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It will have changed so much in three years (hopefully), that it's best to wait till then and begin learning. The best student is the one who comes prepared to learn the current knowledge, not the one who wants to show up and use old information.

Gotta give Hollywood an attaboy on that one, at least the guy in uniform is wearing gloves. In reality, though, that patient would have died... Because the scene clearly wouldn't be safe, and few are daring enough to try something like that.

Wait. They have a pig in their zoo? People go to the zoo, to see a pig?

Like I always say; the public isn't trained to handle their emotions in crisis. That's why we have to be. You get people, possibly handling a true emergency for the first time in their life. We can educate the public on when to call 9-1-1, why they should call 9-1-1 and how to call 9-1-1. But when it comes down to having a situation where they just don't know what to do, all that public education is going to go out the window. He voluntarily broke the chain of survival, per se, several times. Even if he did have a momentary lapse of judgment, that could have cost someones life. No second chances.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_..._pepper_auction By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press Writer Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 1 min ago DALLAS – Poking through antiques stores while traveling through the Texas Panhandle, Bill Waters stumbled across a tattered old ledger book filled with formulas. He bought it for $200, suspecting he could resell it for five times that. Turns out, his inkling about the book's value was more spot on than he knew. The Tulsa, Okla., man eventually discovered the book came from the Waco, Texas, drugstore where Dr Pepper was invented and includes a recipe titled "D Peppers Pepsin Bitters." "I began feeling like I had a national treasure," said Waters, 59. Dr Pepper's manufacturer says the recipe is not the secret formula for the modern day soft drink, but the 8 1/2-by-15 1/2 inch book is expected to sell between $50,000 to $75,000 when it goes up for auction at Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries on May 13. "It probably has specks of the original concoction on its pages," Waters said. Waters discovered the book, its yellowed pages stained brown on the edges, underneath a wooden medicine bottle crate in a Shamrock antiques store last summer. A couple months after buying it, he took a closer look as he prepared to sell it on eBay. He noticed there were several sheets with letterheads hinting at its past, like a page from a prescription pad from a Waco store titled "W.B. Morrison & Co. Old Corner Drug Store." An Internet search revealed Dr Pepper, first served in 1885, was invented at the Old Corner Drug Store in Waco by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton. Wade Morrison was a store owner. Faded letters on the book's fraying brown cover say "Castles Formulas." John Castles was a partner of Morrison's for a time and was a druggist at that location as early as 1880, said Mary Beth Webster, collections manager at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco. As he gathered more information, Waters took a slower turn through the book's more than 360 pages, which are filled with formulas for everything from piano polish to a hair restorer to a cough syrup. He eventually spotted the "D Peppers Pepsin Bitters" formula. "It took three or four days before I actually realized what I had there," Waters said. The recipe written in cursive in the ledger book is hard to make out, but ingredients seem to include mandrake root, sweet flag root and syrup. It isn't a recipe for a soft drink, says Greg Artkop, a spokesman for the Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group. He said it's likely instead a recipe for a bitter digestive that bears the Dr Pepper name. He said the recipe certainly bears no resemblance to any Dr Pepper recipes the company knows of. The drink's 23-flavor blend is a closely guarded secret, only known by three Dr Pepper employees, he said. Michael Riley, chief cataloger and historian for Heritage Auction Galleries, said they think it's an early recipe for Dr Pepper. "We just feel like it's the earliest version of it," he said. He hasn't, however, tested that theory by trying to mix up a batch. Neither has Waters; he's thought about it but would need to find someone to decipher all the handwriting. Jack McKinney, executive director of the Waco museum, surmised that Alderton might have been giving customers something for their stomachs and added some Dr Pepper syrup to make it taste better. "I don't guess there's any definitive answer. It's got to be the only one of its kind," Riley said. McKinney said the ledger book was bound to be popular with Dr Pepper collectors because it's from the time the drink was invented. Riley said the book was probably started around 1880 and used through the 1890s. It's not known who wrote the Dr Pepper recipe in the book, but they don't think it was the handwriting of Alderton or Morrison. Some of the formulas have Alderton's name after them. At first, Alderton's drink inspired by the smells in the drugstore was called "a Waco." "People would come in and say, 'Shoot me a Waco,'" Riley said. Soon renamed Dr Pepper, the drink caught on and other stores in town began selling it. Eventually, Alderton got out of the Dr Pepper business and Morrison and a man named Robert Lazenby started a bottling company in 1891. Flipping through the pages of the ledger book takes one back to a time when drugstores were neighborhood hubs, selling everything from health remedies to beauty products mixed up by the stores' chemists. And among the formulas being mixed up in drugstores were treats for the soda fountain. A two-page spread in Waters' book has recipes for "Soda Water Syrups," including pineapple, lemon and strawberry. "There were very few national brands," Riley said. "Their lifeblood was all their formulas."

