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I would like to think so too but sadly I believe he is a real person unfortunately..

You should be wearing plates and a balletic helmet at all times. Also steel plates on the sides and underneath your ambulance should be welded on. IEDs are the number one killer of EMTs in bed stuy. Also scan the rooftops for RPG teams and watch your six at all times

Ive worked in this region for 3+ years, don't sugar coat it!! The protocols are awful. Period. And i agree with the rest of your post as well. Ive worked elsewhere near by and see what you describe as well. Was just looking for any possible input from someone who has worked there.

Does anyone have any experience with Bangs Ambulance? Was looking to possibly apply there part-time and wanted to know if anyone had any thought about the company/area?

I personally do not work with out it on. What does it cost me to wear it? Nothing. Yes its hot an uncomfortable, but "id rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it. YOu can practice all the "scene safety in the world but you don't know who is packing a burner. At my company it...

just to clarify i would never utilize diesel without medical direction and as a last resort... and probably not on the face.

My father is a retired construction truck driver... used to do paving. When tar would get stuck in the back of the dump trucks, they would often douse the back of the truck in diesel fuel. The article says that would cause "systemic toxic effects from absorption". Diesel was my first thought but...

i was talking more about OTC doses

So a few times i saw floating around the internet, a warning of a small child that took these two drugs together and it caused a sudden cardiac arrest because of the reaction. None of what i saw was from credible medical sites and I can't really find other info about it. Has anyone heard of this?

Anyone have nay experience with this company?

Better to call it and not need it, then it is to need it and not call it.

4 in the morning, dead asleep. dispatched to the trailer park for a frequent flyer who calls 18 times a week because she's having chest pain in her left knee. the type of call where you think to your self, god I'm glad i went to school for 2 years for this..... ok i think this was sarcastic

What are some atypical, unusual places paramedics work?? Cruise ships, oil rigs, set medics are really the only ones I have heard of... Where else??

after you get your emt card, wait 1 year. Then ask yourself this question again.

conceding the mistakes... absolutely, med errors, missed tubes, etc need to be reported and corrected in the proper fashion... but I've seen people on my job get crucified and shamed because they accidentally hit the emergency button on the radio, or someone opened a sealed cabinet with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGM9_BNR9jg&feature=youtu.be Everytime the word "nurse" is said, just replace it with "paramedic/EMT"... Thoughts on this video??

DRT= Dead Right There

It doesn't guarantee safety for everyone but they're job is to use force to control people IF needed. its not my job to wrestle an out of control pt.

I don't know where you work, but where I work the drug users generally don't hang out with the upstanding citizens... usually their friends that they're doing the drugs with are easily as dangerous and high as they are... PD is your best friend. remember that. remember who told you that :rolleyes:

whelp call me selfish but sorry the OD arrested, but you and your partner didn't feel a thing.. you went home safe and so did your partner and thats all that counts. Sorry you chose to overdose today... Im waiting for PD. and PD will be following me until we get to the ER. end of story