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Seriously, all the best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. sent from my mobile command center. or phone. whatever.

I find myself reading this thread and wondering if it I that am insane. Most likely yes. sent from my mobile command center. or phone. whatever.

The reason, sarcastically, is that the OC is trying to be as screwed up as LA County. They are thinking of changing that policy, but they have found a way around ALS by adding CCT, which is two EMT Basics and an RN. If they need an ALS IFT, they call 911.

if the patient presents a threat to the crew and / or themselves (is exhibiting violent behavior), then absolutely restrain them. A lot of IFT companies in my area just use the "policy" of restraining all patients on psychiatric holds, which may be illegal (the jury is still out on this...

Word. Excellent advice. sent from my mobile command center. or phone. whatever.

It's all good. What's the forum for if not to get a little sharp knowing that the person, hopefully, can take the heat and respond intelligently. I COMPLETELY understand the frustration with saying the same thing over and over and over and over and..ya get it. Agreed 100%! ...unless...

First off, allow me to clarify. I completely agree with telling someone to "look it up" as this builds retention. I am not a proponent of spoon-feeding anyone anything. I, for one, did not state that anyone was wrong, or that the textbooks were right. I completely agree that they are built for...

Excellently stated. That is the main goal, beleive it or not, of the system. This company is trying to repair a;ll of the problems that you stated, they are also mixing in a more structured and disciplined style of EMS. The issue of asking your employees to be kind and respectful has been...

Google it!!! I'm more than a little concerned that all of the paramedics here are nay-saying what is taught and telling the basics to move away from instructive texts, which I'm absolutley fine with WHEN YOU TELL THEM WHY! "Google It" tells me one of two things: you either do not know...

Very well stated, sir. I'd work for you...lol

:beerchug:well then, that answers that! thanks for the info.

Hey guys and gals, been trying to post in a gif to my sig (it's funny, you'll see). anyway, tried the whole photobucket thing, but cannot get the gif to display, only the link. Any ideas, what am I screwing up here? :blush:

Neither am I...but you do have to agree that pain retains, no?:P

I agree, but this standpoint is based on the assumption that the employees are both capable (harsh, I know) and driven to free thought. I know we've all seen it; the EMT/Medic that just wants to do the bare minimum. In this case, by demanding so much more from each individual employee, the "bare...

I would tend to agree that foil is a bad idea; however, with the argument of trapping heat: also keep in mind that burn patients often die of hypothermia, what with the whole skin being gone thing. I agree that the article is bogus, but it would be an interesting conflict between using an...

Exactly right. There is no way in hell that that would not be a problem. All it would take is for one EMT/Medic to withhold treatment from a person in religous garb and have that person die, then where are we. My standpoint, you don't want treatment, then either live someplace where your...

I think I'm gonna like it here. To the grumpy old man: keep up the good work. the more conflict with idiots, the better.

the one thing I've noticed throughout all of the responses is that most people assume that because someone implements a structure or ranks system, that they are insecure a-holes, whackers (lol), or whatever. In general, it is quite apparent that either a) ost people in EMS HATE structured...

LMFOA...i dig it. I guess the paramilitary bit would be the result of people not listening to reasoning. From my understanding, the whole thing came about after the employees constantly gaffed off patient care and SOP's because they felt it was "just an IFT company"

holy crap! This sucks. What was her mental status upon arrival? If she was altered, treatment would completely fall under implied consent. WTFO?!