First two songs on the radio this morning; Journey - Wheel in the Sky and Boston - More Than a Feeling.

Odd ball names are typical of the Ambulance Service industry. Just like product advertising. Pre 9-1-1, you either got which ever one the operator favored, or had to look it up in the phone book. Low rates, creative names, colors that trigger memory, etc. are all selling points. Often the name reflected a service they offered. An instance comes to mind, an ambulance service from New York State. Oxygen Ambulance Service. Not only did they offer a ride to the hospital, in an oxygen equipped ambulance, but they sold it as well. This service, according to their website, has existed since 1974. My guess, it's just a catchy name from a time when pretty much anyone could operate an ambulance service.

http://www.emsresponder.com/features/artic...=11&id=7394 http://www.jems.com/Images/SJC%20Industrie...cm16-130110.pdf Press Release SJC Industries Corp. At the Fire Department Instructors Conference, SJC Industries Corp., manufacturer of McCoy Miller, Marque and Premiere brand of ambulances, demonstrated their leadership in design and engineering by unveiling a new concept Side-Load ambulance. The vehicle was built to address safety challenges present in today's ambulance market. An article published in 2003 by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) titled 'Ambulance Crash-Related Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers --- United States, 1991--2002' called for manufacturers to take action. In that article it states, "Ambulance manufacturers should evaluate and develop occupant protection systems designed to increase the crash survivability of EMS workers and patients in ambulance patient compartments and ensure that such systems allow EMS workers mobility to access patients and equipment. " This new design by SJC Industries Corp has responded to this call for occupant protection. SJC's Side-Load design repositions the patient and attendants, delivering the following features with resulting benefits: * Eliminates side-facing seating positions - Research and testing has shown that personnel in side-facing seating positions, such as squad benches and CPR seats, are subjected more to serious injury or death, even when seat belted, than personnel in a frontward or rearward seating positions. * Reduces cabinets and obstructions in head strike zones, which eliminates potential debilitating injuries. * Designs seating positions to give attendants access to the patient and controls while remaining seat-belted. * In the event of a frontal accident, provides the potential for an evenly applied force along the length of the patient thereby reducing isolated strain points. The new Side-Load design uses high back seats with 5-point safety harnesses in all seating positions. These chairs move side-to-side following the length of the cot, and telescope forward and backward using aircraft quality materials. This provides access to the patient and controls while remaining properly restrained. An outboard mounted bench style forward facing high-back seat incorporates a child safety seat with 5-point safety harness. The design of this ambulance incorporates two extra-wide sliding side doors, thus allowing egress to the patient from either the street side or curbside. Sliding doors offer less obstruction at emergency scenes or in garages and are less likely affected in windy situations. Storage of medical supplies is achieved by the use of sliding drawers that are recessed into the rear partition and held in the closed or open position with the aid of gas struts. This design has eliminated many head strike zone obstructions. Any remaining cabinets are heavily padded with high-density foam cushions. Electrical controls and oxygen delivery systems are located on both sides of the patient compartment, giving attendants access needed while remaining seat-belted. This new design also provides increased exterior storage at the rear of the vehicle for rescue gear, bunker gear, stokes basket or other extrication and patient care equipment. Using a Ferno-Washington Stat-Trac cot mount provides a cot anchorage system, which has been tested to a 20 G force. By locating the patient laterally, the force of a frontal impact is potentially evenly distributed along the entire length of the patient. Traditional positioning of patients is prone to applied isolated force to the neck and shoulder regions. Crash tests have demonstrated that should a patient be loosely restrained in a traditional cot orientation they will "submarine" towards the front of the vehicle injuring both the patient and attendant. The Side-Load uses the latest technology in LED exterior warning and interior lights. This provides increased lumens while reducing amperage requirements and extending service life. The high capacity HVAC system is ducted through the ceiling, providing affective and adjustable delivery of conditioned air to the patient. This concept vehicle will be traveling to many of the major EMS shows across the country in the coming months. End user comments will be catalogued for analysis and consideration as future generations of this unique concept vehicle are designed. For further information please contact Bob Parks, Product Manager at 800-326-2062.

