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  1. Phillyrube

    New FDNY commissioner

    Thanks to improved building and fire codes, fire departments lost a lot of business. So they grabbed up EMS to keep run volumes up and secure funding, manpower, equipment, etc. So we now have EMS departments with an occasional fire. Forget her appearance and politics. I dont care who she...
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    Ky. EMS team under fire for treating man with antivenom

    Now they need a write an Extraordinary Circumstances protocol to cover something like this in the future.
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    Motorcycle therapy?

    I'd like to see it. Always said, never see a motorcycle outside a shrink's office.
  4. Phillyrube

    Good Landing

    You walk away from it.
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    Civilian EMS?

    Pay EMS less than firefighters? Cheapskates!! https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04/02/fire-department-may-recruit-civilians-to-staff-ambulances/
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    10 signs of a bad ems supervisor

    A bad supervisor is when you roll up on a scene and the first words from the supervisor is taken him to xyz hospital and not the trauma center.
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    Officer retires after incident with EMT

    Really pisses me off, this " paid suspension". So put him on vacation until he retires? I heard of a department that would suspend you, and you spent your shift in a room. No cellphone. Professional publications.
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    Gifts

    Home Depot has a Ryobi set of screwdriver bits and Allen bits. Less than $10.00
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    3 killed in Kentucky medical helicopter crash

    I initially thought scud running but it looks like weather was CAVU. My area lost a medical helo back in the late 80s scud running and had that" gottagethome" attitude. Blade just nicked the edge of the tower. Tower stayed up, helo not so much. Kobe Bryant died in a scudrunning crash...
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    100% Directionless Thread

    I have a cousin who is using it for Type II and he has had diarrhea for two years. Watch out.
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    Need some advice

    Always do part time in theED
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    How old is too old to start?

    Go for it. I left the service at 65, with all my recerts finished for the next two years. Just remember the new guys works nights and weekends
  13. Phillyrube

    Medical Travel Companions

    Oh crap. Quit whining! It is what it is! Call the company to complain and and leave the OP alone. Get off my lawn!
  14. Phillyrube

    Well, It Happened...

    6 weeks out, life is good. No pain. Still wearing the back brace for another month. Back to work, but no shooting shotguns or trap Doc is conservative, doesn't want me twisting, hence the brace.
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    Duty to Act?

    Try this link. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-american-airlines-lawsuit-kevin-greenidge/287-2c5109b5-fdcb-4f8b-8730-0a932f11e94c
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    Duty to Act?

    Do you commercial aircraft crews have Duty to Act? https://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-facing-lawsuit-14-year-old-died-on-board-2024-5
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    Well, It Happened...

    This is a great community. 4 weeks out Monday,no surgical pain, no sciatic pain. Discharged from PT. Still have the back brace and see the surgeon next week. Incision looks like he used a laser to open it. Beautiful. Hope to be back working at the range in two weeks. Thanks again for the...
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    Sedation Deaths

    Study out of Florida showing fatalities where sedation was administered by medics. https://www.wesh.com/article/deadly-sedatives-injection-during-police-encounters-florida/60618397#
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    Well, It Happened...

    I always get Halcion when I need anything more than a cleaning.
  20. Phillyrube

    EMS Boat

    Saw something similar in Venice a few years back.
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