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Thanks for all the input guys, I have never heard or seen of a system like that before (then again, I had never heard of a single ambulance medic system like Greenburgh EMS either). While I can certainly understand having extra sets of equipment, that is one big price tag to dish out in order to carry an extra Lifepak, narcotics, etc, but like Remember585 said, I am certainly not knocking on the Empress guys, its more curiosity. If it works for them then great, good luck with the new piece, I hope it serves Yorktown well.

Seth, would you or someone from Yorktown mind explaining the multiple sets a bit more? I see that there are multiple Lifepaks and gear sets, so do two medics operate the one fly car, or is it set up so that a fly car will go first and another medic without equipment can meet and also use equipment? If two medics do operate the fly car, does it function where one medic will go ALS if needed and the fly car remains in service? Thanks in advance.

Just for your info Seth, the City of Schenectady operates something similar to this idea. In Schenectady, the two main hospitals are Ellis Hospital (the main facility featuring an ED, ICU, inpatient beds, surgery, etc.) and Ellis Health Center, a 14-15 bed ER that is attached to a medical facility that does scheduled surgeries, wound care, CT scans, but does NOT have inpatient admission capability or a surgical team always on call. Like its said in the article, its a novel idea for alleviating the main ED of the minor sprains and sutures, but we always have the problem of having to transport the walk-in STEMI and stabbing victims to either Albany Medical Center or the main Ellis campus for adequate treatment. Needless to say, some people wonder when the ambulance shows up priority 1 to the back bay of a hospital to pick up a patient, but its worked here for years. Hope this helps a little bit.

The ambulance company that I work for here in the Albany/Schenectady area has just implemented the therapeutic hypothermia protocol under REMO. We are able to transport ROSC patients receiving the treatment to Albany Medical Center or St. Peters Hopsital in the City of Albany, or Ellis Hospital in the City of Schenectady. Hopefully, we will start to see some real success with the new protocol even at the pre-hospital level.

Date: 3/14/10 Time:1647 (approx) Location: 18 Grove Place Frequency: 460.6000, 155.235, 460.575 Units Operating: SPD:(numerous); SFD: E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, R1, C22 (IC), C19; MAS: M-103 (EMS IC), Amb. 11, 3, M23; Scotia/Niskayuna Dist. #1 for M/A city coverage Weather Conditions: Cloudy Description Of Incident: Working Fire w/ parties trapped Reporters/Writer: nwpfdjr27 (o/s) (Times are approx) 1647: KZO-386 with a Delta response for a reported structure fire at above address, E1, E4, T1, R1, C22 1648: PD o/s confirming working fire, finish assignment, E2, E3, T2, Car 19, MAS, Scotia/NFD for city stand-by 1649: Companies on scene, fire showing from rear of 2 1/2 (?) story residential structure, PD and residents on scene reporting up to (4) children trapped inside the building SFD companies pulled three children out of the fire room of origin, all transported ALS to Ellis Hospital with smoke inhalation

At Valhalla VAC we have day and nighttime scheduling members who plan out who will be on call during the hours of the day and night. They do a fantastic job making sure we have adequate driver/EMT coverage regardless of the day/time. This of course can only be accomplished with a willing and flexible membership, which we are fortunate enough to have. Valhalla also has a contract with Transcare to provide paid EMTs in the daytime hours when we cannot find coverage from our membership, but this is usually a rare occurrence. In the year that I have been there, members go out of their way to make sure that the bus will roll when those tones go out. Hope this helps.

The two new buses look really great, best of luck with them Harrison. Just a quick curiosity question, can someone give me a ballpark on how many calls Harrison EMS does in a year?

Date:11/1/09 Time: 0659 (approx) - Ongoing Location: Broadway x Hegeman, 319 Seward Place Frequency: 460.60000 (Schenectady Fire Disp.), 155.235 (Mohawk Amb. Service), 460.575 (Niskayuna Fire Disp.), 453.90000 (Glenville Fire Disp.), 453.60000 (Rotterdam Fire Disp.) Units Operating: SFD: E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, T-1, T-2, R-1, E-11, Car-19, Car-22 (IC), MAS: M-103, Amb 11, Niskayuna District 1: E-401, Scotia: E-201, Carmen: Air Cascade Weather Conditions: Warm and Cloudy Description Of Incident: City of Schenectady Fire Dept. dispatched to simultaneous working fires Reporters: nwpfdjr27 Writer: nwpfdjr27 (all times approx) 0659: KZO-386 (SFD Disp.) dispatching a full assignment for a possible working fire, Broadway x Hegeman 0700: SFD dispatch now reporting second possible working fire at 319 Seward Place 0702: SFD E-3 on scene at Broadway x Hegemanreporting dwelling w/ heavy fire showing, multiple exposure problems at this time 0703: All SFD units to respond to confirmed working fire at Broadway x Hegeman, Niskayuna Dist. 1 requested mutual aid to 319 Seward Place for poss. working fire 0712: Niskayuna E-401 o/s at 319 Seward Place, reporting food on stove, no working fire SFD still operating as of 0817 with heavy fire in primary dwelling and fire in both adjacent buildings to structure, multiple L/S/O, requesting recall of all available off-duty members to Station 1 (Car 19, E-11 off duty apparatus responded to scene). MAS M103, Amb 11 standby EMS at fire scene, Scotia E-201 relocate to Station 1 for city coverage, Carmen fire dept. requested with air cascade to the scene.

