"Voluntary Response" Ithica College EMS

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Someone passed this on to me via facebook. Its posted under New Jersey because that's where his home Rescue Squad is.

Voluntary Response

College freshman focuses effort on providing emergency relief

The Ithican

Candace King — Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Freshman Joshua Couce has violated the speed limit on many

occasions. Couce often exceeds more than 100 mph, but he is not behind the wheel of a sports car. He is driving an ambulance with an injured patient in the back.

Assuming this kid actually SAID this stuff and it wasn't paraphrasing on the part of the author, he is a buffoon and a statistic waiting to happen.

Another reason to support the new EMS standards for New Jersey? Probably.

[FFLieu 70]

Believe all of what you see, half of what you hear, and none of what you read - especially when it's a forward from Facebook. Additionally, as someone who used to be an active volunteer EMT in NJ, this article doesn't even come close to addressing the training. Moreover, it is part of the EMT curriculum in NJ, as well as in EVOC and in CEVO, that according to Title 39, the only vehicle that is lawfully allowed to speed anywhere within the State's contiguous borders is a police car. So maybe we shouldn't paint the entire state as in need of "new standards" because of a few dumbass statements by an 18 year old in a college "newspaper." (And, I'm willing to bet that the whole thing about 100 MPH was solely so he can look cool and possibly get lucky at the next frat party.)

Edited March 22, 2012 by FFLieu