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What I consider good, would include a "Driving Record" free of: DUI for ETOH, Illicit Drugs or Rx Med use. Two or more citations for excessive speed in a year. Reckless or Careless Driving Citations. More than one minor violation with in a year. Including: -----Illegal turns -----Duties at stop signs -----Use of signals -----Tailgating Any incidents of "Road Rage" More than one accident, with yourself at fault.

HB Nuttlebuttle!

Welcome to the City.

I think that's the ambo from the film Seabiscuit.

I concur, while sometimes chat gets slow, it's hard not to agree that there was a 100% positive turn around. Certainly a higher number of fruitful debates and worthy discussions, with folks from all corners of the world. A diverse view of EMS, from every spectrum, which is no longer complicated by the high percentage of users that had no interest in EMS, just a fetish for the folks that do.

Is Jeesh, Jesus' cousin?

How do you know that? Did "God" send you a memo?

I suppose if providers requested it, and it were refused, I'd be kinda pissed off too. I haven't decided if I will get one or not. I've had the flu twice in the past five years. The first time, I lost a lot of weight and I was very ill for a long time. The term Guillain–Barre Syndrome has been tossed around as a potential side effect of the H1N1 Vaccine. It will be a decision weighed on by need - whether it's mandatory or not; and my review of comments from those who've had the vaccine.

Yeah, it's kinda obvious. New sentences on the next line, etc. Oddball first person details.

ex-offender? or sex-offender? Offender of what and to what degree? Have you been incarcerated for the past twenty years?

I'm not a fan of the disposable thermometer. We have a box of "Temp Dot" thermometers. They're sharp, inaccurate-IMO; though inexpensive. If we can use the same BP Cuff on every patient, while disinfecting it between each, we can use digital thermometers. A separate device, or probe; for each "area of measurement" of course..

Do you actually use padding? Under knees? In between knees? Blanket over the board itself? On EVERYONE? Usually a thin blanket over the board, under their back; maybe a towel across and under the small of their back. If they're smaller or have specific injuries, we'd use either rolled or folded blankets to fill in voids between extremities, or straps and extremities. I also always put a towel under their ankles and tie the feet together with cravats or quikstraps. How do you immobilize head? Do you use head wedges? Cheese blocks. The styrofoam triangles and head pad? Rolled up blankets. Does it depend on patient? Ferno CID Pad/Block/Strap Sets or Laerdal Speedblocks, which work really well for pedi victims. Do you use backboards always? Or do you have the hard foam boards? Foam boards? We only have plastic spine boards. Spider straps? "Box Method"? Straps that click in like an X over chest? Binders? (Pre-ripped sheets that wrap around) Spider straps Do you ALWAYS immobilize cervical if immobilizing lower back? Vice-versa? If you're immobilizing the spine, what good does it do to only immobilize half of it? Do you use the arm straps? What do you do for unconscious patient's extremeties. Leave one arm out for IV? All in and you unwrap later for IV access? Our spider straps have wrist cuffs on the center strap.

They only staff ambulances with a driver? ...and how do you forget that you have a patient in the back? It's not a tour bus, they're like literally five feet away. Fail.

First aid walk in's, and hay bail fires. The younger kids fall, and the older kids turn into arsonists.

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I found this on the NEMSMF website.. Thought it was an interesting read. National EMS Museum Foundation Richard H. Ferneau, 90, of Washington Court House, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, September 8,2009 at Fayette Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ferneau was born on May 19, 1919, and lived most of his life in the Fayette County area. After graduation from high school in 1937, he joined the Washington Mortuary Supply Company on a full-time basis in the office and then in the plant as Production Assistant and Plant Foreman. During World War II, Mr. Ferneau served from 1942 to 1945 as a member of the U.S. Army in Corozal in the Isthmus of Panama. After the war, he rejoined the Washington Mortuary Supply Company where he became General Manager in 1947. He pioneered the use of aluminum tubing rather than steel to build mortuary and ambulance cots, greatly reducing the weight ambulance attendants had to carry. Considered a breakthrough at the time, most ambulance builders converted to using the Ferneau cot which subsequently became the standard of the industry. He later developed and introduced the first elevating ambulance cot in 1952, which set the standard for all ambulance cots used today. He literally changed how ambulance patients were handled and transported throughout the entire world as Ferno sells into 100 different countries. In June of 1955, Mr. Ferneau left the Washington Mortuary Company and formed the Ferno Manufacturing Company in Staunton, Ohio. He was then joined by a partner, Elroy Bourgraf, and the company moved to Circleville, Ohio, and then to Greenfield, Ohio. In 1960, Ferno Manufacturing acquired the Washington Mortuary Company and the company named was changed to Ferno-Washington, which is now located in Wilmington, Ohio. Over the years, Mr. Ferneau remained concerned with improving patient care and comfort as well as reducing the physical strain endured by EMT's and Paramedics in lifting and carrying of patients. This led to the development and introduction of elevating and variable-height cots as well as roll-in mortuary and ambulance cots. The H-frame, X-frame, and Independent Leg Cots currently used throughout the world are all derived from Mr Ferneau's designs. Other developments in Mr. Ferneau's career were longer casket trucks and prep tables for mortuary use, and the development of the "slimline" hinge used in all folding stretchers and carrying chairs. Up until his death, he persisted in working on next -generation products, and was the owner of 16 U. S. patents. In 1990, Richard Ferneau was awarded the National Association of Emergency Medical Technician's highest honor, the Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award. During this award ceremony, the following statements outlined Dick Ferneau's contribution to the emergency industry: "Any EMT or Paramedic who has moved a patient owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Ferneau for his list of contributions dating back to 1945. Richard is an inventor, an innovator, a benefactor and a humanitarian. His influence is felt in every EMS system in the United States and Canada, as well as 75 other countries throughout the world."

As long as it isn't written by some twit who became and worked as an EMT after dealing drugs for 20 years while working at Walmart. Then felt enlightened so much he/she had to write a book to occupy all their time since they retired after a year because he/she couldn't handle the stress.

A slang term used in the North East and New England for firefighters.

Helicopters make house calls? I have to call medical command and kiss his ass to justify flying a CVA victim, and we're nearly 60 ground miles from a stroke center... Great idea to give the public. "Why didn't you fly him like on TV?" The props dude needs to inflate and glue closed, the bags on the oxygen masks. That way it looks real.

I thought yesterday was Sunday, so I didn't reset my DVR to record anything. I'll have to do so with a TV schedule. Oddly, when the power goes out, the DVR keeps it's time and settings, but erases the programming. Ba*tards.

My baby album has a couple pictures of be in the pool.. In the buff... .. WTF....? Mom always told me those are to show my wife.