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Man SD...I've tried to get on board, I truly have, but I'm calling bullshit on the medic title. I'd bet a weeks wages that you're a basic trying to fit into medics clothing. And I'll tell you why... If you are an ALS provider during your normal work day, leaving all the rest of the crap aside, what possible use could you have for an EpiPen on your person every day? A medic would know that you almost never run into the situations that a laymen would have need of it, and a medic would know that he would have access to it within 30-60 seconds from the ambulance any time s/he needed it so carrying it in a pocket would just be stupid. Also, I know of no medic that would put up with the crap that you've put up with in this thread and yet you continue to defend the ultimate whack pack...That just doesn't add up brother. Every thing in your personal vehicle and on your person, with very few exceptions scream poser. Believe it or not I hate to type those words as you're posts have used proper spelling/grammar/punctuation/capitalization and have been very respectful, and that is a gift the we rarely receive here. But we're not the badge bunnies and teenage bible study group that you're used to impressing with all of that nonsense. We do this for a living, know what can and should be done most often, and you've just gone so far down the whacker path that I'm not sure how to help you find your way back. Get proud of who you are, learn to do good medicine and be proud of that, then I think you'll find that you don't need to try and show off with a bunch of extraneous shit. I would like to see you stay and grow, but for that to happen you are going to have to come clean, and I just haven't seen any sign of that happening yet. Dwayne Edited to add text in italics.

Sorry, SD. Respect doesn't come from a certification or a class of license, it has to be earned by being a constructive member of the community.

Good AM, GDay or Guten Morgen ... et all. Lets do a bit of a statistical "tally" at this part of the movie shall we ? So far and based on the scenario provided by the good Doctor, firstly some support for his initial question progressing to gentle advice then more suggestive advice, morphing into (and missed) satire and (windshiel washer fluid LOL Dwayne) then an intent go completely off topic and ridecule you that you Sir SD did not pick up. Counting: A couple of Aussies, a Kanukistanian or 2, multiple truly respected veteran members of EMT City, those with thousands of intelligent posts on the topic of Pre Hospital Care Medicine and some old enough they are retired from some of the busiest and most dangerous stations in the free world. This cross section covers all the way from Coonassville to the Yonkers to the Midwest, in passing your own countrymen. I suspect that the Hitler reference did not go over well with our German / Bavarian friends, just saying. But that's not all: Called OUT by a highly respected ER MD, may god have mercy on your soul if zilla "Tactical MD" (he has spanked my bare ass in past) or if Dust wanders across this thread. A couple of the above have spent a few vacations in the sandbox, some deployed there today besides some other "austere" hostile settings that would you sir SD would make you shit in your Diaper's. In of the few Rez's I have worked pepper spraying an angry man with a dog would result in a dog pile style beating from bystanders, hell just packing a "puppy the bounty hunter canister or cuffs" on your bat belt would mark you as a ROOKIE just looking for a "tune up". Then a "BUS" a "RA" a Rescue Ambulance, come on bro, this is jargon used by posers ONLY, take the hint it's not too late to pull up your boots straps. I will sheepishly / openly admit and in the words of Charlie Sheen: It has amused ME. Yes, I have baited you because you are a reflexive poster and with some glee (my bad ?) just to see just how far you will dig a hole. Its a hole that you should stop digging as Dwayne has suggested as he supported but politely used the back side of an axe right between your eyes, you still didn't pick it up. <sheesh> The common denominator is that WE as a collective and as a community of professionals are attempting to inform you that your attitude (on -line) is either going to get you in G-Damn serious trouble, lose your practice permit or WORSE. So now .... its now your call .... respect or disgrace.

I only used the terms "combat gear" and "combat kit" as a summary of the items you carry, in absence of a better term. Well, even if everybody carried OC , I doubt if the world would be a better place. Imagine, in an unarmed crowd, the one person with pepper spray is possibly the one with the best weapon (yeah, I know, combat training, hand-to-hand...). So if anybody in the crowd got pepperspray - do you really think the one person that does want to hurt others in that group of people, or wants to threaten them, etc. etc. would also have only pepperspray? Logically he would be better armed, and therefore the people with the OC would be in the shit again... you can follow that line with any other weapons.

Ok, basically, each of the 8 states or territories here has its won ambulance service, so they will have to contact them directly to get this information. Because of the size of these services there is no real way to get inside info or help on doing some ride time, and some places may not permit it as our placements are taken by uni student doing their degress. http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/ http://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/ http://www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/ http://www.ambulance.act.gov.au/ESAWebsite/content_actas/home_page/ambulance_home_page.html http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/ambulance/ http://www.saambulance.com.au/ http://www.ambulance.net.au/ http://www.stjohnnt.org.au/ Look at the webpages and there will be a link to contact each service individually. Cheers

Hm, I think you're right, Dwayne, I was a little hasty there. Let's reassess first, and increase that O2 to 15 LPM by NRB if we haven't already.

Gentlemen... ask a police officer how many times he has had to shoot someone. You'll find that the answer is usually zero. Occasionally, you'll find one who has had the unfortunately pleasure of opening fire in the line of duty. If you go to a bad neighborhood, you may find an officer whose had to do it more than once, but they're the exception. Around here, I don't think any police officer in my county has had to open fire in the last decade. So with your guys logic, they shouldn't carry guns. You'd ask them, "Does that one situation that hypothetically might happen warrant carry a firearm? You're a wacker, dude." They still carry their weapons because of a little thing called the "precautionary principle", which states that you don't wait for the emergency before you start preparing. I've never use the term "combat gear". I have combat training (close quarters, firearms, hand-to-hand, building searches, raids, vehicle extractions, and so on), but the extent of my "combat gear" is pepper spray (which, as I've stated before, 16 year old girls carry in their purses). That hardly makes up a "combat kit". Personally, I think if everyone carried OC (not just first responders), the world would be a much safer place. It's a highly effective less-than-lethal weapon, very low risk, and easy to use. This is why even kids can use it. The handcuffs can be seen as a bit much, I acknowledge that. I've been carrying them for years, and have just made a habit out of it. I've never used them before, but it's really not a big deal to pack them in a pouch just so they're available if the day comes I need them. No disrespect to you guys, but I couldn't give a rat's ass about post count. If a EMT-B has a thousand posts, I respect the EMT-P with a dozen posts as the guy having more training. For the exception of the ER Doctor, I am just as high, if not higher, than most of you on the respect scale. So to you, respect or disgrace. You guys all seem like cool people. But you can't argue with results. And I bring the results.

When they say to wash a cut with water to clean it well, I get worried because I know that in tap water there's a lot of bacteria and other microscopic junk (that's why I never drink tap water). Is it really a good idea to wash a wound with water instead of just using an antiseptic all over it?