Chief1C

The hard thing, is extricating someone from the wilderness.. The course doesn't come close to prep for that. Which is why I noted in a post similar to this, that you should take some related intro courses. Like rope, basic SAR, etc.. Even if you don't plan on doing rope rescue, many times they need to be utilized just so you can maintain your balance on surfaces that are either slippery, steep, both, etc..

Think of him as a radio tower..

He's equipped with a red beacon, so as not to be struck by low flying air craft.

That was on AMC, Sunday morning.. Love that movie. (FBDO)

I've been suffering from a terrible bout of insomnia for a week or so.. Comes and goes.

I have no plan to debate it.. Just giving my opinion.

This is meant to be slightly funny/sarcastic.

Old school, as in the 7x14 pads w/ the four tails? We have those on our ambos...

In many areas, it's illegal for employees to volunteer to do their own job, at their employer. That's so the employer can't force you to do it. Makes sense, it's to protect everyone. I enjoy what I do, because I know due to the rural population and lack of tax payers, the service wouldn't exist or have a means to exist under other conditions.

Unfortunately, while waiting for him to show up, trying to keep the candles burning... Hence, the new chat room.. The EMTCity Voluntary Fire Brigade, being confined to a server, only had one Halon extinguisher to fight the flames with.. A request for mutual aid was called for from EMSVillage, but it was routed through a call center in Bangalore, India; and it was mistaken to send a fax about fire prevention to California EMSA. Efforts by chatters to extinguish the conflagration, proved fruitless.. It appears Hal 9000 will be upgrading fire equipment, however... Which will work great, when we recreate the 138th Anniversary of The Great Chicago Fire, on Oct. 8th, and burn most of EMTCity Down..

We don't provide inter-facility or non-emergency transport. I mean, if they call 911, or schedule something special 24 hours in advance we will. But it's not typical. There are services with in a several county region that were once private EMS, and now do nothing but Non-E Transit. I have several numbers, I don't suggest any company in particular, usually rotate around the list when offering suggestions. We get very few BS calls from the rural and secluded areas, it's almost always a true emergency call. I suppose if you do Transports as a business, and someone just won't pay, you're taking a loss. In order to have a successful business, you need to cut as many of those as possible, to try and get a paying customer. So, from the business side of things. I could see refusing to transport someone. I would see a problem, if they schedule someone, don't tell them they're not getting transported and let them wait and worry. They'd need to work with people to get some sort of payment going. If that's not possible, then yes, I could see refusing them transports; non-emergent, not refusing them emergency services.

If you're a provider that has a creative mind and likes a challenge, it's amazing. In addition, take some "into to" courses to get the basics of rope rescue and WSAR training.

I expect that most of the people we cover can't pay the bill. That's what you get in poverty stricken, rural areas. But I certainly wouldn't deny anyone their right to quick emergency medical care, just b/c they can't pay.

I couldn't get three with in a half hour.

I used WEMSI. http://www.wemsi.org/

Party In Chat.. I'll bring the PW Can!

HB Ret.

Here are a few suppliers that sell some nice pre-assembled tactical EMS packages. Chinook Tactical Medical North American Rescue Bound Tree Progressive Military Medical Supplies Tactical Response Gear

Demonstration Video Can't say I have.. The last shooting I handled, I stuffed kerlix onto/into the exit wound, and piled it onto the entrance; then wrapped it with an ace and did a sling and swathe b/c of it's location. I doubt the Israeli Bandage would have helped. Besides, I don't think we have any accounts with companies that sell tactical or military medical equipment. But I'm sure some of our users that are CM's and HM's have used them.

Doesn't that look wrong?

Saints and Soldiers; The Goonies. We need a temporary, off site, free, easy to use, chat room; to use till this is back up. B/c there's no way something free could be as cool as ours. But it would help offset the withdrawal. Okay.. That smiley guy licking the ice cream, looks sooo not like an ice cream cone.

I did read the article. Twice. I don't think, with they way it's worded, that it sounds illegal. We charge four rates, as a subscription. It's about +/- $320 less than a single bill. No guarantee we'd get that full bill paid by either insurance, medicare or the patient anyway. I just didn't find it as illegal sounding. Maybe the article is missing key info? Perhaps it's shady, like if you don't pay, we don't come? That's prolly illegal. That's my opinion.