Chief1C

Awe, c'mon.. Ya didn't roll her out in a ditch?

Urban volunteering? No, that should have gone out decades ago. I would have understood, partly, if they had all of their ambulances out already. However, I haven't seen many cities that do not have more than one ambulance service. Hell, if our town was out, there would be three more rigs jumping to get in just for bragging rights. Someone on your ass, jumping the call, because you were slow, etc. What happens when all of their ambulances are out? Isn't there another service in the city? That seems like a civil liability, the city may rely on these folks with out various problems, usually. But there should be a back up plan. I could understand waiting 21 minutes for an ambulance, if you were in a rural area, and lived that far from an ambulance.. We live about 50 from the nearest ALS unit. Snaps his fingers.. Uhh.. Waiter? DNR please?

Not quite. Sorry for the poor quality, I took it with my photosmart digital camera. My arms got tired, so it bounced around. If it was something important, I would have used the tripod. :wink: Anyway, she took a quantity of Trazodone, while obviously having ETOH on board... It would have been more dramatic if she took the pills with a glass of booze, yet she takes them with Apple Juice. :roll: You can guess what happens, afterward.

SHOOTOUT AT PASS CHRISTIAN Link To Where I Found This Article When I first heard this story, I thought it had to be an urban legend, but yesterday in Pass Christian, Miss., when police chief John Dubuisson showed me the bullet holes I knew it was true. On the day Katrina hit the chief and several officers went off to rescue some folks trapped by rising water. They got everyone out only to be cut off themselves by the storm surge. The group sought shelter in the town's library. It's up on higher ground and in the shadow of city hall. As the streets outside raged like mountain rapids, they felt safe in the recently renovated structure. But that's when the flaw to their plan started to seep in. Dsc00153 Chief Dubuisson says once the water outside got to about the four foot mark their police cars started floating around. If one of them should hit the front doors, they'd no doubt cave in, bringing a huge torrent of water with them. Everyone inside the single story building would drown. Sure enough, minutes later another cop car with its flashing lights still on smashed into the doors. The water burst in as people scrambled onto shelves, desks and counter tops to escape it. Photo: Marisa Buchanan, NBC News They knew they had no way to punch a hole in the roof. So they decided to shoot out the library's back windows. At least two officers pointed their weapons and let loose a hail of 45-caliber slugs. They blasted into the glass and tore through the back door frame. When the building was renovated, the glass in it was upgraded to a type that could withstand A category 3 hurricane. A great idea then, but the cops were cursing it now. When the shooting stopped, the glass was all shattered, but none of the bullets had gone through! The water was still rising... Chief Dubuisson dove in and swam to the rear doors that had to be opened. And as soon as he touched the push bar they did. The water surged out, taking him with it. Those who saw it thought the chief was a goner, drowned or crushed by debris. But apparently the chief had been to that library a time or two before. You see, he knew just beyond the back doors was a railing. And that's what he grabbed as the storm surge carried him off. Eventually, all inside the library made it outside and rode out the rest of the storm on the roof. But few will ever forget the day in Pass Christian when the police shot up the library and the chief nearly got away. Editor's note: The Pass Christian Police Department shared video with NBC News, shot by its officers as they rode out Katrina's rising waters inside the library. Click here to watch the video, which is about 3:30 long.

You're sitting in divorce court... :roll:

Often, I wonder about posts like this. Noob or Nottanoob. Maybe a regular user that likes to see dust get his feathers in a ruffle? All seems a little off the wall. Off the wall and over the fence.

Training: Noun: The act, process, or art of imparting knowledge and skill: education, instruction. Repetition of an action so as to develop or maintain one's skill. Education: Noun: The act or process of educating or being educated. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level. He is educated for specific skill or knowledge, by training. And as far as education and training. No matter how much you spend on it, the skills gained are only as useful as the individual mind allows them to be.

I strongly suggest the bloopers reel that is on the 1998 Convention DVD. Bobby Troup has quite a wide range of curse words on hand. Now that scene from MASH (72), where he drives the jeep makes sense!

Gnomes.

FarMedic

It's on Discovery HD, not just about EMS, that was just one show. Various topics from the coast guard to explosives experts, etc..

Naw.. There are so many different protocol sets for everything, even EMT-Basic's differ from state to state. There was a list on here w/ 50 some odd separate certifications.

There is a very strong possibility,

There are like 50+ levels..

Like the Titanic..

:roll:

Anyone have directions? I'm suddenly in the mood for a happy meal.

Retire and sit beside your blue, plastic kiddie pool all day drinking cheap lite beer?

Tip: If you have more than one spare cylinder, and you need a clever place to keep it.. like under the bench seat. Strap it to a traction splint. We keep all of our splints under the bench seat, It also happens to be a safe place to keep the spares. When lacking cylinder holders, they are less likely to fly through the plastic doors of the equipment cabinet. So, I just strap them to the traction splints, and cover that with a blanket. Keeps them safe. If we need the splints, just put the tank in a bag temporarily.

Knee bangers? I guess it's a regional thing. The only vehicle I've seen locally, with a one-man stretcher, is the funeral director. They aren't easy to push, alone, but it works for them. There are two types of two man cots, now anyway. Four wheel and six wheel. The four wheel, you need two people, because it had to be lowered a lifted onto the deck. The six wheel, it hooks onto the floor, and the wheels have to be lifted. However, you can also release the wheels and collapse it to the ground and then just lift the stretcher up and push it in. I wouldn't do that with a patient on it, but, worst case scenario, that is something you could do.

The ambulance that Jugs drove off in with Speed, was owned by Seals Ambulance in Long Beach. The one that Mother drove was made specifically for the movie. The dodge ambulances were originally campers, made to look like ambulances for the movie. Finally, the Cotner Bevington ambulance that unity had where they drove across the golf course was owned by Associate Ambulance in Huntington Park, Ca. If your attentive, you'll notice that the ambulance that Jugs put speed into in the alley, wasn't the same one they were in at the beach. Look at the details, if your interested. Something is missing. The interior shots were in a 1975 Miller Meteor Ambulance, owned by Goodhew Ambulance.