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Yeah, there are two definitions of the word. In our area you could be a first responder by being the first on scene, or you can take the first responder class. It's basically anything and everything medical that a non-ambo trained FF would need to know. They teach basic first aid along with a...

Maryland Protocol for Allergic Reaction: 1. Initiate General Patient Care 2. Presentation (Just goes over what Allergic Reactions look like (Mild, Moderate, Severe) and what to look for) 3. Treatment (BLS Level of Care) a. Assist the pt. experiencing moderate to severe symptoms or mild...

That really sounds neat.....*is now changing my opinion of said device, now knowing there's a safety feature installed*....I bet a few of our companies could make use of that. :D Ray

Yet again, I stand corrected. :lol: However, I would still be a little nervous using one. My county is quite rural, and there are plenty of stop lights in some of the towns. There aren't however, multiple units popping up from every which direction at once. There's only really one town...

Yes, I'm kinda late on the readage of this thread, but oh well. *shrugs* I like the idea of the Opticon, so long as you have a bunch of rural areas. I don't think it would be the best of ideas to use in the city or in places where multiple units end up responding and being at the same...

The unofficial site, which is not yet completed is: Level Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. However, this will soon be changing to the official one here soon......hopefully. :lol:

We have them on the units, but up until a few months ago BLS providers weren't allowed to use them. The use of glucometers are just now entering our BLS protocols, so many of the BLS providers around here are unsure of them. I don't even think many of our providers know we even have one...

Ah.....our next due, depending on which direction you go, varies from 10-20 minutes away. And yes, that is also assuming that they are sitting in the station at the time. However, there is one company around here that tends to be so busy that they typically have crews sitting around all the...

Emergency! will always be the best....it's the reason I'm here in the first place. But there are a few others that are pretty good. Third Watch was good at first. When they decided to kill off the characters who no longer played on teh show as opposed to transferring them, I began to get a...

Yet again I shall poke my head out of my sheltered bubble. I find it interesting that there are places that require a certain amount of response time (as in time from dispatch to time at scene)....down here we're required a 3 minute enroute time for EMS and a 5 minute enroute time for fire. If...

Actually, you're wrong about the Cardiac Technician part. Maryland is getting rid of Cardiac Rescue Technician's. I don't quite remember by which year it is, but CRTI's will be phased out and I's will be grandfathered in and trained. CRTI classes are no longer being taught, but EMTI classes...

Hey guys, I know not everyone (maybe not anyone at all) is from Maryland, but I was wondering if anyone knows how many hours MD's EMTI program is? If you don't know, can you tell me how long it is in your jurisdiction? I'm sure *that'll* give me at least a general idea of how long it is...

Yeah, that's exactly how they put it. :lol:

:blink: This topic of discussion really has my jaw dropped. I never knew that there were places that *didn't* carry at *least* an AED. In Maryland, we're not technically considered a BLS unit unless we have one. There are rural companies that can't afford them, but even then that's...

I wish it were like that around here. Not to say that we're all downed because of our sex. Some of us busted our asses to prove our worth, but that's only good for the department we're in. The other companies around have other ideas about women firefighters and where they should go. "Women...

Thanks guys. I appreciate your help. There are some things I opted to leave out, but I got the general idea of what to do. I wasn't too keen on writing a letter in the first place, but I didn't know what else to do. Though, my ambulance captain will probably do nothing. I know her and how...

I'm pretty sure what I'm going to do, but I want some input from other EMS providers before I make a final decision. I'm a volunteer EMTB in Harford County, Maryland. We have two paid departments, however they are military governmental type agencies. We also have *some* paid EMS in various...

Howdy guys. I'm a volunteer firefighter/EMT-B in Harford County, Maryland. I've taken IVT, ,however I neglected to get my ER sticks, so I have to recert and I'm presently in EMT-I. (It's hard to get into an EMT-P class in Harford county. We hardly ever have one. A lot easier to getinto a I...

It was very good. I did manage to se eit, and I know someone who taped it....if that happens to help any bit at all. If you would like, I can try to send you a copy of it....dunno' how to pull tha tone off, but I'll figure it out if you want. As for my opinion, it was very good. Was a little...

Hmm.....the call I'll never forget. There are actually several. The first I'd have to say was the grossest....however it was definately the neatest. We responded to a single vehicle MVC involving a motorcycle. The guy had was wearing a skull cap (you know, the black helmets that just cover...