Timmy

Stress less! Have a hot bath, drink milk, count sheep, go for run a few hours before you go to bed, don’t eat food high in carbohydrates before you go to sleep. I’m not sure what else I could add. The last year of school is crap but don’t lose sleep over it, I don’t lol.

In Australia its Law to stop at any motor vehicle accident providing that emergency services are not already on scene. You can be jailed or face serious fines if you fail to stop/report an accident. Even if all you do is call emergency services then that’s fine. As far as I know you can say “hi I’m an off duty paramedic, nurse, doctor, police officer’ whatever. Most people say they have ‘medical training’ and that’s fine, I’m not quiet sure whether you carry any I.D outside of work but I doubt most Australians would ask for it. In Australia if you provide first aid people can not sue (under the Good Samaritan act) you unless you have caused gross bodily harm or you didn’t gain consent/permission to take a look at them. I don’t think your service would provide you with any insurance if you stated you worked for them but as long as you’re only providing first aid and not dropping an IV or anything you’re covered by the good smarten act. Doctors can do what they please. Personally I’d stop at an accident providing the ambulance wasn’t already on scene, we also carry a ‘motorist first aid’ that I stole from my service lol.

Few things come to mind. -Staffing ratio, adequate staffing for competitors. -18 hours means you’ll need a roster. -Make up some strategic posts were you’ll place crews. -Staff welfare eg food and drinks maybe even a staff area/chill out tent. -Maybe some 4x4 Ambos or ATV response bikes. -Get some water rescue for the cannoning. -Good communication between crews, officials and check point officials. -Making sure all officials know how to get in contact with EMS -Everyone has a map of the area. -Make sure everyone is familiar with extraction from remote areas. -If you’ve got EMTs working you may want to consider having an IC response team. -Setting up a base medical centre. -Area for Aeromed evacs. -You may require sports trainers/masseurs. -Local hospitals are aware of event. -Having sports drinks available to aid with re-hydration. I really can’t think of anything else. It all depends on how big this event is. Good luck anyway.

Do standbys every weekend. What’s an adventure race? Give us some more info

:shock: :shock: OMG that would be insanely awesome!!!

I agree with Dust, talk to you PT. It’s really hard to offer any advice or devise a rehabilitation program over the net, it’s a very one on one thing as everyone is different and different things need to be taken into consideration. If you’re looking to maintain strength in your knee then look at stuff like weight activities and hydrotherapy, you’d be surprised how much moving your knee does in the water. Ultrasound therapy can help strengthen ligaments and muscles but I wouldn’t recommend it because of the post injury time period. It’s important that if you suffer any pain that you stop and RICE it. But again, you need make a plan with a professional. Take Care!

I don’t have any experience in set/movie first aid. Providing your own equipment seems a bit dodgy :? Doing independent work make sure they have insurance. Working at a night club your dealing with mostly alcohol, drugs and assault, as I’m sure you’d be well aware so be prepared to face any crap that comes your way and always take your personal safety seriously!

:shock: :shock: :shock: DEAR GOD! You poor girl! Are you feeling ok??

I guess I would agree with Wendy. I sit here and look at some other volunteer positions on a website: Transport Drivers Rail Redevelopment engineers Security Officers Registration officer Administration officer Communications Team Disability Careers Support young men Cleaner Music people People who speak different languages Medical Officers All of these jobs no matter if the person did a 2 day course or a 4 or 5 year degree are all volunteer positions. It seems that you Americans have a funny attitude towards volunteers. In my state most of our fire service is volunteer; we have 50 odd thousand volunteers and maybe 1000 paid staff. I had never heard of a whacker before I came to this site. Now my fire service is all volunteer, yeah we have a few ‘whackers’ but without those people we couldn’t respond. The fire service is VERY community involved were I volunteer and no matter how long it takes us to respond people are always grateful that we actually turned up to help them. In outback Australia I think most of the ambulance service and some of the professional health care services are volunteer but without those dedicated volunteer’s giving up there time to help other’s those people wouldn’t receive any medical aid and trust me, it’s a long walk to get help. I can see why people are upset by volunteers taking paid positions but really who’s fault is it? It’s not the volunteers but merely the service in which gets has a need from volunteers.

It’s easier to blame than to fix, isn’t it?

I can only base my opinion on what’s been said by EMS staff on EMS sites like this. One thing that is blatantly obvious is your attitude. I’ve never seen such negative bunch of people. I found it hard to comprehend why there is a need to state before posting that you shouldn’t ‘bash’ people for expressing there opinion, but now I know why. I could only imagine what would happen if people on this site actually decided to meet. Really, were to start? You guys have an enormous amount of stuff to sort before thing can run smoothly. Seriously, you guys know what you need; reading through posts there’s been some great suggestions. All that needs to happen now is someone to get of there fat ass and start doing it. Having not been to America nor have I any urge to go there I can not make any suggestions.

