gpeifer

This has been an ongoing discussion for over 20 years. EMS agencies seem to have this "we don't need mutual aid" attitude. They seem to forget that the only concern they should have is that of timely and quality patient care. Volunteers have a proprietary attitude regarding their response area and commercials are worried about the revenue they might lose if another ambulance transports. 20 years a proposal was made to have a county wide EMS system. It was well designed and would have been a great benefit to citizens and visitors of Westchester. The problem was that nobody was willing to give up providing crappy service so that this county service could be developed. Volunteers complained as loud as the commercials. The people that suffered, and are suffering still are the sick and injured of this county. Think about this the next time it takes 20 - 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive or a BLS ambulance shows up to cardiac arrest because there was no medic available and the company did not want to call mutual aid. End result.. dead patient.

Thanks. I will give that a shot. It was set to search.

Date:03/14/2008 Time:2115 Location: 300 Odell Avenue Frequency: 46.50, 484.7125 Units Operating: B2, E310, E312, E309, E308, L75, L72, R1, car 6 2120: MSU responding 2122: B2 reports 2 LSO, fully involved 20x35 structure Description Of Incident: 10-30 Fully involved garage fire Writer: GP

We wear shorts in Yonkers, although only in the station.

Word is they are being picked up next week, should be on the line next month.

Seth, I am waiting for a live feed of 60 control and yonkers so I can listen from home.......... hurry up am dying out here.

I cannot connect to your web site.

NYS DOH EMS has released a policy statement that you are continue using the "old" technique until they have reviewed and approved the changes. It will then be added to the EMS curriculum. AHA is preparing to update training center faculty which will begin in March. After that instructors will be updated and the new material is scheduled for release in June.