LISA FERNANDEZ Mercury News http://connect.jems.com/forum/topic/show?i...25713&xgs=1 School nurse Eileen Bowden dropped to her knees and began performing CPR on the stricken softball coach. He had just collapsed during practice Tuesday at Santa Clara High School while students watched. Thirty compressions, two long breaths. Repeat. But minutes after helping save Coach John Rahbar's life, Bowden herself collapsed. She was dead that evening before the ambulance arrived at Valley Medical Center. Editor's Note: JEMS will be updating this story with more information about the tragic circumstances of this citizen save. Update/Video: Victim Released from Hospital Soon It's hard for people to fathom the tragic twist of events. "I'm trying to make sense of it all," said Santa Clara police officer Jake Malae, who also was there to perform CPR on Rahbar. "Here she was, trying to save a life, and then she lost hers. I'm sad for her family, but I'm glad her actions were able to save John." Rahbar, 41, is recovering at Kaiser-Santa Clara hospital from his mysterious collapse about 4:45 p.m. on the track by the softball field, family and friends said. The cause of Bowden's death was unknown Wednesday, and her family has asked for privacy as they mourn her sudden loss. Auria Batres, a former school co-worker, described the 59-year-old Half Moon Bay nurse as outgoing, passionate about teaching students about health and a devoted mother to her daughter. The news that Bowden died while helping save the life of another circulated rapidly and widely from the Santa Clara field. The softball team's game Wednesday against Palo Alto High School was canceled. Even a Kaiser cardiologist treating Rahbar had heard of her actions. Malae said he and Bowden had both been in an after-school truancy meeting Tuesday afternoon. Malae, a longtime friend of the coach, had headed out to the field to watch a friend's kid practice. On his way, some students wildly flagged him down, pointing to Rahbar. He was lying face up on the track. He had no pulse. He wasn't breathing. Rahbar had been racing around off-campus to retrieve the errant foul balls his girls' team had hit over the fence from school. On his way back to the field, he collapsed. "The first thing I thought was about John pushing his daughter in a stroller and how happy he looked doing that," Malae said. "And I thought of my own daughters. I just didn't want him to go. My training took over." He started CPR. After three or four minutes, Bowden appeared. She was on her way home, headed to the parking lot. But she stopped to help, too. "Can I help with compressions?" Bowden asked. "Sure,'' Malae said. The two worked together, urging Rahbar to breathe. Bowden was calm and professional, Malae said. In minutes, firefighters and paramedics arrived and whisked Rahbar into an ambulance. With their job done, Bowden backed up, allowing the emergency responders to take over. As Bowden stood off to the side, Malae saw her fall. "It was like in slow motion," Malae said. "She fell forward. There was nothing there to break her fall." He saw her head hit concrete. "I ran over to her and called another Code 3 request for fire," Malae said. "She was bleeding and in and out of consciousness." About two hours later, Malae got a call from his sergeant: Bowden was dead. Speaking from the hospital, Rahbar's wife, Lilly, told the Mercury News on Wednesday that her husband's vital signs are good, but doctors aren't sure why his heart stopped. "We don't know why he passed out," she said, thankful to the school nurse she didn't even know. "If it wasn't for the police officer and the nurse, my husband wouldn't be here," Lilly Rahbar said. "My heart goes out to her family. They've lost a wonderful person." Copyright 2009 San Jose Mercury News All Rights Reserved

They had to know that would go badly... A plane, flying low, trailed by a fighter jet... Honestly.

