Eagle24

I heard they were going to build a new one last night on the news...If they do, I hope they make it harder for people to jump off...there have been way to many "jumpers" on the TZ over the last few years(in my opinion). Phones are great, large barriers that you can't climb are better. . .

I can't speak for SHFD, but SHAC recently started getting dispatched by 60 on our regular frequency in addition to SHPD. I believe the idea was to eliminate the time it takes for 60 to call SHPD and relay the information...Whoever recieves the call directly pages us out, seems to make sense to me. Once we are dispatched we communicate primarily with SHPD on our usual frequency, unless mutual aid is involved. I believe SHAC being dispatched directly by both 60 and SHPD is still in a trial period.

Best wishes for a quick recovery Jay... -Tim

16 is a little young I think generally, but there are always exceptions to the rule. I don't think most agencies would put a 16 y/o out on their own. When I turned 18 and got cert., I had a GREAT collection of EMT's that I learned a lot from. I think really at any age though, if you just got certified you can learn a lot from those around you...there's the words in the textbook, and then there's applying those words to real life-not an easy jump most times. I'm not sure about Conn laws...but if you have an EMT number valid for the state you're in-I'm pretty sure you can write the PCR(and sign it). Usually the "in charge" person is the crew cheif(usually most experienced)---and usually he/she is the first name on the PCR. If you're crew is just a 16 y/o EMT and a driver(in conn.)---then the 16 y/o EMT is "in charge" and writes his own report.

a 9 am court appearance, with the previous "quick" system got you out of the courthouse around 12...Next time I get a speeding ticket I guess I'll bring a sleeping bag. . .

I just don't plan on spending one dollar to see that movie...i'll wait for it to come out on cable or HBO or something-then maybe i'll watch it

It's also good that no one on the road got hurt...I doubt she was driving "defensively"...

Might be helpful if you stated where the camp is. . .

"I have a Gold EMT "NYPD Detective Style" badge with the NYS seal, yes the ILLEGAL one since 1992." I got the same type too...I'm just wondering now why I never heard it was illegal from my agency or from the company I got it from. . .seems a little odd-i am north of NYC though... I'm a "volly" and the only time I use it is if I show up to a call and don't have any other uniform items that can identify me as an EMT(sorry-clothes do have to get washed)---i even got stopped by hospital security once going into the ER-showed them the badge/agency ID and that was fine---i think as long as people don't go "badge crazy" and try to pretend they're somehow more important than the rest of the world, this issue will go away...but there are always those people. . .o well And I don't think they would hold him for 72 hours just for having a shield...something else was definately playing a role in his detainment...

regarding EMS, if it is quicker for an EMT to go to the scene(in his personal vehicle, with a jump kit) and a seperate driver to get the rig-why not do it? Either way the EMT is responding to either the HQ or the scene, and that's why you get those nice green lights that allow you to break absolutely no traffic laws. . .If people are going to hurry to get to the scene, they're going to do the same to get to the HQ-the difference being X#mins. response time to the pt. Everyone here knows 99% of the time a few minutes won't make a difference, but every 1% it will...personal radios are very important for coordination because if nobody goes to get the rig ...and obviously don't be an idiot and park your car wherever the entrance/exit for the ambulance would be. . .

Does it come in black?

Driver's can respond with the rig as stated, if an EMT is already enroute to the scene...I think it depends on the agency, but I'm pretty sure if you are just a driver you do not need to have medical training(it would help the EMT out though if you did). A driver's main responsibility is the rig, not the patient. I don't think everyone has to be "CFR level", as long as there is at least an EMT on the crew who can assume responsibility over patient care. Finally, if you can't roll the rigs-you get paid crews to do it, or you get absorbed by other neighboring agencies-pretty sure it's happened before, and will continue to happen...

Caution-extreme video link below: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/04/ranover.html I'm assuming this guy was EMS given the ambulances around...was the scene really safe?

Hey-does anyone have a list of all the 10 codes generally used by 60-control in WC? I've never actually seen a list, just kindof picked them up as I went. . .I figure one of you guys ought to have them

2000 was a great year...yanks won the world series...some other team I forget lost. . .just remember history does tend to repeat itself. GO YANKS!

Did anyone consider that on the PCR you do have to check off if PD was there prior to your arrival? That box is there because if they screw something up before your arrival, they are responsible. I think that makes them very much a part of the system since they do have(in my village at least) a basic level of medical training and 90% of the time they arrive on scene before you. Any unit that carries an AED and O2(and is trained in the usage), and responds to every single call that the ambulance and medic are dispatched to, is very much a part of the medical response system in my opinion.

Good luck to them...I really think they're trying to win a battle that can't be won, but at least they're trying...

thanks for clearing that up

Two PCR's to be filled out by one EMT is a little much for every time they go to the ER...We have driver's reports with times, mileage, vehicle problems, etc...I think the best way for documentation is the driver puts down his times on the driver report, and the EMT records his times on the PCR. . .my question is-is that following DOH/state protocols? Or should the EMT just record the "rig times" on the PCR, regardless of when the care was initiated...

I'm just curious on the PCR---if you have an EMT go straight to scene and initiate care, then the rig arrives sometime afterwards...do you record the "on scene" time as when the EMT gets there or the rig? Usually there's not much of a difference to really care about, but I'm just interested in the technical ruling on that...if there is one.

Regarding regular BLS mutual aid...in my village PD will dipatch a few times, if no one has called in after three sets of tones, they immediately go to the next village over...since the next village over is a paid agency during the day, and have a lot of members that cover the nights, they are 100% efficient in calling in and saying whether they are available or not. If the medics are tied up, we will also know immediately and will request mutual aid from the next town's ALS service. It usually doesn't have to go beyond "village B", but the key is that we know immediately---communication is key with mutual aid...most people have cell phones, you might be able to have them call the dispathers directly if they're responding and don't have a radio(or their portable won't reach).

pics of a 600 lb person being loaded into an XL ambulance?...possibly with a system of pulleys? let me know if you get your hands on one of those lol-i'd like to see that...as for the 75 calls-that's horrible cuz you know those EMT's probably had to pull them up/down a few flights of stairs with a stair chair or reeves...the big guys never live on the bottom floor

sleepy hollow-dispatched by PD

Well...I'm not a fireman, nor am I any good at those games. . .so...jiggle the machine a little and hope he comes out?

Follow-up--- LEBANON, Va. -- A Virginia emergency medical technician is going to prison for a fatal defibrillator prank. Joshua Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in January, after jolting a co-worker with cardiac paddles. Courtney Rhoton, 23, died three days after getting the jolt. Martin cried and apologized to Rhoton's family before being sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison. Four years of that were suspended. Prosecutors said Martin was goofing around last June when he put the defibrillator paddles to Rhoton's side and gave her a fatal jolt of electricity. Martin pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in January. Martin has been in jail since January. He must serve a remaining 10 months behind bars, followed by five years on probation. Rhoton was a mother of two. Rhoton's half-sister, Chanda Lawson, thought Martin should get a life term for her sister's death. "That's what my sister got," she told the world. "I hope when he lays down at night he remembers those two kids don't have a mommy anymore because of the foolish thing he done." Martin had no criminal record and had several testify that he was a good, caring man who would do anything for anyone, according to the Daily Press.------taken from http://www.wgal.com/news/8027465/detail.html