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How is it the firefighters can fit themselves in the tiniest holes? While I am sure that smaller firefighters exist, most of ours ar the biggest people in the country. Had a call a few weeks ago that a kid got stuck in a tomb and the fire dept had to come to help extract him. The chief of the...

Are there any differences between a lava burn and other burn? Is that something you ever treat in Hawaii or does it not really happen?

Not on the radio but we had a death certification (he had been dead for many hours before we came) and the trainee asked if we should take his bp to be sure.

That makes sense. I'm just thinking about things that we would call for, namely drowning (the dead sea is far from any hospital), trauma/enviornmental and MVA. While drowning and trauma are often (although not always) only 1 pt, a serious car accident can have several pts. I am going to have to...

Got it. Thank you. My only expreiance with a helecopter was taking a pt from the landing place to the hospital about 20 years ago. They landed and brought the pt to us. Now we have landing places right on the hospital grounds so that is no longer an issue. We will call in a helecopter for...

I obviously know nothing about helecopters so please excuse me if these sound like stupid questions but a) if the helecopter is off what difference does uphill or down hill make? b)I though you needed a flat place to land so why would there be an uphill/downhill? Also, if you turn it off to...

Thank you for the explination! Interesting. Why?

What does that mean? (I have never had to call in a helecopter)

My 4 year old just told me she thinks I drive around on my ambulance and give out kisses and bandaids all day.

Thanks everyone. I decided to go for the Xshears. Now just waiting for them to arrive.

I was referring more to dr. Parasites comment. I am well aware of how litigious the US is how lucky I am to be protected from such litigation. As it happens I agree that our system would not work on the scale of most US states.

Wow....

Why on earth would you not want bls to take blood sugar?!

BLS can't put in an IV in the US?

For those that like the raptor, how easy is it to clean?

You did great. I agree with everyone else that the AED would not be helpful. Does your protocol allow for you to give iv's in trauma pts?

The gadgets to me seem like too much and not so useful. Why do I need a strap cutter if I have good shears? The glass breaker for me is the FD, The ruler also seems not so useful. I could see how the O2 wrench could be useful but I have never found myself in need of one without having on the...

That looks like what I am looking for. How long have you had them?

Are they worth the price? Is the quality good? Do you use the extras? How long will they last?

My trauma shears are 15 years old and have finally breathed their last. I am looking for a new pair. I see a lot about these Raptor shears but a) the seem to be really expensive and b) they look like they do too much. If I need to break a window I call the fire department not go searching for my...