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Here I thought you were going to go the how many Teslas have been returned because of Musk and DoGE 😆

But EVs are supposed to generate way less atmospheric pollution 🤣

Lights and sirens. Nice necro post

Distinct possibility, but it's not the first or the worst

At least he's trying to learn

Depends on the resources available for each call. Sometimes there's a few available, and other times it's just the crew on that ambulance

As required

Out of the dozens of times I've done CPR on an ambulance, I've only had one save that lived beyond 24 hours. It was a witnessed arrest where one of our department's EMT watched her son collapse at school

While we've progressed past the strip and flip patients mentality, 33 years ago when this was presented to the OP we were still taught that. My response was directed towards the mentality of the time and the reasons behind it back then. Your response is the more appropriate for how we do it now

Think about it. Why are they going into shock? What if it's because of more than one reason, and you didn't find either the root cause or all the causes?

Almost the same. my very first call was cpr in a snowbank and I've performed it probably 3 dozen time since then. Never put my mouth on a patient...it was always OPA or Combi-tube

I responded to your DM, but publicly I'm going to say my post was intended to nip a problem in the bud before I had to start handing out forum vacations. It was what it said it was...a warning to keep in line with our rules. The reason I'm commenting publicly is so that others know when a...

Knock it off or become the focus of my complete and undivided attention

As has been said, it's easy to instruct someone else how to do CPR. wouldn't it therefore make more sense for you to instruct them on what to do and monitor their effectiveness while you use your skills for more advanced things such as maintaining airway, or even provide a more accurate report...

Hoping this didn't belong to anyone here

If you're in the process of opening an ambulance services, that implies you're not a licensed ambulance service yet. You're going to have to look at your state laws regarding the towing of ambulances at emergency scenes and non-emergency scenes (yes, there can be a difference). Also, this...

Handcuffs seem to be the prerequisite symptom

You forgot one of the more common reasons to fake a seizure....Incarceritis

It took me a long time to realize the soft skills were the more valuable ones in every day life and emergencies. Physical skills are essentially worthless if you don't know when and why to use them, or if you can't keep your composure and think clearly during the event.