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I'm not a huge fan of rap/hiphop either. I will however give credit where credit is due. This was a pretty well written and performed video which I enjoyed. Anytime EMS can be promoted in a positive light, I'm all for it. It was well done, as was his previous video "Call 911". Kudos to Farooq for doing this. Keep up the good work bro'!

http://www.youtube.com/user/FireEMSRescue#p/a/u/0/gi4Imbhr5uc

Tell him that unless you know he has taken vitals, you will not sign the run sheet. Do them yourself. After you load the PT, grab the BP cuff and ears and obtain the V/S. The guy will either be guilted into it while working with you or you simply do them yourself. Do NOT trust someone who is this blatant about poor patient care. Years ago when I was on the privates, we were supposed to take a patient out of an ICU to go to another hospital. No special meds or drips, but it was someone with a very sick heart. We asked the nurse what the vitals were and she said- stable, normotensive. We looked at the guy and he LOOKED like he was ready to code. I told my partner to manually check his BP and it was 60 systolic. I told the nurse this guy was NOT stable and asked if they were going to do anything about the BP. She checked with the resident and he blew it off- "Just transport him". I said I was not comfortable with that BP and called our medical control. We were instructed NOT to take the patient. Of course the doc and nurse had a hissy fit, we put them on the phone with our doc, and the resident looked really sheepish. He hung up the phone and directed a tirade at us. We ignored the guy and walked away, expecting to catch hell from our bosses because we pissed off one of our big accounts. I told the boss the story and surprisingly, he backed us up. It's your license to lose. Protect it and your livelyhood.

I have to ask. Are you sure he's not pulling your leg?

tskstorm: Are you in EMS long enough to remember the Federal "Q" siren? Loudest vehicle mounted electrical/mechanical siren I know of, and actually needed a brake to stop it. I had one on my first ambulance, itself a Caddylance.

Yeah, very few of these folks, and non of the firemen, are going to get fired. The fire unions will simply run some full page ads in any area where this actually becomes news explaining how people are going to die because our heroic men and women of the fire services were tricked into receiving fake certificates. Get stoned at a concert and pop hot on a drug screen for doing a little harmless weed and you will be fired and possibly lose your cert. Show that you're ignorant, lazy and morally bankrupt and you get retrained. It's a crazy world kids... Dwayne

I remember a 6th grade broom ball game. Our small rural school (Jumbo Gardens ) played an even smaller rural school (5 Mile). I was a shy, alienated kid who was teacher's pet but humiliated on a daily basis by my classmates. We were not an athletic school. A few days before the match, we had our first practice. To my and everyone else s utter surprise, the game brought out reserves of aggression, speed and strength that no-one else, including me, knew were in me. I scored the only goal in practice and got some of the first kind words from peers in my elementary school career. On the day of the game, I was on fire. I scored 4 goals in the first quarter. The other team had none. I was a little embarrassed when I realized I had cross checked a very nice girl right into the spectators. I helped her up. I wasn't penalized because the other team was hacking at my ankles with their broomsticks in a futile effort to bring me down. After the 4th goal, the coach pulled me out of the game. I couldn't figure out what I had done wrong but I was partially relieved that I no longer had to make such heroic efforts. The game ended 4-0. It remains one of the few bright spots in my childhood. I was walking on air. The coach prevented a blowout. The other school had some solace in the fact that they were as good (or as bad) as the others on the team. It wasn't until I read these postings that I finally understand, 30 plus years later, why I was pulled out of the game. PS - I'm old - I'm allowed to tell long boring stories from back in the day. :wink:

From wht I have seen American EMTs render no care whatsoever and are just a set of hands for the physician or RN.

you got to be kidding. sanctions? for what? coaching a good team? they beat a team that hasnt won a game in 4 years! any thought that the losers are literally 'out of their league'? IMO you need to direct your venom to the coach that cant win a game. you still havent come up with a solution to this. when would you advise teams to say 'enough'? 20-0? 60-0? imagine being pulled off the court 10 minutes into a game when youre down 30-0. would that not be humiliating? if you have kids i really hope theyre failures. if they happen to succeed, youd probally send them to bed without dinner....that'll show em! :?