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oh i think you both agree we are in the midst of one big mess fellas if anyone paying serious attention isn't mad at it all, they're brain dead but it's the manipulation of resources here, during what is considered a crisis situation that worries me they've gone code orange and stayed...

a common revelation among ems personel that have stuck around for a while is, we're not only health care's orphaned child, we're taking up the slack for, and quite often the kicking post for a failing system go here for the latest rethoric, stats, stories etc.... almost every medico-legal...

well we've has a steady inclination towards federalization now for 20 odd years now, under this current act, it just takes one Katrina or similar disaster to create a potential dictatorship and we all fall under this according to nims ~S~

well from what i'm hearing, the bees have greatly diminished here, so the problem may take care of itself Medic5740 ~S~

Guardian, it doesn't really matter which potus we blame, the two party oligarghy we exist in is simply a two headed hyra that instigates a fight among itself as a diversion besides, beyond the hanout/handup argument, isn't the true measure of any governance how it's citizens fare...

it's my opinon that many of us have indeed been the robotic flesh mechanic firetender that's because it's the easy out , you don't give them a piece of your heart there's even a new(er) term that CISD put to that, it's called autopilot one of my fav CISD leaders (who introduces himself...

Bu$h is here.... Bush Anoints Himself as the Insurer of Constitutional Government in Emergency clicky just gives one the warm fuzzies to know he's so concerned... ~S~

2000 sportser 1200XLC, lots of chrome, pisspot brainbucket, leather with 3 integral plates , vance hindes, and LOUD ~S~

I'm impressed firetender. i could easliy post a link to almost every paragraph you've written here. the system is so broken, but we live in denial imho ~S~

but i'm not upset R/r 911 and inasmuch as i've been doing this for 20 odd years, my original cert only required 120 hrs or so do you think 120 hrs of anything rates as 'professional' ? what other 'profession' can i assume for that amount of investment, and still be considered within the...

confidence isn't a solo virture to me my mates and i make decisions, sometimes without words we draw on each others strengths, and overcome personal weaknesses when we operate in unision i'd wager the same true of any of you here being tight with who your running with IS a pillar of...

perhaps the greatest difference in rural ems is we are seen as a community service Joe no different from the coaches for little leauge, or the many other factions that make small towns tick we also know many of our frequent flyers, as well as whomever we may serve in our areas in fact...

i have long considered ems as the eye of the storm for those whom we serve firetender they say that we only make a difference in a small % of runs i guess in the technical respect that may be true but i'd like to think that in the human respect , you've made a spot on assessment of the...

putting a small suction catherter down an NG tube while i was bagging via BVM wasn't in any textbook, at least any that i have , but it worked... ~S~

a very good opening post Firetender, good enough for Jems or any other trade related periodical in fact ~S~

methinks grampy lead foot here might need some driving lessons.... ~S~

i just finished up a lengthy discussion in a legal forum with many lawyers on malpractice/malfesiance suits. (and believe me, i was in the minority doing so) many of these folks come across as insisting thier efforts police the medical field, creating a better medical enviroment for us all...

to add Mace, please feel free to include what stats you may have here. i've read/argued them for years , so it's all old hat to me but here's the kicker, they might not look so bad internally, but they fall flat on their face when viewed side by side with other sane nations externally in...

well i'm sure your a standup citizen Mace, but don't you think it's time to think things over when we're offing ourselves more than the terrorists are? and all i offer is the ban of handguns (which i refuse to own btw) if this fool had a rifle i'd wager the two hour delay , and subsequent...

interesting that a massacre involving guns would result in posters here, people that have to clean up the mess, wishing to proliferate the public with more of them the mods here say we're not a gun and/or political forum, but just look at how it all affects us, there's no avioding it is...