Richard B the EMT

Stick with the "Double Tap". If it takes more than that number of shots, someone needs more practice at the range.

Timmy, you reminded me of a letter to the editor of a local weekly newspaper. Some crybaby complained that an ambulance crew was sitting in their ambulance, at the street corner they were assigned to wait at between assignments, with the engine running. Because it was a block away from an intersection where there had been a number of "Pedestrian Struck" deaths, the writer called the crew "Ghouls". Mine was not the only response to this writer, but all of us lambasted him for complaining about the crew keeping the ambulance patient compartment cool in hot weather, warm in cold, and keeping power to the radio, plus, they were where they were supposed to be. Also, complaining of them being Ghouls sitting at a frequent incident location, then having a fire house on a block would cause a house fire. Timmy: Were you on the scene of where the complaints were being made, or responding to the complaints from wherever your office is? The standardized lines of putting it in writing is always good, because if in the rarity of the crew actually doing something wrong, it keeps a record. Advising that the complaint will be investigated, and if so indicated, action being taken, is also a good idea. You also might make up a "format" letter to send back, indicating "Re your complaint, we reviewed the crews actions and found them to be following departmental protocols; if there is anything further, please contact us." Use only if that reflects the condition. At least the complainant "knows" someone took them seriously enough to write back. FYI, I went to the intersection where that ambulance was supposed to be sitting, but the higher-ups had already decided to move them a block or two away for between assignments.

Start a new string and tell us, "Pappy!"

If the pig gave it's owner mouth to mouth, while icky, THAT would have been news!

When someone sneezed, I offered a box of Kleenex, and said, "Tissue?" She responded, "Tissue? I don't even know you!" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A year ago, I was in a Texas bar, when a drunk cowboy pulled his revolver, and shot a dog in the foot. At the same bar a year later, the door suddenly slammed open, and the same dog limped back into the room. He pulled his own revolver, and spoke to the room in general, "I'm looking for the man that shot my paw!"(Pa) (Sounds a bit better if read sounding like Clint Eastwood.)

Gay or straight, I work with them, and after work we each head to our own respective homes, or appointments.

While I am unaware how this might affect someone's statistics, I have been assaulted on the job twice. The first time was an intoxicated man who didn't want me to put his seat belt on him. He punched me in the face, causing me a fat lip with slight bleeding in the mouth. Another crew eventually transported, but the LEOs declined to arrest him, saying it was the "alcohol talking". The incident was on removal of the patient from a private residence, and happened in the ambulance while still in front of the patient's residence. The second time was a female, intoxicated, with unknown recreational pharmaceuticals aboard, and had been pepper sprayed by the arresting officers. On transferring her to the hospital ER gurney from the ambulance stretcher, she kicked me in the stomach hard enough to propel me 20 feet away. She went to jail for the original crime of an assault of her wife, and secondly for assaulting the arresting officer's partner. I had raised my own complaint, but she was going to Rikers Island for the other assaults, anyway, and pleaded Guilty. My being assaulted by her was never mentioned in court, I was informed by the injured officer herself, a few days later. Original contact with this patient was in the front of the patient's apartment building, the assault was in the hospital ER.

Can you see the complaints being registered, "That damn EMT was so blase' that he was singing something from 'Saturday Night Fever' while doing the CPR to my grandma!"

As reported in this and other forums, and the trade publications like JEMS, fix the beat that you compress to, by singing the BeeGees "Stayin' Alive". Someone had it in their MP3 player, and let me listen while he did CPR on the "Annie". Damn, it worked!

Add another groan from Momma B, who read that over my shoulder. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Tommy asked Jamie what nitrates were. Jamie said "probably cheaper than day rates". ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( If we breath oxygen by day, do we breath nitrogen at night? Warning: TO BE CONTINUED......

Dwayne: If memory serves, a regular style Zippo would be allowed on flights that allowed smoking, as the fuel reservoir is not pressurized. A Bic "Flick", on the other hand, has the fuel in a see through fuel reservoir, which is under pressure. I will entertain speculation that the Bic is a potential grenade if there should be a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure, specifically, an explosive decompression, for both incendiary and shrapnel damages. My speculation is that the lighters are designed for use and storage in standard air pressure, from sea level, to Denver's mile high, not the 7 mile cruising altitude of a jetliner.

But of course. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Lone Star's last entry does explain why the fool got to be overweight. The signs all said, "Fast Food, Drive Through", and he did. He must have really doubled his entendre.

