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Well, I post in two EMS forums and I don't remember seeing Spenac on the other site, yet someone was able to gleam our handles from someplace.

Ditto here. Edit: I am curious on who is posting under "Let stalk." PM me if you don't want to post in public.

Well, that thread just took a turn for the worst... I wounder who the snitch is.

There comes a point where there simply isn't enough room in the ambulance for all of the patient's stuff. That point lies well before I reach transporting TVs.

I couldn't resist posting.

Well, to be fair, that thread has kinda of been hijacked.

Your a day late and a dollar short with that link. http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=186694#186694 Yes, it is a sad, sad thread though.

To borrow a GIF from another EMS forum.

Well, there are two types of calls that come to mind. One, which I've been on, is the staff calling because they can't physically help the patient up (this was an assisted living facility at night, so there wasn't much staff to help anyways, and the patient fell in an elevator. The staff called us). The other type would be the staff ignoring the patient, which I would consider to fall under mandatory reporter guidelines, especially if the facility had a history of it happening (and I've reported facilities for less).

(assuming that he rode in the front for any period of time) Probably, at most, a stern warning considering that was all that has happened to providers who were reported for text messaging in front of a patient (as a side note, sitting on the far end of the bench seat puts you in view of my rear view mirror and I tend to write incident reports on people who text message with a patient in the back).

Of course, regardless of driving or not, why would any cell phone use be allowed except for contacting med control or dispatch?

I think they're being railroaded or have a history that's not being talked about here. I can see how leaning forward (albeit I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I have had to seriously lean into the cab area from the back. Of course, being on a BLS ambulance, the lockable "drug box" cabinet in the Wheeled Coach type 2s worked as a good document box) could look at a glance like both providers are at the front. Similarly, I can see both sides of the "he's lying" argument. The providers have one view of the events that contradicts what the witnesses saw. The witnesses could be wrong with what they saw or misinterpreted it. Hence what the witnesses saw conflicts with the providers' statement, but neither are lying about the events. Of course a simple solution would have been to use a clipboard case

The only reason that I can see for using a cell phone anytime a patient is around. I think that cell phone/radio/MDT usage essentially presents the same risk, and their use while driving should be as limited as possible. The real unfortunately thing is that people in general (EMS and otherwise) don't have enough good sense and fore thought to know when to tell the person on the phone to hold on a minute and to put the object down when the driving situation gets sticky. Of course there are worse things that I've had FTOs tell me to do while driving.

Ohm!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to give the impression that it was your site.

Any good g-chem or basic physics course should introduce its students to dimensional analysis, which is essentially all drug calculations are. Um, you're missing a unit there buddy.

I don't like it, but I also don't like the shock sites that post gruesome pictures (an example would be the now defunct ogrish.com). Just because I dislike something or find something distasteful doesn't necessarily mean that I'm going to call for it to be censored.

MDs represent the highest level of medical provider. Even though EMS personnel operate under direct orders (standing or otherwise) from the medical director and medical control physicians, the physician on scene is still a physician. This is why every protocol I've seen (not many, but more than 1) have a physician on scene case being handled through online medical control with the physicians talking to each other if possible. Similarly, most systems I've seen are willing to 'hand over the scene' to the physician provided that the physician rides with the patient to the hospital, doesn't give the paramedics any orders outside of their scope of practice, and the care rendered by the physician is consistent with the patient care standards already set in the system.

To view the picture, right click on it and select "view image." There are no bones in the penis, but it is not unheard of the break an erect penis.

I don't think you would need to worry about splinting since there is no bone to realign to prevent additional damage. Ice, position of comfort, and pain medication (if available) as well as emergency transport if circulation to the head is compromised. As well, I don't think handling the appendage would work too well, especially if the attendant lacks a y chromosome. This is not a situation where we want to see what pops up.

I saw something that at least appeared similar to that in Boston last week. (as an aside, what is it with ambulances in Mass going EVERYWHERE code 3? The amount of ambulances I've seen alone going code on the freeway while being passed by traffic has been astounding).

Still, isn't a fire truck arriving first just a sign that you need more ambulances?

You know, that is one thing that bugs me about the Orange Line. When I can look down the track and that the next station is an entire 2-4 minute walk away, I have to wonder who decided where the stops would be.

The NEMC stop drops you off right at the hospital instead of a block away. ER entrance is across the street and to the right (or you can go through the atrium).