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I agree. I believe that BLS/ALS should remain non-invasive/invasive. I am not trying to be mean, rude or condescending. As I recall from Basic class in PA, I was not taught as to what medications do, how they work, etc. Anyone capable of giving a medication in a therapeutic capacity (EMS, ER...

let me guess, after your medic partner asked that question, the patient said "I can't afford a cab" "I have medicaid" I know, I have become jaded at times with the abuse of 911. And I will admit,I have done that 0230 or 0300 for something we all know could have waited til morning and their...

I am not going to start an argument of what should basics do or invasive or non-invasive. But with altered mental status, glucose level is helpful. But since a Basic can only administer oral glucose only. oral glucose is not going to drastically change any BGL if it is already high. So if the...

Where did you get that information? In Canada, If someone needs a medical procedure to keep them alive, they get it. I just went to google and searched for defibrillator surgeries in Canada per year. Just to make sure. Apparently, you did no research at all. I found a ton of sites about IAD...

Growing up and living in the North East, when I went to Florida in January, the days in Florida were still humid and hot. Which was of course coming from the sub-arctic of the NE. but at night the temp dropped to the 60's. While I was wearing a light jacket/sweatshirt others were bundled for the...

Vacuum splints don't work well in cold weather. Because during the winter in the northeast [only place I've worked] since you go to extreme temperatures. In side the houses, ambulance, and ER it is warm, while outside is sub-arctic. So if you inflate the splint in the cold, when it gets into a...

All that waiting is bull poopies...I used to live in Canada with universal health care. it was not much different than here. minor & elective surgies, like gastric bypass, sometimes wait, BUT anything emergent is taken care of immediately. there is no waiting 3 months for bypass surgery, or...

You left out wearing the real fur coat... BUT, I do agree, NY medicaid pays a small portion of the EMS bill, but the services is not allowed to bill the customer for the difference. example: [this is an example...these are not real numbers by any means...but an example with made up numbers...

you must be Fire based. If an axe is standard on your stand alone EMS deptartment......................

As I agree that this is an issue. and the article mentioned is compelling, I'm sure there is some truth to what is printed. BUT it is from the NY Post. The NY Post is the rag of NY journalism. It is perhaps 1 step above the National Enquirer. I would like to see a study how how much medicaid...

we recently had pet O2 masks added to the trucks and added to the protocols...

well as I have attempted to embed a soundfile and unable...here is a link to it. Quote from Emergency I believe this sums up a lot our collective frustration to the abuse of 911. I have made comments on other threads calling our ambulances, either cabulance or wambulance. I understand the...

good luck.....

This is true as well...

This I completely agree with. As for organized religion and their rules...I would have to say it is their intolerance that bothers me the most about it.

LOL...dispatchers usually tolerate me...lol... I will admit I like being busy coz it makes the day go by faster. and when I go home, I would rather be exhausted from working than sitting on my butt doing nothing and being bored to death.

I think there may have been a mistake in communication (or I made a typo) I was coining as an example of different cultural practices that appear to be abusive and 1st viewed thru the eyes of the intolerant American. But was trying to point out that even in this country that coining is not...

I totally agree. Where I used to work was BUSY. they used to post us on street corners but there was never enuff down time to sleep. so I was like I want more down time and stuff. I moved 500 miles to NH for non-EMS reasons and have been missing the business. I call my current location a country...

I am not really sure what I can add...my Medic class required 3 shifts in a ped ER. I was lucky I had a children's hospital in my city where we were required to do our time. 1 shift I had a great MD who pulled me aside and told me, I was his shadow. He also instructed the RN's to have me do the...

o...ok...yeah I remember posting...and will be again shortly....UGH