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Do they drive? Run pumps and other equipment? I'm terribly curious....
Said prof was clearly underestimating.... :D
This is the cue for everyone here to start conversations with everyone they know and also with random people: "Do you watch Trauma? You do? You know it's not really like that...."
A lot of hospital telemetry packs use 5 leads, and the brown one is supposed to be MCL1--that's about the only place I've seen it. It's essentially useless for any ambulance with an actual 12-lead machine in the back (which is the only kind I've s...
Sorry, you were focusing on the difference between police and fire and EMS, not the similar thing between them, and I got a little confused because there are probably 500 differences we could count but all the ones you picked also do apply to the ...
So? Neither I nor anyone I know have ever been dispatched to any of those things at a 3rd service without simultaneous fire or rescue dispatch, with the exception of forced entry into homes, which was done by our cops. This saved a significant amo...
Just out of curiosity--is that because they have acknowledged that code enforcement is a really complicated thing, best handled by those who do it almost exclusively?
Perhaps we need to start small, then work big. Organizations may be offended by being told they're not providing ideal medical care (and, indeed, we first need to determine what the standards are--is it acceptable to read the machine's 12-lead int...
I'm sorry, I accidentally deleted some of the post that I'm trying to quote, were you describing fire and EMS or the electric company repair people?
Sure, fire and EMS are different from police (though I think your prevention "with community-orie...
Call me cynical, but is there anyone from MAST on this board? Will this also lead to higher dues for the IAFF? Since (from what I've read) both organizations were represented by IAFF, there had to be some reason to pit one against the other.
That sounds like a poorly designed system. If a fire-EMS system were similarly poorly staffed, it would be equally easy to end up with all the FFs on medical calls, leaving none for fires; an issue like that comes down to specific system staffing ...
I was talking WCEMS as an organization. But that's because they seem to offer decent pay and a reasonable ability to advance in responsibility. These are 2 things that FDs typically do well, and 3rd service agencies often don't. However, it's the ...
The problem, of course, is that people frequently want the cool skills without the education to back them up as to why and when they need to be done, and to hell with any research....
But for most of the folks on our side of the pond, the PHTLS course is essentially how much education they have on trauma....
Back in the early days, when the standard curricula and books weren't evolving fast enough, it made sense to pick up the...
You were talking to Skip Kirkwood, JD, of WCEMS--probably not the person to talk to about lack of longevity in non-fire EMS. ;)
Around here, our turnover results in plenty of people who haven't worked 4-7 years in any one place but do have that k...
Most of them are 7 years now.... Good luck either way. :)
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- At 3:27pm on September 20, 2009,
Ken Westby said… - Youtube video was great ... I would slow down your commentary blurbs however, they come and go a little fast.
- At 2:56pm on July 25, 2009,
mike said… - doc please contact me about your you-tube video..the Seattle arrest survival rate is not based in 100% fire response.....King county is included in that study I believe which is also serviced by KC medic one (3rd service ems)
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