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Venison Dinner This event is part of the history of a volly corps where I was once a member and I personally know the crew involved. It happened in the 60's when they were still using the old style Caddy Ambulance. On the way to an MVA they struck a deer and it was killed. The crew did not...

Mouth to Snout My crew once stood by at a structure fire where no one was injured except a cat that had collapsed in the street. One of my partners started giving the cat mouth to snout resuscitation when a newspaper photographer took a picture of his attempt. We are a volly group and he had...

We are all one.... Remember that CFRs and EMTs may be the first medically trained personnel on scene and by being there may be the person responsible for saving the persons life. Providing CPR within the first few minutes of a person going down allows time for the ALS crew to arrive and to...

Operator 3 7 or 37 was my ID for the corps I vollied with. It was used for radio communications within the county. 37 has become my favorite number. Nothing too exciting.

Watch them grow up. I vollied for a town corps and over time you would run into the same patients several times in a year. Not too unusual for elderly patients.However... I had one patient I first met when she was 12. The call came in as a difficulty breathing and when arrived on scene we...

Colander helmet About a dozen years ago I responded to a MVA involving a motorcycle. The operator had ridden up to the bike in front of him and touched tires causing his bike to flip backwards. (It was a chopper.) The operator came off the bike to land under the guardrail, with his legs in the...

Keeping your feet up does diminish the amount of noise you need to deal with but also having the right stethoscope will reduce it even further. I found that a thick walled, double tubed stethoscope worked the best. (Glue the tubes together to reduce the rubbing noise.) The expensive cardio...

Spilled Tea? While doing ER time for EMT-P training, a 5 y/o girl was brought in to the ER with a burn to her left ear. The ear had 1st and 2nd degree burns without any other tissue involvement. The grandmother who brought the child in explained that the girl had knocked a cup of tea of the...

I am so sorry for your loss. Good luck on your first ride along.

My first call was during a corps meeting and happened to be in the house next door. I had just completed basic first aid and was the third member of the crew. This was in 1974 and all crew members were only trained to the standards of BFA. The call came in as 70 y/o with fractured hip after...

I did a medical standby at an outdoor concert event attended by 30,00+. We stayed at one location and tended people as they came to us. We also had several golf carts available for 'rapid responce'. Worst case we saw....a twisted ankle. So don't worry and enjoy the concert.