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Robb said:
Good luck! You got this. Us Nevadans have to stick together, we're few and far between on here.

I was astonished when I tried to submit at 0730 and got the "we're full" response. I guess that's hat I get for that 9 minute snooze on my alarm :angry:

My old partner's partner works down there and she talked to him and he was going to help me through the process...I had my in!! Totally blew it :-/

I'd have been the medic that transported everyone though. For a while until I got used to turfing stuff to AMR and MW ;)
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Thanks! Yeah I opened the app then got a call and by the time I got back to it it was to late. :(
 
Robb said:
Good luck! You got this. Us Nevadans have to stick together, we're few and far between on here.

I was astonished when I tried to submit at 0730 and got the "we're full" response. I guess that's hat I get for that 9 minute snooze on my alarm :angry:

My old partner's partner works down there and she talked to him and he was going to help me through the process...I had my in!! Totally blew it :-/

I'd have been the medic that transported everyone though. For a while until I got used to turfing stuff to AMR and MW ;)
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OCFD does ALS but doesnt transport...
 
Just walked outside to heavy smoke and ash falling on my house from the Silver Fire. California Problems...
 
CALEMT said:
Just walked outside to heavy smoke and ash falling on my house from the Silver Fire. California Problems...
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Just sent a strike team to that fire also.
 
CALEMT said:
Not to sound rude, but what exactly do they do? Medical standby?
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Yeah. It's a medical strike team so it's 5 ALS ambulances that are at the command post for any medical aids.
 
CALEMT said:
CALFIRE pilots are some of the best in my opinion
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...and that's why tanker drivers will always be superior to the truck companies or the engine companies.
 
Anyone know the hiring process with Care ambulance in the O.C? Are they a good ambulance company? Anybody know there pay rate for new EMT's? Thanks for any info
 
Hmmmmm

Pineapples
 
JPINFV said:
...and that's why tanker drivers will always be superior to the truck companies or the engine companies.
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Well when it comes to aviation yes.... but engines are better (biased opinion) :D
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Yeah. It's a medical strike team so it's 5 ALS ambulances that are at the command post for any medical aids.
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Sounds interesting and cool
 
CALEMT said:
Well when it comes to aviation yes.... but engines are better (biased opinion) :D
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Aren't tankers, by fire service definition, aviation based? Unlike those tender drivers.
 
JPINFV said:
Aren't tankers, by fire service definition, aviation based? Unlike those tender drivers.
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Yes. But it depends where you are at and what terminology you use. I've heard people use tankers as water tenders... I guess its a soda/pop, tomato/tomahto thing
 
We had a patient high on a cocktail on drugs. HR 166 after resting in bed for 1 hour, dehydrated, BP 138/50, and pupils fully dilated. Patient is calm and very polite. We start transporting and the medic decides to do a slow IV push of .5 narcan (the patient even wanted it).

A couple of seconds after that the patient looks at a pair of trauma shears, looks at the medic, then says "I'm going to kill you" and goes bat :censored::censored::censored::censored: crazy. Pull over and call for PD while I hop in back to help pin the patient down. We are able to restrain the patient and calm him down.

Just as I get out from the back of the ambulance I hear sirens and tires squealing. PD is doing a sliding stop and gets out of his unit with the tazer in hand. We cancel him, thank him a lot, and then continue on to the hospital. The patient never made any aggressive movements or used any force against us.

About 5 minutes later the patient is crying and saying how sorry he is. No other issues at all during transport.

It's been one of those days for our area.
 
Eh. Only respiratory depression/arrest gets Narcan from me. Passed out but breathing? Enjoy the snooze. It's my policy to "let sleeping junkies lie."
 
DEmedic said:
Eh. Only respiratory depression/arrest gets Narcan from me. Passed out but breathing? Enjoy the snooze. It's my policy to "let sleeping junkies lie."
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We didn't want to but decided his HR was a little too high
 
DEmedic said:
Eh. Only respiratory depression/arrest gets Narcan from me. Passed out but breathing? Enjoy the snooze. It's my policy to "let sleeping junkies lie."
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Titrate morphine to pain, titrate narcan to respiratory rate.
 
I'd guess his tachycardia was from one of the other drugs he ingested, not the opiates/opioids.
 
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