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I thought we had grown out of that. Ah- but he didn't have a cervical injury, did he!

The vans are non-transporting intercept units. Cambridge started with a decent idea, and then screwed it up. I believe they started with BLS non-transporting response by CFD with an ALS unit from Pro. Ok, no big deal, lots of places do it. CFD got the run numbers they wanted but didn't have to get their hands too dirty. The main EMS work was done, granted, by a private, but at least you'd be taken to the hospital by someone who probably wanted to be there (its also worth noting that Pro is CAAS accredited, a process not many services volunteer to put themselves through) . Nowadays, a 911 call could conceivably receive a response of an engine, medic van, and Pro ambulance. Probably the cops too depending what it is. I don't know for sure what prompted that change, but I can't imagine it's been some miracle of efficiency in patient care.

Clearly, none of you people watched Star Trek. This is merely the early ancestor of the hydrospray.

The medic outright says his post-arrest BP was 160/100. It ain't like they were holding onto his pulse with their fingernails. Some of the people commenting at the YouTube page seriously need to get a grip.

I've been told by an ER doc here that the best thing an EMT can do for themselves after an exposure is to present themselves to triage after transferring care and request an evaluation. Something along the lines of the hospital having more options legally that way.

Stop. Just stop answering. Please.

If any part of that statement had been referring to CO2 capnography monitoring, I may have given you a cookie. Oh well.

The BLS report wasn't the problem here. The family just didn't know anything. BLS can't invent information.

Huh?? Sounds like a 4 to me... :roll:

I hope you don't mean the CO2 detector that is used to verify ET tube placement! :shock: How many times did they try? I feel pretty confident that they have protocols governing this. Ours it two attempts and you're offscene, with a recommendation to just BLS the airway to begin with. As far as the "POS bone gun," I've never used one myself but I'm told it's pretty hard to screw up. Yet in this situation it was attempted 3 times without success? I'm starting to think that the B team was working that night...

Eh. I'll give it to them. The website is for the public as you said, and that's what the public thinks an AED does. Joe 6-pack doesn't care about the pathophysiology of VF/VT arrest, they care that somebody near them will show up with something to make their heart beat again when they call 911. Think simple.

"None of the above." ASA, Nitro, nitro, Lasix if absolutely neccessary, and by that time we're usually pulling up to the doors. Considering my IV was probaby enroute during all this, there usually isn't enough time for a med that's not going to do what the patient needs anyway. That said, we aren't allowed Atrovent anyway.

I still wouldn't take this study as justification for working a blunt traumatic arrest, no matter who's onscene. But it doesn't surprise me at all that doctors think they can save these people (no offense ERDoc). In that vein, it may be worthy of note that the only MD-level HEMS service in my area uses ER residents- who I would guess are more likely than anyone to try and play God (thereby getting skills that can be checked off).

12-lead isn't some mystical art. CNAs do it every day. Give me enough time and I could teach my dog how to place 12-lead stickers. If you're looking for justifications for 2 medics, even I'm willing to give you that there's far better ones than that.

I didn't know AEDs had manual paddles, waveform screens, and came in LP10 carrying cases, but ok. I'll stop asking about it.

"Zero over zero, zero, and zero. Next question?" :twisted:

Yeah, that'd be the M-1. There are several different types. The type of monitor you have on board. Visible in pictures 13 and 14. Ha ha ha. :roll: During a crash it doesn't matter how smart you are. I personally want every advantage I can get. And I missed this before: What the hell? You don't wait for them onscene, do you?

Why can't a question ever be answered without somebody trying to preach their personal Utopia for the 349485856374698756985th time?

Why do hotdogs come in packages of 8, but buns come in packages of 10?

Well there's your problem right there. Ps- EMTs and paramedics that use FDNY*EMS to get themselves into the FDNY are NOT treated well at all once out of The Rock and onto the street.

*giggle* *snort* BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+10 for the stretcher-lifting mechanism. What model Stryker is that? -15 for the LP-10. -5 for lack of padding in head-strike zones.

Which happens thousands of times a day all over the country, and as Michael pointed out, there's nobody suing over it. Given that American file lawsuits because their coffee is hot, I'm not seeing the big problem here.

I was forced to watch Roger and Me in college for an intro sociology class. At that point it became obvious that Moore doesn't look for facts, he simply starts filming with the goal of illustrating what he already thinks about the subject. His methods to achieve this goal are careful video editing, misdirection, exaggeration, misquoting, ommision of context, and outright harassment of his chosen target.

I practice medicine for patient. I document for the lawyer.