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Results are in, thats a pass at 70 questions.

Galls manufactures and sells them.

I have a pair of galls steel toe quarter boots. Pretty comfy, not too expensive, and they breath well.

Stopped me at 70. Just took it today, so hopefully results will be in soon. For my sake at least.

Where in washington are you? In seattle you can get your affiliation from a few places. Search and rescue, the detox clinic can affiliate EMT's. A few of the local fire departments will affiliate volunteers as well.

Holy cow, it seems almost too good to be true.

King county's medics only respond as medics, and we are a fire based system.

That actually complicated things. If one has their certification (affiliation and all) can they provide volunteer medical support while off duty? I understand that without a certificate, you cannot provide care. That is not the issue here.

Our protocols have us wait or intercept with Medics. Since we're in an urban center, the wait time in only a few minutes.

Hello everyone. I've just finished up my EMT course, and am waiting to take the NREMT. Every time I searched for answers to my questions pertaining to anything EMS, this place popped up every time. I finally bit the bullet and joined. I'm currently a pre-med student who took the EMT course...

Well, the confusion stemmed from Washington State's good samaritan law, which states that volunteers are covered. But that makes sense as EMT's are not licensed, but certified.

Alright then. You'll have to excuse my persistence. My point of view is that of a Basic, so the information I get is interpreted as such. What kinds of factors are you referring to that Basics couldn't catch?

Ok, this is pretty much what I was looking for. I've heard a few different things. The last answer I got gave me the impression that as long as you were acting within your scope of practice, you were ok even if identified as a healthcare provider.

Just to make sure I'm being clear: In my system, "Sick" is defined as any patient who needs ALS. Not sick is any patient that can be handled by BLS. Maybe I'm thinking of something different that what you are referring to?

Not to provide EMT-B level support per say. More along the lines of first aid, CPR, and the ability to recognize that more help is needed.

This may be true. I don't claim to have lots of experience telling me otherwise. This is, however, what I was trained to do. And of what I have seen, It works well. You could give basics some benefit of the doubt when determining "sick" patients however. At least in my protocols, I have very...

I've had some difficulty finding any answers about this topic, so here goes. If you are providing volunteer medical support for an event (unaffiliated with the agency you work with), is it appropriate to wear some identifier your healthcare provider status? Either way, what kind of legal...

What do you see that is odd about it? Unless there are certain indicators in the 911 call, BLS is dispatched. We arrive, and make our Sick/Not sick call based on our protocols, MOI, NOI etc. This way, BLS providers get very good at handling "not sick" patients, and ALS only handle "sick"...

As far as I know, my area only cares about convictions. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time is not a crime. Innocent until proven guilty right?

In my (very limited) experience, the system works quite well. I see EMT-B's as the gate keepers. Getting there first, making the Sick/Not Sick decision is very important. We keep the resources allocated where they are needed most. Then again that goes back to the whole dual Medic vs Medic/Basic...