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Sometimes with volly depts you may respond to medical assists with what you are wearing. But sometimes this just goes too far.

Now I will say that this dept really is a great dept but this picture just made me laugh.

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Iv'e seen worse around here!! Just two weeks ago we had a MVC and one of our First Responders showed up in her tweety bird pajama pants...in the middle of the day!! Volly or not.....I still take time to put on a pair of jeans!!
 
i don't see much wrong in what's worn there....

~S~
 
Stevo said:
i don't see much wrong in what's worn there....

~S~
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Well, you've got providers in shorts & tees - not a very good use of PPE...
 
True.

but isn't PPE pertinent to the task at hand?

all i see are people standing around....

~S~
 
rescuecpt said:
Well, you've got providers in shorts & tees - not a very good use of PPE...
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It also appears to be a "nice day" warm, if not hot... and no one has full PPE on.

I do agree that Shorts are usually inapropriate on ambulances... but not always.

T-shirts - so long as they don't say 'offensive' things (Like: Save a Strecher, Ride an EMT)... t shirts are cool, espicially in a vollie service.
 
I guess it depends on what their SOP's state. The guy in shorts/Tshirt and helmet perhaps should rethink which piece of equipment he is going to wear.

Our SOP's at the FD, for an MVA were a MINIMUM of bunker pants/boots/helmet. And with everything, the situation/location/task we were doing determined what other pieces were worn.

Hot or not, nice day or cold, if your standing there in shorts/tshirt and an unattentive motorist who is to busy checking out the accident runs you down, your pretty well screwd. At least with the bunker pants and helmet it provides an additional level of protection.
 
yes well, i suppose they'd be rather screwed if hit by a meteor too, but i still see nothing wrongfully done there Princess

~S~
 
First thing first...that helmet has got to go.Helmets protect,yes,but not on an open road mva.Maybe if the vehicle drove into a building then maybe consider it.Shorts and shirts that are not uniform,my opinion,shouldn't be worn,unless your undercover ems tactical...:ph34r:
 
so us 'vollies' are undercover nyc.ems?

now i feel downright sneeky....


~S~
 
Not really...but vollie or not we need proper uniform seperating us from the rest....:ph34r:
 
well for starters in an mva there are too many people on scene,fire,police,ems,esu,captains,etc....and if were in plain clothes they wouldnt think were civilian getting in the way...something similair happened to my partner...
 
Looks okay to me. Except the young kid, I'm against youth personnel on emergency scenes.

And I don't agree w/ full TOG on every scene. You don't need TOG for a motorcycle accident. Think jump suits.
 
Ya know that helmet aint gonna do much good except maybe if a bird pooped on his head but thats about it.... :roflmao:

-CP
 
TTLWHKR said:
Looks okay to me. Except the young kid, I'm against youth personnel on emergency scenes.

And I don't agree w/ full TOG on every scene. You don't need TOG for a motorcycle accident. Think jump suits.
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What does that mean? If the National Registry (or your state) says people passed their certifications and can be EMTs at the age of 18, what's wrong with that? If they're EMTs it doesn't matter what age they are... Unless you're referring to uncertified youngsters, in which case I don't want uncertified old fart's on scene either... Yeah, a lot can be said for older experienced medics, but you have to start somewhere and that doesn't happen by keeping newbies off scene. Maybe I'm not understanding what you mean???

But as for the shorts... I don't think shorts should be allowed. The fireboys we work with can wear their uniform shorts on duty, but for ANY accident scene they have to put on their turnout pants. If they were wearing uniform pants they can just wear those and not the turnouts. Think about it... if you lean down to help someone and stick your knee in a pile of glass, gasoline, sheared metal, whatever... that's gonna be serious for you. I think protection is warranted motorcycles or not. Any road way scene has a lot of debris and I, for one, want at least some layer of protection from that. But that's just me.
 
MVA's and other traumas tend to have many opportunities for an EMS worker to cut themself and/or get a patient's blood on them - an extra layer, even if it is just cotton coveralls, can help prevent injury and infectious disease spread.
 
At least they're wearing gloves?

We have a dress code for vollies here. No shorts, no sandles, and no clothes with holes (save those for sunday) or stains. Look as professional as you can in street clothes.
 
That kid in the fire helmet doesn't look old enough to drive, let alone be an EMT.
 
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