From the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/nyregion/31stolen.html?ref=nyregion Officer Discovers Stolen Police S.U.V. at La Guardia Airport By AL BAKERPublished: January 30, 2010 A police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who spotted a city police vehicle oddly parked at La Guardia Airport on Saturday discovered that the vehicle had been stolen that morning in the Bronx, the authorities said. The sport utility vehicle, a Chevrolet Tahoe, which was attached to the Police Department’s Highway Unit, had been parked by an officer near Pelham Parkway South and Cruger Avenue in the Bronxdale neighborhood and was stolen about 7:30 a.m., the police said. The circumstances of the theft were unclear and the officer was being interviewed by superiors, the police said. Sometime after the S.U.V. was stolen, it wound up in front of the US Airways terminal at La Guardia, where the Port Authority officer, Mohammed Anwar Sadat, spotted it around 8 a.m., according to a law enforcement official. Officer Sadat noted the vehicle’s position, but then responded to a call about someone in need of help. “He was being a heads-up cop,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing. “There was no reason to think something was awry. City police vehicles are sometimes on airport property, but he noted it.” Then, on a radio channel designated for citywide emergencies, Officer Sadat heard a report of “a missing Chevrolet Tahoe from the N.Y.P.D. in the Bronx,” the official said. Officer Sadat returned to where the vehicle was parked. Other Port Authority officers joined him. Inside the S.U.V., the officers saw a police shotgun secured with locks in the back, the authorities said. Next, the officers heard a description of the thief broadcast over the radio channel. The officers fanned out, and before long, they saw a man matching the suspect’s description talking on a payphone inside the terminal, the official said. When the officers approached the man, according to the official, “he says, ‘Oh, you got me.’ ” The man, identified as Anibal Lugo, 48, of the Bronx, was taken into custody, the official said. The charges against him were not immediately clear. “The Port Authority turned him over to the New York Police Department,” the official said. The officers searched the area and discovered two things in a bathroom near the bank of telephones: a piece of luggage that investigators believe belonged to Mr. Lugo and a police officer’s utility bag that had been taken from the S.U.V., the police said. There were no weapons in the bag. The motive for the theft was not immediately clear. Also unclear was why the S.U.V. was driven to the airport. The suspect had luggage, the official added, but he did not have a ticket to board an airplane.

If that is the situation, I'd just get my workman's compensation pay while recovering. However, if bystanders in the pool hall or the beer hall assault me while I'm working, while I was out recuperating on the workman's compensation, I'd have the LEOs arresting those who assaulted me. I don't know if there is an Australian equivalent, but if this happened where alcoholic beverages were served, I would also get the State (Provence, county or town) Liquor licensing authority involved, so the threat of a bar or pub having it's licence pulled would assist the bar owners and serving staff in keeping assaults on EMS/HCW from happening. Bars, obviously, cannot make money on booze when they cannot sell the booze in the first place.

Surely, you jest! But, that is why I set up this string. ...and don't call me Shirley! ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; The same fool I mentioned earlier thought the restaurant was closed. He saw their sign that said "Home Cooking". :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: When he saw the sign for the fueling station, he brought along an antacid. That sign read "Gas Ahead". ********************************************************************** When he heard the panhandler say he hadn't had a bite in 2 days, he bit him! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Little Jimmy was upset with his teacher: "She told me to sit in the chair in the front of the room for the present, and then she never gave it to me".

George Washington was the only President of the United States unable to blame problems on the previous administration.

In a discussion on a Polish bee keeper, who was nearly buried alive following a bee attack, Lone Star and I got into a battle of the puns. At that time, he declared me the one most "Pun"ishing (my wording). I hereby open a challenge to the entire EMT City to do a "Battle of the 'Pun'dits"! It will be a wide open "Can you top this" type contest. I'll start! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The fool threw the clock out the window to see if he could make time fly. He was arrested and accused of trying to kill time, but the lawyer convinced the jury that the clock had struck first. ================================================== The jester was always making bad puns, to the point the king told him, "one more pun, and I'll have you hanged". The jester couldn't resist, and told another pun, and was promptly arrested, and taken to the dungeon. On the day he was to be executed, he pleaded with the king that he'd never tell another pun. He went on so eloquently, that the king changed his mind, and had him released. The jester thanked the king, and said, "no noose is good news". So they hung him anyway! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My father said that Puns were only 2/3rds a joke= P U!

Directed at members of EMT City from Australia and New Zealand: If someone does get arrested within your respective jurisdictions for assaulting EMS officers who are just doing their jobs, what kind of monetary fines, or jail time, or preferably both, are we currently talking about?

"I SLEPT ON A VIRGIN ISLAND" "I'm a Virgin, but this is an old T-Shirt" "You're just upset because the voices don't talk to you!" I had one from a Dunkin Donuts in Aruba, saying to all vacationers, "It's worth the trip". And, showing the tropical birds, "One can't, but Toucan!"

I don't remember anything like that since Harvey Korman tried Not laughing, with obvious hard effort, at some of the antics being played on him by Tim Conway, back on the old Carol Burnett Show.

It was on "History Channel" and they neither proved or disproved the generally accepted version that it was Captain Brown shot down the Red Baron, as I recall from having seen that episode.

Dragoon, while I will neither confirm or deny my feelings re HHC EMS or FDNY EMSC being "the bastard child" of either agency (on this forum), I will confirm I know many who do refer to ourselves that way. As for that link on "Trial by Media", there, I say the article writer is quite correct.

Could someone enlighten me as to what differentiates T1, cable, and DSL? I say FiOS, and really am just parroting, I have no idea what I'm talking about. All I can say for sure is, when I got the upgrade to FiOS from Dialup, downloading most of the stuff linked here from YouTube went from minutes to seconds, and better quality. PS: I am on a Dell PC.

I have lost track of who still has troops "In Country" in both Afganistan and Iraq, but I wish them all "Good Hunting" of the "Bad Guys". I also wish them safe and rapid return to home, with no need to return while armed. Side note: It was supposed to have been a Canadian airman, Captain Brown, in defense of a newjack flyer, both under the command of Great Britain, who shot down the German Army Air Corps most famous flying "ace", Baron Manfreid von Richtofen (spelling?), better known as the "Red Baron", during the First World War. I am aware of the bravery of Canadian, Austrailian, and New Zealand troops, all service branches, in wars past.

Now using Verizon FiOS, big improvement over the old dial-up.