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When did you start wearing pants?

Geez, look at me. 72 years old. Fireman in 1968 to 1970, volunteer and then paid. Whoops, along comes the draft. JoiN the Navy. Become a helo crewman. Jump out of helicopters rescuing people ( never needed to but practiced a lot). Made 4 Med cruises and a lot of smaller ones. Fought a...

I was a medic when I was hired as a cop. Same jurisdiction. I had permission to carry my gear, just ALS airway stuff. We had AEDs so PD got punched on those calls. Dispatchers also let me know if something hot was going on near me. Got a bunch of tubes that way plus other skills once fire...

My first? Brand new junior member of rescue squad. 1968 . Daytime. No one around. Call came in. Driver came to station, told me to get in truck and off we went. I'm all of 17. Guy stuck his hand in some sort of electronic assembly machine, so it was crushed with wires punched through his...

This one just hit the news: https://www.ems1.com/investigation/investigation-launched-after-man-removed-from-ambulance-left-on-street

Good thread, good responses, good interactions. EMS professional. 40 years Fire/ EMS, 23 as a cop and supervisor.

I've had that happen. You go to a call and fire guys call out "Here comes Dr. Death." CISM, talk it out, keep doing what you do.

Keep doing what you're doing. They'll stop.

I just saw a suburban volunteer fire co. get decertified due to lack of volunteers. This particular department is/ was big, and I never thought would go under. I was in a volunteer dept that was starting to go career in 1975 and is now career with a couple certified volunteers. At one point...

The two EMS regions I worked, we restocked at the hospital. We drew supplies and scanned barcodes which then were billed to the patient.

Article about the first class of volunteer cardiac technicians, first ALS providers in Virginia...

Good to see you. 40 years as a medic, 23 of them as a cop.

The Virginia Office of EMS is missing anywheres from 9 to 15 million dollars. This resulted in the cancellation of the 2023 EMS Symposium, an event known nationwide for its educational and networking values. The head of EMS has recently announced his retirement...

Hospital based service?

Not a great career move. Https://www.villages-news.com/2023/09/27/emt-claims-paramedic-sexually-assaulted-her-in-ambulance/

Rigs were locked, but they look like the GSA trucks, with a bench seat on the right. Guessing the door is offset to allow loading a boarded PT on the right. Unknown if it has hangers for a third patient.

Spotted at REV in Orlando. Parked with a couple barebones GSA rigs and a couple GSA rigs marked IHS AMBULANCE. (Hit the picture for a focused shot)

Now if they can just prevent secnav from naming the ships politically. Naming them after naval hospitals sounds good. Old Navy Chief here. Get off my lawn!

I can do death, blood, twisted intestine eviscerations, childbirth and poopy pants. But someone gets the dry heaves, the backdoors open and the driver behind the box get surprised.