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I don't think that education is the problem, so much as a symptom. Some diseases can be successfully treated with symptom relief though.

We're supposed to be medical professionals, so how about a haldol dart gun?

You mean the bad pay, crappy hours, and a scope and protocol that's limited by the lowest common denominator isn't obvious enough?

...but not Constantinople? /couldn't resist the reference.

Watt about him?

None that I know of. EMS personal already have enough problems with the electricity that they do carry. There's been too many shocking experiences in the past number of years than there already should have been.

Jump kits/jump bags is just another name for the bags used to bring equipment to patients during a call.

You know the... /Godwin'ed

http://www.emsresponder.com/print/Emergenc...he-SEEDS/1$7284 Extracts: ...and my personal favorite... With that last one, good luck inspiring advanced students with EMT-B class work.

Well, think about all of the money that they save by being all volunteer. http://www.fdmh.org/

Non-emergent Ambulance job=what ever you can fit in the O2 bag (NRB, NC, O2 tank, basic wound care stuff) and a steth/BP cuff for calls going to the emergency room. Waterpark first aid: Fanny pack with a minimum of gloves/gauze/face mask which was carried around at all times. Basics could add to that from supplies as needed. For example, I had 4x4s, a petrol dressing, trauma pad, googles, gloves, mask, gown, icepack, triangle bandage, gauze, antibiotic cream, tape, and sting-eze. You can fit a fair amount in a bag with a bit of organization. In addition, we had an Iron Duck back pack which carried pretty much everything found on your normal basic level ambulance sans transport equipment (e.g. back board) (O2 tank, NRB (ped and adult), NC (ped and adult), BVM (adult, ped, infant), wound supplies, cervical collar, small and medium cardboard splint, wound care supples, and a v-vac. In addition we had an AED in a hard case and an extra tackle box style trauma kit (only trauma supplies) that included mass casualty tags. I've often complained that the waterpark was more prepared to take care of patients than the ambulance was. Equipment (bags, wheel chair, backboard, etc) was brought to a scene on an as needed basis. The only constant was the fanny pack.

I would ask about critical care transports. How are they set up (designated CCT units or just what ever's available), do vent transports use RNs, medics, or RTs? Do they offer any CEs (make mental notes if they offer any not provided by your current job)? What is the makeup of their transports (percent of SNF->ER calls, for example. Not all non-emergent company calls are non-emergent)? Time off policy/shift swapping policy?

But Brain, where would we get a pair on monkeys and a clown at this time of night?

Do you want one fresh from the border or one that's been here a while?

Personally, I wouldn't mind name tags (screw the McDonalds jokes. Hospital staff wears name tags all the time and their working in a closed environment whereas EMS works out in public) as long as they're good quality. Name tags on shirts give a false sense of security. There's nothing stopping someone from wearing someone else's shirt. On the other hand, a good picture ID badge (not something anyone with a computer and a home laminator can make) can truly identify the people entering your home or office.

Well, 24 hour shifts seems to be the standard for the 911 jobs in Southern Calif... Oh, wait. You excluded fire chimps. Please ignore this post.

Best Godwin's law picture I could fine. There's much better ones out there though.

Why not the chair force? Aren't they "Above All" now?

or pre-meds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMT_basic_skills I think I need to bring out my [[prod]] stick again. ([[prod]]=propose for deletion)

Yea, I used this site to provide the levels. Hence the ETT and Defib Tech. Just wondering, do you have a link to something showing that Defib was phased out? Just wondering, could it be something that has limited use, kinda of like the California EMT-II (less than 200 providers state wide per one report online)? I wonder if it could be something that has so few providers that most people think it either doesn't exist or has been phased out. As far as the first responder titles go, the page might be changed to "Emergency Responders by State" and notes could be added for lowest ambulance provider and use of NREMT. That said, I'm a little bit done with that list for a while. Digging through 50 state websites is a pain in the rear. Edit: I just did a search on the "ttp://hss.state.ak.us/apps/EMSCert/ResponderSearchPage.aspx" page which showed no hits for either level...

Get me a link that I can use as a source from the website and I'll throw it up. Of course it is Wikipedia, so there's nothing stopping other people from editing it.

I was going to say something about the French system being different, but then

Because doctors on ambulances worked so well for Princess Di. On the other hand, I'll provide some nice job insurance in about 8 years for me.