akflightmedic

Canadian eh?? No way, eh. Good stuff!

Well Richard... It is very easy ( so I am told) to open two browsers at same time and log in to the site, thereby utilizing both names, if one had two names and present themselves in chat as two entirely different personas. For the record, simply pushing a key, any key, gives the indication one is typing...so your observations are baseless. All of this is "so I am told".

Hmmmm, interesting thus far. ParamedicMike, who did you come to when you wanted to be a chat room mod? Who made you one? Who mentored you? Nope, I do not think it is paramedicmike...sorry...let the game resume!

I think it is Spenac cause he is so adamant about accusing someone else, who we all clearly know is NOT....

The professor did it in the library with the wrench.

Welcome to the site. Kotz...what an interesting town...LOL. Got to love the "dry" ones. I lived in Nome for a bit, then KTN, been all over the Norton Sound region including Kotz. Hope to see you around.

:glasses5: :evil:

I remember this one time when I was told I would have to testify in court. Using my service's lawyer, I had a conversation with the other lawyer. Long story short, I did not want to go testify and I was trying to get out of it. I informed the lawyer everything I had to offer was in my report. I stated I would have my report in my hand and any question asked of me would be answered by me reading exactly what was on my report. No changes, no deviations, no add ons and no personal input. He did get a little pushy and tweaked his argument a little bit trying to persuade me but I stood firm. I then informed him I would read my entire report for each question just to make sure I did not leave anything out, but the fact remained that everything would come from my report, exactly as it was written. The lawyer decided not to have me testify and would use my report as it was intended, without my presence being required.

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I do not know how many of you still send care packages to any soldier in Iraq or Afg, but I though I would like to let you know of a very unique idea a lot of the soldiers use. Small children running up to the convoys are a huge security threat. These soldiers do not want to harm them but there have been times where it was needed. Several soldiers that I know, carry Super Soakers in the turret. When the kids run up, they are able to blast them from 25ft away and make them stop in their tracks. A blast of water is a lot kinder than pellets, grenades and smokers. Just wanted to pass this along in case anyone wanted to share with whomever and drop a few soakers in the next care package.

Cool deal Ruff!! As for the God comment, you do realize most Muslims view God and Allah as one in the same, only different names due to language...right? One of their main differences is in who the true prophet was....Jesus vs Mohammed. So it was perfectly acceptable for this Muslim to use the English tongue and say god bless you.

I passed with 92% in 53 minutes!! Just kidding dude. Good job!

Good post Timmy. I will work on a constructive response when I have time. In the meantime, what is the population of Australia vs America? What is the number of AUS emergency providers vs USA providers? Same figures for firefighters? How many ambos in Aus vs USA? Any idea of call volume in both countries?

Very nice.... Seriously, its cool to see the roles being expanded and not as heavily gender biased. Maybe some of our Israeli members have some input. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3561120,00.html 3 female paramedics save lives in Gaza Three young women tell Ynet about their remarkable army service in Gaza Strip Hanan Greenberg Published: 06.27.08, 16:09 / Israel News Only a select few know, but amongst the hundreds of Israeli combat soldiers participating in military operations in the Gaza Strip are three female solders. After long years where girls were prohibited from entering battle zones, it was decided to include female paramedics alongside the males serving on the frontlines. This, however, was under the condition that they would never step foot in enemy territories. The solution is that Zohar, Mor and Bat El never step out of the armored vehicles transporting them into Gaza, not even for a minute. Israel doesn't believe in the Gaza ceasefire, but it's unable to decide on a large-scale strike in the Strip and needs some quiet time in the south. Hamas doesn't believe in it either, it just needs a break. At this point, says Alex Fishman, any truce is likely to be followed by a severe escalation in Gaza Bat El Maman from Kiryat Motzkin, who has been volunteering at the Magen David Adom ambulance service since she was 15, always knew she wants to save lives while in the army. Zohar Brosh Cohen from Givat Avni and Mor Axelrod from Netanya happened to see a newspaper article about a female paramedic serving in a helicopter before they enlisted, and decided this was the direction they wanted to take as well. “The training is long and not easy,” they said, “it starts with a four month, pre-army course and includes mainly theory. It continues with basic training, assignment to different hospitals, practical studies, and ends with supplementary military studies. The entire training period lasts for a full year.” 'We are there to help' At the end of the course, these three girls didn’t want to just serve anywhere; they wanted the “hottest spot,” the Gaza Strip. Up until two years ago, girls were not allowed to cross the line into Gaza. However, Chief Medical Officer Brigadier-General Dr. Nachman Esh pushed for a change and now female paramedics enter battles with their male counterparts in armored vehicles. The goal is to save lives, but only under the condition that they never exit the military vehicles. “We came here because we wanted to be in the most significant, interesting place,” said Axelrod, “in essence this is really an experience that few girls have. Maybe the tank looks big on the outside, but we sit in very small confines with all the medical supplies filling up space as well.” However, the crowdedness is not the only hurdle. Sometimes they have to spend 24 hours and more with a group of guys who don’t always understand why they are there. Eventually, “they understand that we are there to help their fellow soldiers,” said Brosh-Cohen In the past few months, the girls have had to deal with a number of real-time incidents where they saved both Israeli and Palestinian lives. Axelrod said that the women “think solely about saving lives and it doesn’t matter whether they are soldiers or Palestinians. Clearly, many thoughts run through my head afterwards, but our job is clear.” The three soldiers said that after coming back from a mission it takes them a lot of time to clean off the sand and dirt. “No place is left sand-less, we can’t see anything, we sweat and we need a few good showers to return to our original state," one of them said. However, they are not complaining. “We have great satisfaction, it is a wonderful feeling to know that you are in Gaza, saving lives,” one of them said.

