisition of raw materials for a synthetic fabric, the manufacturing of that fabric, and the ultimate environmental impact of it's disposal after the...

And if you have some Volunteer organizations around, they may be willing to do it for less than $500 in the form of a donation. Good PR, they bill insurance for any transports, and they may even have some equestrians that wouldn't mind taking the rig out to watch a show.