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greetings from mccracken county, in the last semester of classroom here, and then clinicals.

Thank you system, very interesting i thought i was on the right track, and you clearified it for me with the link.

amen!

currently licensed in KY and IL, live on the border and work full time in KY and do Fire/ems volunteer in IL, there are fees and a process but it opens up more doors for you as far as employment also.

Paducah KY, town of about 30,000 and 10,000 in the county have a private service here i work for we are the only service in county and do all IFT, emergency, standyby...etc.. on our way to hit over 14,000+ runs this year.

Seems like you said a chemical reaction almost similar to smoke being inhaled by someone with asthma or other respiratory pathology, just triggers a firestorm.

cAMP is this adenosine monophosphate??

ya i know it was phantom pains but saying that over the radio was just a dumb thing, and supervision def. noticed it and werent too thrilled.

Here is one on a busy day. Dispatch: Standy Medic 83 tones Dispatch: Medic 83, Emergency, (nursing home) for a ** y/o female pt. having severe leg pain, pt. has no legs

i guess its a good thing that they were using dry chemical extinguishers...becuase i would hate for them to have grabbed an APW or something and tried that without any PPE...most people in the general public dont know about magnesium in cars being water sensitive...that stuff will spark and...

i know these people ment well, but like someone previously posted...shaking the car and moving them without proper immobilization could have further injuried or paralyzed them...but if they dont know that then they cant be blamed...of course you know there is always some goob that is the least...

the third police car in this video is the perfect example of what the rumbler sounds like from a pedestrian perspective...very effective http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKnL6NPyD40

funny that this article comes up, just yesterday in Metro we had a 2 year old that had fallen into a swimming pool and was pulse less and apneic, basically the hospital is a 5 min drive from that residence, so they had the FD run in and grab the child and then got in the back of the rig and they...

dont know if it would be considered an ambulance regulation, but i know one local service around here that has in the medical code that they allow the use of I/O drills on the ambulance, but they do not stock the ambulances as such, when one medic put them on, the systems coord. told them to be...

puts a whole new meaning to calling someplace a sh** hole!!...haha

Actually, to me, and anyone that thinks otherwise constructively criticize this, but with the way i imagine she is laying down he would simply have to just put the back side of the collar behind her head and pull that front piece up and do all the adjusting and securing, to me seems a lot easier...

This is good to know, i was not sure for such schooling what the base time was, thanks for that info. Also i found out i will be able to jump into Mod. C of firefighter II again, as i was originally not going to be able to becuase of medic school, the classes changed and i will be going from...

No, i havent made a C-collar SAM splint, but that seems like a nifty thing while in the field if you wouldnt mind sharing that little secret, anyway i just found this vid and actually i am in talks with a medic friend of mine and i believe he is gonna show this vid to the systems coordinator and...

Found this on Youtube recently...the concept is cool and i get it, but has anyone on here ever used this thing on a rig or are they just a concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNbov1oN4M&feature=related

Here is my Rescue Squad 4 Here is some rigs that Mercy Regional EMS (across the river from me) run (also the place i might be getting employment soon) Medic 84 Medic 83 Medic 82 BLS transport Medic 13 Supervisor Vehicle (for Shift Captains and Majors) These are just a few of the rigs they...