My EMS agency has also installed an experimental rumbler on our brand new Chevy, and like FFD941 said, its a cool concept, but it certainly doesnt work as well as it is made up to be.

Thoughts to out to all the friends, family, and fellow members of YFD during this difficult time.... May he RIP.

Pedstruck, there was an EMT in the back of the car caring for the pt although it is difficult to see from the posted pictures.

Like 201/65 said, it would probably be best to buy an AED that is compatible with the monitor/defibs being used by your responding ALS agency. Nothing worse than trying to jam your Lifepak pads into a Phillips monitor when the poop hits the fan.

Seth to answer your question E75 does not carry our extrication tools, R33 (aka Patrol 1 and the "mini-rescue" I think you are referring to) still carries our extrication tools. The unit was on scene, however it is out of the frame of all of the pictures posted.

As said before Photounit, kudos on some excellent on scene photos thank you for sharing

I was just watching the news and CBS is reporting that the officer who was struck in the face has taken a turn for the worse and "his death is imminent". My utmost condolences to his fellow officers, the Jersey City community, and his family on this tragic day in Jersey City. Story posted today from CBS News online: http://wcbstv.com/local/marc.dinardo.jersey.2.1092965.html

I was recently reading the incident alert for the traumatic fall in Carmel, and the dispatch is listed as a "Delta level" call. I work for a paid EMS agency in the Capital region and in the Albany/Schenectady area, responses are coded as Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo with Alpha being the least serious and adversely Echo being the most serious (there is some variation in the codes as to priority 1 or priority 2 depending on the fire/EMS agency involved). I was just wondering first of all if this is the type of "level" that is being referred to, and second if this is correct, do any other agencies in the area use a dispatched "response code"? Thanks all in advance.

Thanks for the information, I was unaware of any other area that used that type of system. Antiquefirelt to answer your question for where I work in this system Alpha and Bravo responses are non-emergency responses and Charlie, Delta, and Echo are all emergency responses. Since ALS is provided by the fire departments, a medic is always sent, the coding of the call usually corresponds to the severity of the incident (as PC_420 said, Echos are usually for cardiac arrest pts). Thanks again for the input.

Just another quick question guys, I dont know if its glare/reflection or not, but are those internal LED light bars inside the windshield?

This is the sickest, most disturbing story I have ever seen. I have read Marcus' book, and he is nothing short of an American icon. The harship he has gone through thus far is unbelieveable, and like he said on the interview (and in his book) he has nightmares every night about his fateful mission. I am also a dog lover, and the combination of these two makes me want to throw up. My thoughts are with him, and I hope they put these psychos in jail for a long time; better yet they should put all of them in a ring with Luttrell and hope they survive more than two minutes.

Thanks guys, did not know that there were limited credit hours on line. We have plenty of classes set up so that it should not be an issue, but I will pass the word along to my dept.

My department actually just started the idea for the CMEs for all of our EMTs this year, so I do not have much solid info since we are still just a pilot program. Just a side note, I know my Lt. who heads our program told us about a website with a great deal of CME opportunity valid in NYS: www.emcert.com. From what I remember you can get unlimited credit hours for a year for $100, but dont quote me, just check out the site. Hope this tidbit helps.

Like most of you guys have said, I took my EMT on top of a full high school course load and actually left football practice two nights a week to go to class (yes I am totally insane I know). One thing that really bothered me is the addition of the emergency services program that now runs at BOCES and includes certification as an EMT during senior year. I know it would've been a hell of a lot easier to get my certification if I could do it during school, but I got it done anyway because I wanted it so bad like most of the other younger guys have already said. As for lowering the age, that is a big moral debate, especially since there are some very mature 16 and 17 year olds and some not so mature 18 year olds. Glad I'm not in charge of that decision.

Although I was not in the department at the time, I remember my chief telling me a good "out of the box" story. They got called for an MVA involving a semi-truck with no trailer vs. a car. On scene, they discovered all parties were fine, but the truck engine was stuck revving at an unbelieveable RPM (like 10,000) and couldnt be shut off. Afraid to open the hood in case the truck took off, one of our members thought of using a CO2 can to spray into the air intake. Sure enough after a few minutes, the lack of air in the engine caused it to shut down and the truck was towed safely. I think thats a pretty good out of the box example to me!

i go to valhalla high school and my sister is in virginia road. I have no comment.....

the rumor is in fact true. we picked it up two weeks ago and it is currently in our house behind e74 awaiting new lights, radios, lettering, etc. to be put on by excelsior fire equip. to answer your question ff402, according to our chief, the new engine will replace the current e75 (and also be designated e75), and the old 75 will be sold. i will try and get some photos once it comes back from excelsior. about the rig on the wall, according to the members that we spoke to, the one on the wall is a 1970 maxim formerly from port chester. hope this helps.