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I work on a volunteer 911 bus in NY that covers part of the NYS Thruway and another parkway, and we use KED on most MVA's with a stable patient and neck or back pain. We did have a patient about three years ago with a hangman's fracture where we used a KED. The doctor said if we didn't use the...

I have a bunch of pictures from my Ambulance Corps that I scanned in for our future website, don't really know what the vehicles are, if anyone can help me out with the descriptions it would be great. http://www.dfvac.org/images/former_ambulances/915-a.jpg...

Do you know what system your ambulances use to allow the key to be removed? A brand name or anything? Or is it just something that came with the PL Custom? Leaving the driver with the rig doesn't work for us because we often run 2-person crews.

I am involved in an ambulance service in lower NY, and with all the current security, we are advised not to leave our ambulance unlocked and running on scene or at the hospital. However, our ambulances are not the newest in the world, and without a shoreline, we have had issues with them not...

My Ambulance service is looking at the Ferno Pedi-Mate, and also looking at the full car seat made by Ferno, the Pedi-Pal. It is fairly expensive (in the $700 range) but it looks like it might be a little more useful. Has anyone used either one of these products and know if they are worth getting?

I never paid much attention to this topic until I was bored and started flipping through the latest Emergency Medical Services Magazine, Vol 33, Num 7, about pediatric treatment. Our service doesn't have real policies in place at this point regarding peds transport, but we usually transport on...