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Off duty and retired medics save Mayland [sic] teen. Kudos to these guys for a true save. I have a couple of questions for anyone who knows the area or more about the story since we know that we only get the grain of truth version in the media. Was it going to be much faster for them to put the kid in their POV and drive to the hospital than to wait for an ambulance? If you are going to get them there faster than the time it will take for an ambulance to arrive then good decision making. If, however, it is going to be a longer period of time for you to get to the hospital than for an ambulance to arrive at the scene you probably should wait for the ambulance to bring O2 and equipment to you. My concern with a drowning (or near drowning) is to get the oxygen to them without delay. If however, you are just down the street from the hospital it makes sense to bundle them up and take them yourself. Just wondering what the situation was here. That made me wonder if one of these guys actually had medical equipment (i.e. monitor or BP sphygmo. etc) and oxygen in their vehicles. (Otherwise how could they monitor vitals except RR and HR?). I don't know enough about the situation to make judgements but was just curious how many people carry this kind of stuff in their vehicles. I guess some of the supervisors and first responders would. Is it legal to carry stuff like O2 etc in your own vehicle without special authorization? I am really just curious. I have some first aid stuff in my car (mostly for camping) but no kind of medical equipment. If you do carry equipment that is not in your job description to have outside of the work environment what kind of legal ramifications would there be if you used them on a scene? Does it go outside of the good Samaritan law? Would you be setting yourself up for more trouble to have the equipment available (and are trained with it) and not use it or use it when it you are not on duty and not authorized to use it outside of work? Wonder which the lawyers would have more fun with? Any thoughts? I'm really just randomly thinking, wondering and philosophizing!!! Curious as to other's thoughts on the questions. Again, lots of kudos to these guys for saving this kid's life. The article just made me think about tangential questions and "what-if's". Cheers and hope everyone had a great 4th weekend.