EMS music = depressing

I think Australians are a tad more laid back then you Americans. I ask questions all the time! It’s a great way to learn. While only a few times I’ve been told to shut my trap generally paramedics are more than happy and in some cases over happy to answer my questions lol. I’m not all in your face and know when not to ask.

Thanks for your reply everyone! Obviously I don’t respond to all pager activations, only the ‘bigger incidents’. Out of the 20 something times it’s gone off during school I’ve left maybe 4. Part of the contract means I must catch up on any worked missed even if it means sacrificing my lunch hour Main reason behind all this, most vols in my station work full time and with this new work place agreement Johhny Howard brought in they legally can’t leave if their employer doesn’t sign the agreement. Were suppose to have the trucked crewed with at least 4 members (for non emergency calls) before it leaves the station (we have 4 minutes to be on the road from the time of activation) hence its me, the stay at home mothers club and normally farmer Joe from down the road meets us on scene. Were the only urban brigade within 30 minutes meaning were the only guys who have BA, Hazmat, rescue gear ect. Say if there’s been a chemical spills, structure fire, MVA or whatever then were paged to backup the rural trucks.

Just interested to know if high school students (first responders/FF) are allowed to respond during class? I’m a vol firefighter, the deal with my school is – Pager has to be on low tone, I can’t respond or have my pager on during exams or assessment tasks. Other than that it’s just a short run to the fire station lol.

From watching a few other videos produced by ‘biomed’ it appears to be some form of sit comm. Check out there website http://www.911bio-med.com :wink:

I felt compelled to write something, I’m really unsure as to what yet :?

If a patient requires that sort of care then a nurse should be on board.

Like in my service and some private services have unmarked cars, mainly used for training and general duty stuff but are still fully equipped for events standbys and what not. They have a mini light bar that plugs into the cigarette lighter and magnetically sticks to the roof of the car but sits under the passenger seat when not in use. It costs maybe 200 bucks and does the job. Visible for 360 degrees and everything, unless your blind.

*rolls eyes*

I think the US should take away lights in POVs and make it illegal like Australia. If you’re needed in a hurry then your service should provide you with an appropriately registered and equipped emergency vehicle. There’s no need to speed either, it’s better to arrive alive.

Do you have planes for long non emerg transports? Your looking at all sorts of problems when you transport for that long like pressure sores ect.

I know of a MICA Paramedic who left his job here and went up to the mines to head a team of Industrial Paramedics. Were he was posted is about a 56hour drive from any form of medical help. When something happens they jump on the blower and speak to a doctor from the Royal Flying Doctors service, they either immediately fly a doctor and nurse (at least 8 to 12 hours wait) to the patient or refer them to a RFD fly in clinic they run on a roster in some remote community’s. While it would be nice to have a proper medical clinic with doctors and so on set up it really isn’t financially viable. I agree that most of the work is coughs a colds but it’s also no walk in the park when one of those 200 ton Tonka trucks rolls on a worker. You talk about education but really were do you draw the line? I don’t think it’s very appropriate for a first aid attendant, paramedic or nurse working on a mine site to be taught to diagnose meningitis or scarlet fever. Even if they could diagnose what could they do for the patient? If the employer wants someone that fits this job description they should hire a doctor. It is boring, the days or long but the pay is awesome, most mine sites around Australia pay anything from 150k to 250k, most work on a 2 week on 1 week off fly in fly out roster which means the company foots the bill to fly you back to were you came from for your week off, they pay for accommodation, food, you have access to gaming rooms, lounges, pools ect ect Like come-on, who wouldn’t want a job were you took home 230k clean every year. It’s becoming pretty common that mine sites and so on in Aussie Land and combing all the jobs a making it an ‘Emergency Services Officer’ position which mean the person is a trained paramedic, fireman, rescue officer and security officer. Depending on were they work they may be called upon to back up surrounding local communities. Mate, if you wana become a first aid attendant at a oil field then knock your self out. BTW, there screaming out for these types in Aussie Land.

As some of you may be aware Australia is very into bright reflective yellow safety vests. Paramedics have to wear them at say an MVA or major incident. But us little old first aiders have to wear them very time were on duty over the top of our white shirts. Apart from looking like a complete tool there impossible to keep clean. Even a minuet speak of dust shows up as a massive brown splotch. You can’t wash them a lot because it sends the reflective tape a discussing strange blacky grey colour so I resort to dabbing away with wet wipes. As for our bright yellow jackets, not only are they uncomfortable but even if you do wash it the dirt still doesn’t come out. You could only imagine the hard work we have to put into clearing our uniforms after a day in the rain at motocross. We cant get them dry cleaned either because there made out of some crap material that cant be dry cleaned.