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Can you clarify what you're asking? Are you asking when you should call for additional units to assist? Also, keep in mind that different agencies use different terminologies, and rescue seems to be one of those. Out here, we don't really use the term rescue by itself, but our FD-run ambulances...

California started using the NREMT-B exam as the statewide certification test last year, so having taken it out of state should count for the written. You'll probably need to take another skills test though if you certify here. In addition, EMS is primarily run at the county level in...

We sent a second field team to Houston for Rita...maybe a third of that group were folks who'd been on our Katrina deployment too. So far as I've heard, its the only time we've sent two teams out so close to each other.

Actually, you don't need one...they fall just under the weight limit for requiring a CDL.

There's a number of pics from our DMAT deployment on our team website at DMAT CA-1's Journey to Hurricane Katrina. Our "official" team photographer is one of the guys who drove our three trucks to Mississippi from California, which explains why there's so many pics of the trucks in the middle...

First off, welcome from another local. :) I didn't do my EMT-1 training there, but I did take PHTLS there last year and was very impressed with the program. I'm not sure how they handle the clinical for EMTs. Our department also recently contracted with UCLA to provide our EMS CE program. We...

For BLS, here's our criteria. If the patient is pulseless and apneic and has the following, we can "determine" death and withhold treatment. Decapitation Incineration Decomposition Massive crush injury Evisceration of heart, lung or brain tissue Extrication >15 minutes and unable to provide...

Our station uniforms are from Workrite. Navy blue Nomex. Just standard uniform-type pants, not the EMS variety. Personally, that works for me...I used to have a pair of EMS-type pants, and I never saw the utility of them since I have a jump kit in my car and all the gear I need on the ambulance...

We're going back to my inlaws in Indiana like we usually do. Gonna spend the week between Christmas and New Years. Other than that...Jenny and I go to see the musical "White Christmas" this Friday at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Should be fun. We're also going to take the baby to see the...

Well, Snopes doesn't come right out and say it didn't ever happen, but its obviously a commonly told/retold story: Snopes.com - Too Late the Hero Of course, living in LA, I've seen and heard of even weirder things happening, so it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this actually did...

As far as trivia goes, here's one about Jim Page. If you watch the opening credits, look for a VW bug parked next to the station. That was Jim Page's POV.

I think our fastest on a load and go has been around 10-12 minutes. Takes about 5 minutes to get to the ER from most anywhere in town going code.

Its my understanding from what I've read in a couple discussions that yes, AEDs will have to eventually be re-programmed for the new criteria. As for the synchronous compressions/ventilations, that's actually been the protocol out here for awhile with advanced airways. If you think about it, it...

I got one. The city provided them free for us at the fire station for an hour or so before last month's EMS drill.

Here's a the link to the full Circulations newsletter that Nemo mentioned, and a brief summary. I skipped over a couple of items that were more "teaching focus" recommendations rather than actual protocol changes. All Rescuers - New emphasis on quality and rate of compressions, chest wall...

What??? Heck, even in PA, we can do all of those. But, do you have to call Rampart Base before treating the patient??? [/b] BLS units don't do base station contact...period. Everything we can do is basically protocol (if you want to call it that) driven. In general, that's stabilizing the...

Unfortunately, I don't see it happening here anytime soon for BLS. Right now, in LA County, I can administer O2 and oral glucose. I can also "assist" with an epi-pen, sublingual nitro or an inhaler, but only if the PT has those prescribed and has it on them (we can't carry them). That's it, and...

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Getting back to the original question (and sorry for the late reply), the California ambulance driver's test isn't too hard. Mostly, they want to know that you know the "common sense" items, such as when its appropriate to run with lights and sirens, what liabilities you face when doing so, safe...

We've had a couple of dislocated shoulders. Pillows and a couple cravats work very well.