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I know it sometimes seems like anytime someone gets sick or injured they become saints who never did wrong, but Gokey is a phenomenal guy. I have two brothers who are now college graduates well on their way towards happy and productive lives, both of whom would probably be in a very different situation right now were it not for Sgt Gokey. The guy never said no to anyone seeking his help and spent countless hours of his own time helping people out. I cannot say enough about him. Please, help out.

No doubt Mr. Pryor is a real POS who has likely never made a positive contribution to society and has certainly never done enough to equal the massive drain he has been. But to hit him with a murder charge for something that at first glance sounds like an underlying medical condition is severe. If he never even struggled with Officer Perry and it was simply the exertion from running that resulted in this tragedy, where do you draw the line? Officer pulls you over for speeding and he is hit by a car should you too be charged in his death? Both you and Mr. Pryor we're willfully violating the law and your actions resulted in the officer being placed in a position that resulted in their untimely death.

This is an excellent question for this forum. I've seen many new medics transport a body because they weren't clear on field termination. If a lawyer knows enough to go on here for info on that job they know enough to get the tapes and PCRs. NYC, once CPR is started by anyone we have to call telemetry for termination. They could be doing CPR on a torso and you're suppose to call. Had a nursing home working up a guy found in his chair. Rigor had set in while he was seated so he was on his back, arms and knees pointing to the sky while the nurses went to town on him. I let them keep going while I called the doc. Firefighters thought it was hilarious and the nurses were livid. Definitely worth the complaint they made to my Lt.

I don't dispute the dismal past of EMS and it has absolutely come a long way, but its still nowhere near where it should be. All the improvements have been a result of FDNY pumping more cash into the system and EMS collecting more money from its transports. More units, more and newer vehicles, more staffing and more stations. However everything wrong with EMS is still broken. The dispatch system is still horrendous, units are still sitting on street corners, there still aren't enough facilities, something as simple as cleaning the patient compartment is still done with the truck wash and bleach you were using.

bad box, all correct. But its still way behind other systems and way behind where it should be. Improvements since HHC are a result of increased staffing and newer vehicles. There have been changes in patient care, but you can't say we're leading the way with much of anything right now.

Yeah, except the people were there before the aircraft started approaching. They were never told it was an unsafe place to stand.

FDNY is definitely not the system anyone wants to model themselves after. Its half way between fire based and 3rd party with all the pitfalls of straddling a fence.

I'll freely admit I haven't been involved with the details of what has recently been offered, but there was a proposal at one point I saw where savings were to come through reductions in management, facilities and support personnel. As for Pleasantville reducing the amount of coverage, thats something that should absolutely be looked at. The lone person manning the phones laid incapacitated for hours and no one noticed. No calls for help came in and its a common enough occurrence that none of the officers on patrol noticed.

At this time Pleasantville is 100% committed to maintaining their own PD. They're looking to eliminate garbage collection and fire those workers, but won't consider a merger that would improve service and eliminate redundancy through attrition.

Firefighters stormed into a burning Queens pet shop on Monday in time to rescue 30 cats and dogs, officials said. U.S. Pet Discounts on Steinway St. in Astoria was closed for Memorial Day, which presented responding units with an obstacle - the store's metal "rolldown" doors were closed. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/01/2010-06-01_fdny_saves_30_critters_in_pet_shop_fire.html#ixzz0petss2zf

While its been around, very few places utilize it. FDNY is currently struggling with its 'War Games" like Rosetta system and has to transmit to Queens where it is then faxed to the hospitals. A true digital system is on the way but still requires going through Queens because the hospitals each have their own system.

The test is a version of the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory test. Its designed to find major psych issues. Plenty of "unique" individuals have no problems passing. Its a very long test that asks a few questions over and over again in a variety of different ways. Its written that way so you cannot out think it. After the test is scored you either move on to the next step, get an interview with the shrink or fail. Interview is just to clarify some questions raised by the test. Don't worry about the test. Its long, boring, and very few people fail it.

How about the Fed said the air was safe to work in. It was not. They should be on the hook for all related healthcare expenses.

If he's breathing well he doesn't need narcan. Our job is not to ruin someone's high.

LTNRFD: The blog that posted the link to the audio states that only the dead air has been edited from the tape. http://blog.stamfordadvocate.com/stamford411/2010/05/12/mill-spring-lane-2-0/ "LISTEN: To the dispatch audio of the Deep Valley Trail fire here. The audio has been edited to cut out dead air, making it shorter than the actual dispatch exchange."

Its a monument to waste and bureaucratic inefficiency. They were bought for special events with large crowds. Order was expanded and the added duty of neighborhood watch was added. It makes the citizens feel good but its useless for actual crime prevention. It just gives the crooks 4 blocks they know they can't be on. More than a few cops have had to be "rescued" from stuck towers and it removes one unit from patrol as for every cop in a tower you need a cop nearby to keep him safe. Then again this is all contingent on a cop actually being up there. They parked on at Southern Blvd and Aldus for a few months. More often than not it was up there empty.

Every case I've seen where a Taser was used on someone who later went into arrest, an undiagnosed medical condition or drugs we're found to be factors. There's even at least one case of a taser correcting a dangerous arrhythmia. Tasers are not harmless but they're the best choice for the officers safety and minimal potential harm for the perp. Remember, the officer's safety is paramount.

Simon, every one of these is a cluster on one level or another. For over a year now FDNY has been conducting the same bus bombing drill at the rock using different fire and ems units each time. Even with everyone knowing what is coming these drills run the gambit from text book to amateur hour. When agencies only get together every 2 years you likely have entirely different people operating and a loss of much of the experience from the last go around. The point of these is to find out where the confusion is and highlight problems. Go to the meetings, express your concerns and take back the findings to yours and your surrounding agencies.

We got hotdogs! I'm furious.

Got a chance to take part 4 years ago. Phenomenal drill. Learned a lot. And I got a t-shirt

If I can justify it, I'm giving the pt morphine. If nothing else it facilitates treatment and transport by significantly decreasing the volume inside the vehicle.

This shooting occurred back in January but the video is making the rounds again after the officer was cleared last week. The officer stopped a motorist for a traffic violation and suspicion of DWI. During the interview the perp pulls his gun and fires on the officer. Luckily the first round in the perps revolver was either spent or misfired(I've seen it reported both ways). In the attached photo you can see that had the first round fired this would have had an entirely different outcome. Now its pretty much common knowledge that the most dangerous thing an officer does during his patrol is car stops. Between the people in the car and the other cars on the road there are a lot of ways to get hurt or killed. I also understand that the more often you do something the harder it is to not become complacent. Anything, no matter how dangerous can eventually become routine if you do it often enough. So how do you guys handle traffic stops? Are you overly complacent? Why are motorists allowed to stay in their vehicle? Thanks for the input.

I know in Mt. Pleasant it use to be, the medics almost always rode any call in no matter how minor unless it was busy or another call was coming in.

Specs for a specific company is a common practice around here and in many other areas. If that was the route Thornwood took I'm sure they would not have certified the results without receiving enough competent bids.

Chris, don't hold your breath. After going through the US Constitution, god does not appear anywhere within the text. Lord appears at the very end when referencing the date of ratification by the convention "Seventeenth day of september in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven"