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Dont stress there Chaz....you can only do so much in an EMT class. I always tell the new people that half of what you learn (if not more) is learned on the street and from experience. Yup, there are a few special people in every bunch that you just want to strangle. But hopefully in the end, most can be taught to be excellent EMTs.

I'm convinced that Joe is living proof to the existance of Oompa-loompas.

Yeah. I would stay away from Lake Peekskill unless you can get a house with a decent amount of property (.25 acres+ is rare) and some of the areas of LP are really scummy. Like bucktooth redneck kinda scummy. Put Lake is definatly packed. Good luck finding your way to the house much less buying one. :-> I'd buy a house in Lake Carmel however. Some nice spots up there.

IF the series is about what's in the middle, I don't want to see it. :->

LOL. Dang Mark. Kid has been around for less than a year and your sanity is already shot? I bid one dollar.

I too am looking for houses in that general vicinity. Perhaps we can put our heads together.

Understood. A lot of systems operate only medic buses and/or shoot to have am edic on every call. But it doesn't answer my question. Do the BLS buses that rarely get used, have the ability to give pedi Valium (I assume you use the gel) or is that only if you are with a medic?

On the BLS level? What happens if the kid goes into respiratory arrest on you? You can't intubate. You can't use combitube. Sounds aweful risky on the BLS level. But hey, if some systems can hand out Narcan to druggies like candy (Baltimore poilot) then why the heck not. How do you guys handle stock?

August 3rd. Tvtome.com is your friend. :wink:

Remember, BLS before ALS. Don't worry about drugs and stuff. Stick to the basics. You know your ABCs which is good, just take it to the next level. Make sure you know your critical fails and don't forget any, the rest is just points. Especially on the assessment, just work head to toe systematically and remember the stuff as you go. As long as you don't skip around, you should do fine. It all comes down to practice, which if done right in your field time, sounds like you have a good amount of. Just relax, don't get nervous and you'll do fine. Screw the anal proctors, it's just you and your patient. Good luck.

Nothing on DVD as of yet. http://www.tvtome.com/ThirdWatch/

I hate you with the white hot intensity of one thousand suns. ](*,)

Very interesting. I wonder who will provide the EMS for them. :-k

More importnatly, with all the lights on these new chief cars, is HOW do you get pictures. Seems like all that CP would make for just one big BLUR of light on a picture.

The patient probably released the ability for the fire department to use his case as an example. Just like you can agree to have a hospital share your medical information with the insurance company for billing, so too can you agree to have your case used for PR purposes such as this.

Does Greenburgh have any LP12s? And increased staffing would be nice. They seem too reliant on M/A.

Boy will they have THIER hands full if the casinos ever open up there.

I read the qualifications and I wouldn't exactly call them substantial. The only qwual I don't have for the job is I'm not a CIC (yet). And even that can't stop me from taking the test (I can get it after hiring). But if this is in fact a formality, then I'd say Bob Will be around for a while. Why would he leave a job like that after all he's done unless he wishes to retire?

Maybe in a busy system with experienced EMTs, sure. But in most of this area (northern westchester/putnam) the EMTs don't get enough experience and need to keep track of what thier doing much less keep track of the medic. Just the other day I had a bad CHF patient whose sats were dropping. Wasn't because of his CHF, the crew had the guy on 5 LPM by NRFM. ](*,)

Is Bob Cuomo leaving? Or is he moving up?

Well, took the new 78B1 out on it's maiden run today. I like. Nice ride. The back is well thought out. They have control panels on both sides of the rig so no need to reach over to the other side from the bench to activate lights/oxygen/etc. They also put a Kenwood radio head on the bench side so you can call the ER from the bench. Another nice plus. Only one call so far but I haven't seen any glaring negatives. Oh yeah....and it's got a dual/hyper siren. 8)

Site doesn't seem to load. And it's not on Google either. Is it a new site?

Gotta pay for the website somehow. I agree with the Gallery kudos. Great system, PHP based so it's easy to port and work with/modify. Can't wait for Gallery 2 to come out.

Thats an unfortunate thing and hopefully it will come back to bite someone in the a**. I know one medic in your area that has BLS'd calls that crapped out on the way to the hospital and should obviously have been ALS. Why they are still working is beyond me. (Can you say, medic shortage?)

Sounds a little biased to me. I work mostly in the Northern Westchester area. I don't often use helicopters unless we're out in the Pound Ridge/Vista/North Salem side of things and need to get someone to WMC quickly for specialized care (neuro/burn/peds/etc). From a majority of the areas I work (From the Hudson to the Reservation) I can get the patient to the hospital quicker than the helicopter. I had a call in Somers with at least 3 patients all going to the medical center. I remember one of the was a pediatric with a shoulder fracture/dislocation. [Ed, you probably remember this one]. The chopper was landed at Whitehall Corners for one patient. I took another patient by ground at about the same time. I and the other ambulance with the kid got there before the helicopter did. 1) The helicopter has a lot more safety to consider and takes a little more time to load the patient. 2) The crew has to walk all the way from the opposite side of the hospital to the ER (which is now significantly further with the new TER being where it is and the new pad nowhere near opening) and 3) Sorry guys, but some of the crews have this aweful tendency to putz around on the scenes. We had one medic almost tell the crew to get going or he was going to take the patient care back and go by ground. Oh, and the only other reason I might call is if I suspect the patient might need RSI. It's unfortunate we don't have the ability ourselves. And I doubt that will change anytime in the near future.