Well... Depends what kind of additional education. Like training volunteers in a town with 20, single story buildings, and a population of 50; to be high rise firefighters. Better education, updated practices, better funding, modern equipment, newer turnout gear and SCBA units, etc. Is always the answer. But education they need, in the area they cover, not what they need in places they'll never be. Break them up into districts, or regions, develop a needs assessment, and set a standard for each region. Everyone will be on the same page, and have the best equipment for their safety and the communities safety. I just hope that decisions are made, based on the needs of those departments, now. Versus, unrelated studies from years past. An example, locally; an agency got hold of a study of the needs of PA's volunteer fire companies, that was done in 1968. We had an oil truck refilling plant, large vats of oils for state highways, large vats of fuel for diesel locomotives, a grain elevator, a feed mill; all supplied to the town by a main line Railroad that ran up to 8 trains a day, in each direction. That was all gone, by 1972. The railroad went bankrupt, and pulled up the line, leaving nothing behind. He went through a check list of current training and equipment, and I answered honestly, and he was apalled at my answers. We're the largest, busiest, best equipped, manned and educated department in the area. He thought I was kidding. I laughed, and asked what decade he was getting his information from. He went ape shit, until he listened to the actual facts, currently.. This 2007 study, which probably cost the state hundred of thousands of dollars, in an attempt to make millions of dollars.. was researched entirely based on the needs forty-one years ago.

We were just ordered to report a list of our inventory of respiratory protection products to the regional EMS Office.

Your comments are absolutely correct, there's no way around that. I love to read and just go through the history or time line of how EMS came to be. So, I was excited when I clicked the link. But I see it as more of something that would be written for the public, rather than an EMS audience. But, none the less, however much progress, or none at all, I have a lot of respect for the old timers. Like you j/k. Anyhoo, if there's anything to admire, maybe it's the technology. We can apply a resuscitator today, with the same or better results, and less than 5lbs of equipment. My E&J, top of the line 60 years ago, with it's tanks. If I lifted it above my waist, it would probably fall through the floor.

Had that problem for hundreds of years, declaring people dead who weren't. Good program about that on the Hist. Channel.

Speaking in the terms of the health care provided by EMS.. As it was written. Aid prior to arrival at a hospital, no matter the level of aid given.. and the actual transporting of the victim, to the hospital. I guess it's new, if you consider 955 years, to be a short skip through time.

We're only going to be able to use that line for so long.

Cut it.

Heart beat increases, BP prolly goes up, warm feeling in the face and chest.. Happens to me when I'm driving in places that have no signs, and I don't know the speed limit. I have a bumper sticker "What's your Hurry? Is it really worth the loss of your life?".

I'd suggest, if you want to carry a gun for protection, that you became a cop.

She should play the lottery.

Doczilla Might have a market on joggers in Central Park!

Depends. The whole of the membership is active, trains, keeps up with the necessary standards and the like.. and someone doesn't. Then, the lot of them, in a voluntary organization, gets to decide what happens. We sit in on a meeting, give a person one year to get up to state, local and personal company standards; and set an impression of themselves. If they fail to do so.. They don't get in. You don't get a second chance for five years. If you didn't make an effort when it was required, whats to say that will change. It's not a mob if it's lowering standards and morale. It's all a team effort, and if you either don't fit in, or you just want the benefits with no effort.. The team should get to decide if you are worth the effort.

Actcel Gauze seems to work okay. Had a little incident with my daguerreotypes. Stung like hell, but it didn't get hot. Though I found it difficult to remove with out making the bleeding worse. All in all, it would have been better off without, the volume of bleeding was just startling, rather than the severity.

Well, for all intents and purposes, it shows a working relationship is possible; and crews are willing to assist. When it comes down to people needing an ambulance, and you just don't have one available, a firm and followed mutual aid plan can work out very well for all involved.

PDF Version of The Pulse - NYSVARA http://www.nysvara.org/news/2009/apr/090402.pdf I have a cousin that is a Vol near Spencer, NY. Hooked me up w/ a link.