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http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/ny...l#1231545504174 Video of the Hudson landing (fast forward to 2:00)

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how about using the trusty trauma shears and cutting the blade so that you can lay him on the board??

agreed with the above statements, but what if he was having difficulty breathing? not only would i imagine being prone on a board would restrict chest rise, but i imagine jaw thrust/bvm on this patient would be extrememly difficult on this pt as well

Hey all, time for another exciting round of.... TREAT THE PATIENT!!!! Today's victim: Eve S. Arration MOI: Well, knife in back. Keep in mind he needs to be immobilized... Would you remove the object to get him on a backboard? Backboard him prone? What if he needs to be bagged?? Looking forward to seeing you answers!!

what a fool... if the scene wasn't "safe", she shouldn't have entered, right???? i hope this doesn't stop anybody from calling 911 in fear that they might get sued

Date: 05/02/2008 Time: 2130 hrs Location: The George Washington University, Washington DC: 2121 H Street NW Departments: DCFD, GWU EMeRG, GWU UPD Description: Working fire in second story of dormitory, apparently started by an overheated air conditioning unit. 172 people evacuated. No injuries reported. Links: http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/stora...l-3363182.shtml Writer: gm911

Hey all, thanks for your replies... The CPR seat, though not always used for cpr, is great for members to do assessments and/or vitals while the medic starts a line on the other side. On another note, the school just purchased this vehicle for us, so they want nothing to do with it anymore unfortunately. The corporate idea is actually a new one that I've never heard of before, I'll definitely pass that one on. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do you think that there is any agency (who recently purchased a new rig) who would be willing to donate an ambulance to us??

So I have a question/favor for everyone.... My college EMS squad is currently operating with a pretty old and crappy rig... It is not as small as a van, yet is not as big as some of the newer ones.... I'd classify it as type 2.5 It does not have a CPR seat, nor updated electronics or anything like the rigs back home. <---The George Washington University's ambulance I was wondering if there is any program/agency/group that can help us get a newer, granted still "old", ambulance to put in service, possibly from an agency who has just replaced its ambulance with a new one. As a student-run organization, we have an extremely small amount of money in our budget, which goes towards restocking, oxygen, gas, etc. so purchasing a new one is not an option. If anyone has any information on how we can acquire a new "old" ambulance for little or no money, that would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!!

I'd like to add my two cents... Not sure what video this is, but in a moving ambulance, I usually hold onto the ceiling rails with one hand and compress the chest with the other so that I have some grounding if the truck hits a bump, turns, or stops. As for the hands only CPR... When we compress the chest, we are NOT doing it in order to compress the heart and act as the Left Ventrical contraction. The reason that we are taught to compress the chest is to create a vacuum inside the chest wall in order to suck the blood out of the heart through the blood vessels. What the research is showing is that it takes approximately 30 compressions in order to create that vacuum. Except we are taught that once we hit 30, we are supposed to stop in order to ventilate, thus ruining the vacuum and having to start all over. When we breathe, we breathe in 21% oxygen. When we exhale, we exhale about 16%. So unless someone has a BVM with 100% o2 with a full chamber, it is a very minimal amount of o2 we are giving the pt anyway, much less than is needed to sustain life. I'm sure that someday soon we will be making the switch to continuous CPR, just like we are supposed to be doing once an advanced airway is in. This stuff is very interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing what changes are in store for us.

Interesting timing... there is a lot of commotion down here regarding Mayor Fenty's secretive fare increases for ambulance transports. A quick summary, he increased fares from BLS: $268 to $530, ALS: $471 to $832, ALS2: $953. He also added an extra fee of $6.06 per mile. http://www.examiner.com/a-1311133~Fenty_qu...lance_fees.html

We bring the multilator, set it up outside the ambulance. If we need to then transport somebody, we'll leave one member with the multilator while we transport to the hospital. The real pain in the neck is moving the H cylinder into and out of the rig... now there's a reason to get the automated stretchers!!

If you have a local paper, how about getting the public involved and have some members of the community write some "letters to the editor" demanding new leadership in the department

NOt sure what you meant by this... I sure hope you aren't supporting having sex with underage children!!!