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But is that medic COMMITTED to that scene? OVAC's ALS setup is no different from WEMS or CRP. Resources are limited. Typically you have two medics - one on the ambulance in the Town and one on the flycar in the Villages. If you are lucky and have a third medic around they can stop by and grab the second truck (do they still have the spare flycar or does that get used as an officer car now?). OVAC is busy and it's not uncommon for that medic in the flycar who is now sitting committed on your scene to be needed for something else. LET HIM GO and have another medic shuffle down/up/sideways to fill in the gap.

Yeah. I thinks the Yankees' glory is waning and they should let someone else grab the spotlight. I feel the Mets goint at least to the Playoffs if not further. Maybe the yankees will, but after last year's disaster, they should just take the season off.

Frankly, Rehab is neither our job nor our responsibility. It is up to the individual FDs to draw up a rehab sector plan and make it a part of thier SOPs. I know of NOT A SINGLE FD that has a definitive Rehab plan in this area. (And don't try to tell me that having your guys sit out for 10 minutes with a cup of gatorade is definitive rehab). I personally agree that ALS should be on the scene to be ready to assist, but in both flycar systems that I work, where resources are limited and spread out geographically, the ALS should be available for other calls if needed. Most of the times we are dispatched to standby, we are considered committed to the scene and at the will of the Fire Chief (i.e....i keep hearing units asking the chief if it's okay for them to go 10-8 ). It's fine if they want to have a BLS unit there standing by. Great. In fact I say they should be standing next to the FAST team with a Stetcher/Longboard, and gear all ready to go - rapid deployment style. The ALS can be nearby but should remain available for another call - emphasis on not getting yourself blocked in by apparatus. (If siting on the next block is what you have to do, then so be it). As for Rehab - You want definitive rehab? Get a trailer/RV/whatever that is atmospherically controlled - someplace where your guys/gals can go and cooldown/warmup on an exteme weather day. Have them be evaluated by EMTs (You shouldn't need a medic to do a basic physical). Record vitals. Have preestablished medical cards for each member. If thier vitals are out of preestablished range - they are grounded. (When was the last time you saw a medical provider around here able to tell a FD guy that they can't go back in cause thier pulse is too high? Without SOPs, you CAN'T). Have refreshments IMMEDIATLY available - gatorade/sports drinks, granola bars/nutragrain bars, soups, etc. (HELL, I Say park a bloody ice cream truck outside the damn thing on a hot day). Have MANDATORY rest periods for the crews. (I can't stand seeing these reports of people dropping dead from excertion, etc). Somewhere there is a good place for medics on the fireground. Committed to the scene is not it. Sitting back at the station watching TV ain't it either. (Edited for glaring spelling/grammar errors - I'm sure there is more but I'm too lazy to check dictionary.com)

Well, someone better step up to the plate. If it doesn't get done soon it will be summer and thus too damn hot to play and have a good time IMO. And as I said before, I ain't doing it again. (The organization part).

I wish they had a summons that they could charge her with. Is there such a thing as charging someone with "abuse of the 911 system"?

OH man...I haven't laughed that hard in a while....thanks guys. "What are we protecting you from? A bad cheesburger???"

Bah. Corn don't belong in Chili IMHO. I'd try it with the corn replaced by green peppers tho. :->

Well, if someone wants to do the organization, be my guest. I've tried it before and have no desire to do the organization again and have nobody show up.

Probably because the nurses have thier hands full dealing with the patients they already have, and get stressed at the site of more patients coming in. At least we only have to deal with one patient at a time typically.

Another young guy dead of a heart attack. This is starting to get to me now. :cry:

Not big at all. Probably one or two man max.

I found that the best way to get a game going is to just set a date and publish it. I would give more than a weeks notice and just spread the word. Maybe shoot for the 17th of April and try to get a big group so we can have our own fields.

In related news: Word is that the New ER at Phelps has been pushed up to Fall 2006. =D> No word on NWHC yet. [-o<

One easy way to get the message across is to ask for an ETA. Like "What's the ETA on the bird?". If you have the time you can give a sit-rep and if the responder is listening, they get the point.

Out of curiosity, why Tan?

What's this Sunday? Big game?

Just my two cents: This was probably just a silly/stupid mistake. If I had to guess he'll be fined at most. Similar incident happened in Texas I belive, although there is was mockups used for a WMD seminar that the guy had, not the real thing. #-o

I'm with alsfirefighter on this one. It takes seconds to spew a quick "CPR in progress" over the radio as it does to say "expeditie". We did a call recently together where he got there in seconds. Bad GSW to the head. It only took him 3-4 seconds to get on the radio and say "gunshot to the head, step it up". I HATE hearing the word expedite. I was working 45medic3 during a snowstorm when we had a bad diff breather that coded on the FD. They called an expedited. Well the VAC captain did the interesting thing of getting on the radio and saying "request denied due to weather". It sucks to have the be there with a patient crapping the bed, but it's a way of things sometimes. Just do your best, we'll get there when we get there.

Here is a list of ones that I know of. Mohegan has U40 and U50 both of which are not just BLS flycars, but Fire Flycars. Peekskill VAC has 7505 which is usually used for the line officer on call. Cortlandt VAC had 8804? which is the captain's car. Somers has 80U4 which was mentioned. Heritage Hills' Security vehicles are all BLS response vehicles with full BLS gear AND AEDs. Lewisboro has THREE BLS flycars now. 6703 is the Captain's car. Two of the Lieutenants also have thier vehicles equipped with RL&S and full sets of gear to speed response. Also to answer someone else's statement: LVAC supplies a majority of thier crew chiefs with full BLS gear INCLUDING AEDs. Harrison VAC's "chief" has a first response vehicle. Sleepy Hollow VAC's captain (Tod Spota, a member of this board) has a BLS flycar provided by the town. (Perhaps he can provide some information on how it operates). Chappaqua VAC has 502 which is a flycar provided to the on duty crew chief. Most of the FDs that provide ambulance service usually have BLS gear on the chief's cars. (Bedford, Armonk, etc). All the above (besides possibly the FD chief's) are NYS-DOH certified BLS first response vehicles.

For me the hottest is either Eliza Dushku ("Tru Calling",. "Buffy") or Kristin Kreuk ("Smallville").I used to have a thing for Mena Suvari until she did American Beauty. It was all downhill from there. (If you need to ask why, you haven't seen it).

Okay. Thats what I figured (Fast Track upstairs, main down). Are they planning to expand the ER outwards on the main level? Cause If memory serves they have about 15 beds in the ER now (normally spaced) and would need to double that if he wants to maintain room size and privacy.

Interesting to see what the area looked like before the new stores were put in. In related fires...anyone have pictures of the fire that took out WFAS?

Doesn't bother me either until you start pushing my damn buttons.