Was just teasing the Coasties, I am familiar with them and what they can or can not do from my time in Alaska. I had the opportunity to have many Coastie friends, do medical training with them and practical applications in the water. Do not get all worked up love....

Yeh, cause we all saw the movie The Guardian, and we know how harrowing that career choice can be....

And if i may add, not only is there no shortage but the applicants are much more educated, more experienced, and an all around better choice...

Which is why I have absolutely no problem with govenors (sp?) on ambulances. It is a great device for removing A PART of the idiot factor from the driver/ing equation.

Interesting choice of word...not really his thang, ya know...

And MEEEEE?????? WTF?!

touche!

I carry gloves and a pen in my pocket. Everything else I need is in jump bag or back of truck. Makes for lightweight carefree days....

Over the past 7 days, I have been following the ambulance crash log nation wide. There has been a significant spike in crashes and these are only ones that are reported. Unfortunately for this one, it involved an ambulance responding in emergent mode that Tboned a passenger vehicle that had the green light. Please remember everyone, drive with due regard. Lights and sirens are ASKING for the right away, they are not automatically given, nor should it ever be assummed. Slow down, complete stops, use good judgement. Not only is the woman dead, her family suffers of course...but also, the medics now live with the fact that they killed someone. They will carry that for many years and for what? Was the call they were responding to worth it? We will never know, but what we do know is now that this ambulance crashed, more resources were dispatched and that many more people were put at risk. One ambulance to handle the original call Three ambulances for the crash scene Three fire trucks for the scene (2 for extrication, one for LZ setup) 1 helicopter 1 supervisor vehicle unknown police vehicles Their mistake (the responding unit) just drained the system, pulled units from all over which surely affected calls in other areas, and took a life as well as injuring themselves. It makes me sad...AK http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman2/publish/...cle_32681.shtml 60-Year-Old Woman in Critical Condition After Car Collides With Ambulance - Florida The driver of the car, who had a green light, drove into the path of the oncoming ambulance A 60-year-old woman remains in critical condition after her car collided with an ambulance this morning in west Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Alice Upshaw, of Orlando, was driving a 2008 Toyota sedan north at 10:19 a.m. on Edgewood Ranch Road, approaching Old Winter Garden Road, when an ambulance heading east on Old Winter Garden Road crashed into the driver's side of her car, reports show. FHP earlier reported an incorrect age for Upshaw. Upshaw, who had a green light, drove into the path of the oncoming ambulance, FHP Sgt. Kim Miller said. Witnesses told troopers the ambulance had its lights and sirens activated when it ran through a red light, Miller said. The ambulance driver, 26-year-old Andrew Simpson, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Health Central in Ocoee. An emergency medical technician, 49-year-old Kamal Kamal, who was in the ambulance was also taken to Health Central with minor injuries. A student paramedic, 20-year-old Jose Velez, was not injured. There were no patients in the ambulance at the time of the crash, Miller said. Charges are pending and investigators have not determined who was at fault in the crash.

Quit knocking your wood mate, you haven't been gone that long from the missus yet....