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For those who carry trauma or medical bags in your personally owned vehicle, do you need a license to carry a medical grade D sized oxygen cylinder ?
 
Lmao...
 
You do know that stuff is highly combustible don't you? Do you really want that in your POV?
 
RXMedic579 said:
For those who carry trauma or medical bags in your personally owned vehicle, do you need a license to carry a medical grade D sized oxygen cylinder ?
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There are some requirements actually...

First you must have a light and siren package that is worth more than your car. (obviously very difficult to get if you have a nice car)

Secondly, you should have at least 3 antennas protruding from your vehicle. One of which must be able to send and receive traffic from the international space station.

Next, the vehicle should have at least 2 bumperstickers and a license plate identifying that somebody who has contact with this vehicle is part of a VFD, FD, VEMS, EMS, or other non-lawenforcement safety service or wants to be.

furthermore, at least one person in the vehicle should at all times be wearing at least 2 clothing articles that have either a maltese cross or star of life.

Moreover, the EMT in the vehicle needs to wear a belt with at least 2 pagers and a radio, or 3 pagers. Additionally it should include a folding knife or mutlitool of some kind, glove pouch, CPR mask, trauma sheers, and at least 2 different types of surgical forcepts or clamps.

Finally the EMT/paramedic of the vehicle should be wearing a stethoscope either on the belt, dangling from the mirror, or around the neck. Said scope should be a littmann with an MSRP of not less than $300.

Oh, and since medical grade oxygen is a medication, you might also want to ask permission from your medical director and malpractice insurance agency too.

:)
 
I prefer to use the 21% stuff that's all around us... until someone else who is on-duty can take over. Not having a D or jumbo D in the bag makes said bag a whole lot lighter. ;)
 
What??!! Oxygen is a drug and requires a prescription to fill, carry and administer???

What??!! A medical director would need to approve this, since it is a drug and you are acting above the scope of any good samaritan?

What??!! Oxygen is combustible and if in an accident do you really want a projectile capable of taking your head off or someone else's??

Who knew....sheesh, I need to go back to school.
 
akflightmedic said:
What??!! Oxygen is a drug and requires a prescription to fill, carry and administer???

What??!! A medical director would need to approve this, since it is a drug and you are acting above the scope of any good samaritan?

What??!! Oxygen is combustible and if in an accident do you really want a projectile capable of taking your head off or someone else's??

Who knew....sheesh, I need to go back to school.
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I need to get out of school, trade you?
 
Lol, geez you guys are rough... lol
 
Common misconception, oxygen is not combustible.

Combustion is the burning of a substance do to rapid addition of oxygen resulting in heat and light. Aka fire.

Oxygen in itself is NOT Combustable. If we add oxygen to oxygen, nothing would happen.

Oxygen is an accelerant. It enhances already existing combustion.

If I put a burning match to oxygen, match burns hotter.

It I put oxygen to a burning car, car burns hotter and faster.

Nothing actually happens to the oxygen itself, the result effect occurs on the burning material.


Or tank valve blows under excess pressure and you get hit in the face by an aluminum missile.


If you needed a license to have oxygen in the car, someone would have arrested by grandmother by now.

I have a super mini o2 tank in my issued bag, and I only have it to operate a nebulizer.
 
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I bet grandma has a Rx for that O2 though....
 
NYMedic828 said:
Common misconception, oxygen is not combustible.

Combustion is the burning of a substance do to rapid addition of oxygen resulting in heat and light. Aka fire.

Oxygen in itself is NOT Combustable. If we add oxygen to oxygen, nothing would happen.

Oxygen is an accelerant. It enhances already existing combustion.

If I put a burning match to oxygen, match burns hotter.

It I put oxygen to a burning car, car burns hotter and faster.

Nothing actually happens to the oxygen itself, the result effect occurs on the burning material.


Or tank valve blows under excess pressure and you get hit in the face by an aluminum missile.


If you needed a license to have oxygen in the car, someone would have arrested by grandmother by now.

I have a super mini o2 tank in my issued bag, and I only have it to operate a nebulizer.
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You need to take a chemistry class. Have a look at the combustion formula.
 
Sandog said:
You need to take a chemistry class. Have a look at the combustion formula.
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Go look up the definition of combustible and get back to me.

Oxygen is an oxidizer and an accelerant.

Why do you think oxygen has an "oxidizer" placard on it when carried in large quantities on trucks. It's not an explosive or flammable gas.

Have you ever seen a spray of oxygen catch fire? Because I haven't.
 
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NYMedic828 said:
Common misconception, oxygen is not combustible.

Combustion is the burning of a substance do to rapid addition of oxygen resulting in heat and light. Aka fire.

Oxygen in itself is NOT Combustable. If we add oxygen to oxygen, nothing would happen.

Oxygen is an accelerant. It enhances already existing combustion.

If I put a burning match to oxygen, match burns hotter.

It I put oxygen to a burning car, car burns hotter and faster.

Nothing actually happens to the oxygen itself, the result effect occurs on the burning material.


Or tank valve blows under excess pressure and you get hit in the face by an aluminum missile.


If you needed a license to have oxygen in the car, someone would have arrested by grandmother by now.

I have a super mini o2 tank in my issued bag, and I only have it to operate a nebulizer.
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Your grandmother has a prescription for it and your grandmother is not running around treating other people with it.
 
Veneficus said:
There are some requirements actually...

First you must have a light and siren package that is worth more than your car. (obviously very difficult to get if you have a nice car)

Secondly, you should have at least 3 antennas protruding from your vehicle. One of which must be able to send and receive traffic from the international space station.

Next, the vehicle should have at least 2 bumperstickers and a license plate identifying that somebody who has contact with this vehicle is part of a VFD, FD, VEMS, EMS, or other non-lawenforcement safety service or wants to be.

furthermore, at least one person in the vehicle should at all times be wearing at least 2 clothing articles that have either a maltese cross or star of life.

Moreover, the EMT in the vehicle needs to wear a belt with at least 2 pagers and a radio, or 3 pagers. Additionally it should include a folding knife or mutlitool of some kind, glove pouch, CPR mask, trauma sheers, and at least 2 different types of surgical forcepts or clamps.

Finally the EMT/paramedic of the vehicle should be wearing a stethoscope either on the belt, dangling from the mirror, or around the neck. Said scope should be a littmann with an MSRP of not less than $300.

Oh, and since medical grade oxygen is a medication, you might also want to ask permission from your medical director and malpractice insurance agency too.

:)
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All that sarcasm and you still spelt SHEARS wrong
 
NYMedic828 said:
Go look up the definition of combustible and get back to me.

Oxygen is an oxidizer and an accelerant.

Why do you think oxygen has an "oxidizer" placard on it when carried in large quantities on trucks. It's not an explosive or flammable gas.

Have you ever seen a spray of oxygen catch fire? Because I haven't.
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No oxygen is a reactant, heat is the accelerator or catalyst.
 
Bullets said:
All that sarcasm and you still spelt SHEARS wrong
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I don't have a spelling degree and the longer I spend outside of English speaking countries the worse my spelling gets over time.

My typing also sucks.

But my post doesn't list the actual requirements?

They all seem to hold true in my experience.

Though I have to admit the most equipped whacker jump kit I ever saw had a LP 10 in it. During his paramedic registry test he even asked if he could use that for practicals since that is most likely what he would have.
 
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