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Our ambulances are all Ford E-450 chassis with a Wheeled Coach box. All are diesel powered. The hospital based transport and MICUs are all Bio-Diesel powered. I'm not sure how that is working out for them as it is relatively new ( for them ). Come to think of it, all their buses and trucks run on Bio-Diesel also. I haven't heard of true Hybrid ambulance. There is very little storage now and I wonder how long a charge would last as much power as we use.

Galls makes a fortune of these guys. They most likely have a $600.00 light bar, strobes on all four corners and a stethoscope hanging from the rear view mirror. Not to mention the " Busting mine to save yours" or " Keep safe, Sleep with an EMT" t-shirt collection. In all seriousness, these losers contribute to the stagnation of EMS as a profession.

100 hrs a week volunteering? Don't they have other jobs( or a life for that matter) or are they just the ultimate wacker? I realise that you are talking about US EMS as a whole. I am inclined to agree with the majority of your post. It is funny no matter how many times this topic is brought up, the general consensus is always to increase education. Excellent first post. I look forward to reading more. :thumbright:

How about using the metric system since all meds are calculated using it. Oh and vs-eh, 12

I feel your pain Wendy. Not something I want to pursue, but I understand what you saying. At the hospital ED we frequent, all personnel are colour coded. Attendings wear grey scrubs, Residents wear black ( how fitting ), RN's wear navy blue and CNA's wear maroon. Makes it very easy to know who one is giving the pt. report to. Oh, I forgot the RT's. They wear green.

Welcome Tom. I'm not from Texas, however there is a plethora of Texans here. I believe there are a few who work for Austin Travis EMS, which my understanding is THE service to work for in Texas. Sorry I can't be of more help. Unfortunately, anything I could offer would be speculation and hearsay.

We are well aware of what a rig, bus, truck etc is. Here we just call it an ambulance. Perhaps it doesn't have the "kewl" factor, but that's what it is.

Must be a pain in the ass having to move all that equipment all the time. But at least it's shiny.

Et tu Brute?

Damn CJ, I think I blew coffee out of my nose this morning! :sign5:

But how do you feel about " High School and EMT-B class"? And yet, another shining example of what's wrong with USA EMS. If you can run 2800 calls in 17 days, you should be paid dude. I realise that was a typo, but hey, you posted it, it was fair game. Look, there is no need to run 2800 calls as a volly period. Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

I was referring to the lack of " You're an idiot," Basics save Medics, You don't know what you farking talking about" etc. line of crap that was missing from this discussion. Intelligent debate is what we strive for. Unfortunately, we rarely see that when this topic is brought up. That is all.

Surely you jest. 70 seconds for an intubation?

County population roughly 150,000. EMS calls roughly 25,000. I haven't a clue about the BLS transfer calls.

I'm not sure. I had a flashback to my semi driving days. I guess it's kind of like a bus :wink:.

I tried to edit this quote down some but couldn't bring myself to do it. I was almost afraid to open this thread, simply because of the way it usually turns out. What a pleasant surprise to read through well written, intelligent posts. I commend you all. Welcome sevenball842. you will find many posters on this site that subscribe to your way of thinking. Myself included.

Honestly, if all we had to worry about in EMS was what the lay public call us, I'd be ecstactic.

It should be nationwide though and I think you would agree spenac. Here, we have to show proficiency in all ALS and BLS skills annually. It is mandated by the Medical Director. I have no problem with this as I might need someone to help me sometime and I feel somewhat reassured that the medic knows what they are doing if one of the less used skills is practised. It also makes me feel better about my own competency.

I have to agree with 'Zilla. All the proper channels were followed here. While I do not doubt that the child in questions father is an excellent parent, his determination to not let his child be examined by a MD would raise some concerns for me since I don't know him from Adam. His threats might even lead one to believe him to be unstable. As stated, the State has an obligation to protect children and laws in place to do so. Those of you that are so vehemently against this surprise me. As parents ( I am one also ) I can see you want to protect your children. Put on your EMS togs for a minute and imagine YOU were on this call. If YOU saw a child in the condition described, would YOU just no transport and head for the recliner or would you start the ball rolling in an investigation? After all, it is about patient care, isn't it?

This, in all honesty, shouldn't really surprise you.

spenac, -10 for double posting .

Whilst perusing the job posting's at the hospital, I saw one that caught my eye. It was working in the OR working with something called a Cell Saver. I will have to do some more research on it as we received yet another call before I could read the whole job description :roll:.

This is great advice. When I was precepting, I had the good fortune of working at the same place I was precepting. Ergo, I had an easier time of it than some of my classmates. What you describe I heard from others. Some rode with the service I work for and I could see that some of the medics just didn't want to precept or were tired of doing it. If, as Ruffems suggested, there was a break for the preceptors in between students, I'm certain they would be more willing to help you. Choose to follow some of the advice offered to you here by some very knowledgeable and experienced people above my post. Don't give up. If I could do it, you can too. Good Luck!

Exactly. But they don't need a helo, just 2 medics.

epistaxis