basic2be

Just returned from a trip to New Orleans and surrounding areas, anyone on here work for Acadian ambulance, is it as great of place as their website says it is? Just curious....

That makes four "Incidents" in Indiana since their arrival and four deaths in all. Unfortunately these fine people died while trying to boost membership and not "saving" lives. RIP.

In my experience the type I is a lot noisier in the box than the type III. But I do prefer the type I on busy days as it does offer significantly more leg room up front.

I use a Palm treo 650 Phone/PDA combo with the Pepid EMS suite. I find it useful when looking up uncommon meds and such. I have also used the free ePocrates drug guide as well.

I think this show paints a pretty bad picture for the few of us willing to do this job. Some of the events were interesting i.e.. the drunk vs. kid. I liked the way the medic put the situation into perspective for the onlooker who wanted the guy to die. But otherwise it is just another misconstrued reality offered up by hollywood for the general population to know even more about something they don't know about. Oh well as long as somebody gets rich at someone elses expense. I can't wait for someone else to tell me i am doing my job wrong because they saw it the "right way" on TV. <JUST MY WORTHLESS TWO CENTS OF RANT>

Well said Dust.

Even as a basic, I see way too many hot shot idiots on 911 performing at the basic level. Really, think about it, for the most part basic certification is no more than being rewarded for showing up to a class, reading at a 8th grade level, and passing some basic skills . I agree with Aysin and Dust if money is no object dual medic crews for 911! However for cost effectiveness in the current world. Basic drivers work OK too.

Well said Rid.

Thank you for all the opposite viewpoints! I also agree with a lot of the points of learning the trucks, protocals, maps etc.. As well as 60-90min of the shift spent on the phone as being excessive. But I still emphasize my original statement in that some systems you are not running gung ho all day and once your responsibilities are complete i see little harm in an quick phone call. Thanks again for all the input and i really appreciate learning from the contributors on this site. "To be old and wise you must first be young and stupid" --Random T-shirt

Give me a break dust! If your not driving and without pt. what the hell is wrong w/ saying hi on the phone. Some of you holier than thou's on this website really make me laugh. Do you ever sit back and wonder why people consider you hard to approach, you only get one ride around on this rock and aslong as your not hurting anyone, LIVE IT UP!!!!

Kyle was killed by a shotgun blast to the head during a robbery

Good Point