Chief1C

I believe stacking quotes (quotes with in quotes) down the response screen is frowned upon.

WHAT? SANTA ISN'T REAL?

Sorry to hear of your loss. One would need a bit more detail to pursue such information.

As is your right.. Freedom of Religion allows for the practicing of whatever you want.. and whatever you don't want. You don't have to agree. I was once a christian myself, most in the area are what you may call God-fearing, loyal to the bible church go-ers. I don't speak out against anything, or anyone; don't practice in an anti-religion cult.. I just just decided one day, that whomever I was praying to, failed me. That was it, don't feel the need to say anymore than that. About as much as I followed the story, were the news pop ups logging into yahoo mail. You have your freedom to express your opinion, and I have mine. I suppose what little faith I cling onto, that I grew up with, was offended.

I'd have to disagree.. He was a pretty energetic entertainer, practicing some of his dancing could be equated to strenuous activity. He was never one to just stand, sing, and let everyone else do the work.

Keep hearing these quotes about him going to heaven.. Child molesters don't go to heaven.. I don't believe in "A" god, or Heaven or hell.. But for the sake of the theory of a heaven or a hell.. Even the child molesters who pay their victims to keep shut, would go to hell. If one existed.

1. No Toxicology results - could have been suicide for all we know. 2. People lie. 3. People lie. 4. You can't trust anyone's word anymore. 5. See number 2. People die, suddenly all the time.. Even if it's witnessed. CPR can't fix a life time a self induced abuse of your own body. Neither can all the drugs and devices you can get out of the ambulance. I doubt a private doctor, carries the necessary equipment around to carry out a full assault, per se, on cardiac arrest.

Link to the article about the 50 City Study: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/ems-main.htm Not related; but none-the-less interesting, if you're bored. http://www.emsonline.net/tuesday.asp?date=...2_Paterniti.flv

If we take pics like that.. We get sued, fined and possibly jailed.. If the press does, they get fame and fortune. Bastards. (Not that I would violate our bond of trust and privacy; or dignity of the patient..) I'm just stating a fact.

Pa. State Police advertised for a month before the 4th, big article, front page ad.. Safety Checks, Cop-In-Shop, sitting at bars, etc.. on the 4th & 5th of July.. They never did them, bar traffic was way down, for the first time in years, no MVA's (related to ETOH).. Didn't cut down on patrols; and had more officers out on speeder watch, but no check points. Next weekend, however, they'll probably do it.

I believe it's a staff member, in the kitchen of the preschool. If it were a child, they would be required to have an emergency care/contact permission sheet. i.e. in an emergency, the facility could initiate treatment, and send the pt. away in an ambulance, without the child's legal guardian being present. This would be filled out by the parent/etc, prior to the child attending school. At least that's how schools work around here.

While you're providing info about IMERT... How about explain what "IMERT" stands for? Clearly Illinois.... But what does MERT stand for?

Whether or not it's the animals instinct is immaterial.. A pet snake killing a child during the night.. Is one of the more weird and creepy stories I've read.

Just goes to show that bad calls come in three's. Today, we've had an arrest; an unsuccessful suicide by gunshot.... and... There's still three and a half hours to go in the day.

Perhaps if you could share what the test will cover, we could assist you better?

How is that news? Just because Michael Jackson kicks the bucket, do they think this will enlighten us? They think few urban people survive.. Cardiac Arrest in a rural area, even witnessed, is almost always a death sentence. As we say, living in the sticks, will eventually be fatal.

What's up with that? Targeting her? Kinda creepy. No. Really creepy. Holy Shit. That's just beyond creepy.

A White Pigeon man? As in a man, dressed as a white pigeon? Or is that a town?

Unfricken Believable.. They should dock the public council's pay to make up for the difference.

I was being sarcastic.. I was hinting into cross training, rather than just being an EMT or just being a rescue provider.

i tk u 2 er I take you to ER

The people of EMS are just like a big barrel of apples.. Good and bad, not all the same, all serve a different purposes; but in the end, still an apple.

If you're so enraged, write to your congressman.. I was just pointing out the purpose of "Introduction To (Awareness)" courses. I've always believed that Rescue and EMS go hand-in-hand, since you're almost always rescuing a live victim. It doesn't mention anywhere in there that they had people refusing to take it. Offers the stepping stones to technical rescuer.

The seven year old left behind is going to be scarred for life.

Rural. Very.. Rural. I'd say 70/30.. Higher on the appreciate. Lower on the anger. They don't have to pay taxes for EMS, nobody official would grant that.. I'd get similar results, hitting myself on the head with a brick. They do tax for the fire department; and the phone prefixes that have 911 service, have to pay for that as well. Biggest complaint, time getting from the station to the scene.. Sometimes it can be as far as 25 miles from the station.. Hey, we didn't force them to move to the middle of nowhere, you take your like into your own hands when you choose to live an hour from the nearest hospital anyway. We try very hard to provide a high quality, courteous, respectful, competent service; meeting the patients medical needs, as well as comforting them as best as possible. It's always been one of the traits of the service, even back into the early days, to have well mannered crew members. The locals seem to be very accepting of them, many people find a calm, competent provider more comforting, and if the patient can remain calm, IMO, they have a better outcome. The most difficult thing to do, is care for people who I've known all my life; most of the patients, no matter the situation, I know in some way. It can be very taxing on a person over time. But most of them seem to find comfort, in seeing someone they know show up. I've received and kept a lot of cards and notes from people I've transported over the years. Never had a complaint about me personally.