Richard B the EMT

Terr, YOU were supposed to bring the mayo, and Jonathan, add your peach preserves on your own plate, to personal taste!

I join the international EMS community in mourning. I've been trained to use the device, but have, luckily, never needed to. Personal but open sidenote to Gypsy: 1) Was he also a "Scadian"? I went, "garbed", to a few events, but never formally joined. 2) Are you a "Kyurgian"(spelling?) in the society?

Don't wait for me, as I am still trying to determine which is which, of Ed, Edd, and Eddie.

Guess I should have taken a business card from a vender at the convention I just returned from. He sells a device that "dry-sprays" a disinfectant into an ambulance (taped to an open window), sterilizing the entire interior in about a half hour. He also fronts for the Plymo-vent system, keeping vehicle exhaust fumes out of the apparatus floor.

NickD, did you do that video tampering? Wow!

Dust...in regards to posting #19 of this discussion, made by yourself: OMG, I didn't even realize what I said! I was not intending to be "pun"ny!

Not the way I was trained, and apparently also yourself. My commentary was for the "information" I already quoted from the NBC website:

I think they weed out the "dupes" by computer, only taking into consideration the calls registered in the CAD as having gone "10-82" (FDNY EMS' 10-code for enroute to hospital), or a "DOA/Not Removed",canceled enroute (10-87) or an "Unfounded" (10-90). I think it remains one call (each), even if it's a combined BLS/ALS call, or an MCI (Multiple Casualty Incident). I believe they can actually give you statistics for how each and every job that comes in has as it's disposition, broken down by day, week month, and year, and probably break it down by individual ambulance designation, too.

Unless it is on the newest ambulances, FDNY doesn't have backup cameras that I am aware of. It was standard equipment on my 2009 Nissan Quest minivan, and beeps when I get too close to anything while backing.

Season 2 of "Third Watch", Rosie O'Donnel played an EMT in one episode.

1) Lifting is going to be a big part of EMS work. Please take that into consideration, as I am sidelined by a back injury from, ironically, lifting a back injury patient. 2) Your veterinary experience might come in useful here in the EMT City, as we sometimes have discussions on dealing with animal interaction with EMS teams, and the patients they handle, such as pets or work partners (Police Dogs and Horses, guide dogs, for example). 3) Welcome aboard, if this IS the direction you want to go.

I think I read a newspaper article, just this week, that a lot of small airplane crashes had the pilot(s) "chit-chatting" in the cockpit, instead of concentrating on things directly related to taking off or landing. There is to be no "chit-chat" in cockpits below a specified altitude, per an order just issued by the FAA, if I understand correctly.

Oooo, "Newbie" fresh meat! Get the ketchup and paprika ready! LOL. Joking! Welcome aboard.

FDNY EMS Command, with the hospital based additions, and the subcontracted ambulance providers working for some of the hospitals as a part of the NYC 9-1-1 system, handle roughly one point three Million calls a year. I suspect that when the year 2009 ends, the new total will probably be closer to point four. I still believe for "Braggin' Rights", NYC may still be the busiest 9-1-1 EMS response area in the US. I yield that London, England, might be busier, on the international side. When I first started in municipal EMS in NYC in 1985, I signed on at 3 PM. If there were more than roughly 1,500 calls in the Computer Assisted Dispatch system, we'd had a busy day. Nowadays, by 3 PM, we're already past 2,000 calls. I am unsure of the figures, but I believe we handle about 3,000 to 4,000 calls each 24 hours, with exceptional events, like the blackout, spiking the numbers upwards of these numbers. I am of mixed thoughts of newbies coming into the FDNY EMS Command, talking of their home agencies being "busy", with 10 to 20 calls a week, as I don't know to pity them being eaten alive by the NYC call volume, or envy them their down time between calls back home.

As mentioned, the NAEMT (National ASSOCIATION of EMTs) doesn't have any such powers to wield. Perhaps you mean the NREMT (National REGISTRY of EMTs)? Would someone who is either EMT or EMT-P in the registry care to comment as to if they have any authority in this type area?

I read the article to Momma B, who commented with sarcasm, "The Policeman is your friend..."

If only when leaving the apparatus bays, I'd suggest you look back to posting #6 of this string. Other than that, does anybody have, on their ambulance, engine, or truck vehicles, one of those mirrors mounted on the front, that shows what is directly in the "blind spot" in front of that vehicle, as is required here in New York City, for Yellow School Buses? They became required after a school bus driver accidentally drove over a small student that had just gotten off her bus. (Please note that I am calling a bus a "Bus", and not calling an ambulance a "Bus")

The blond Paramedic stated that the reason she didn't become a doctor was that she didn't want to work with the MD A-Holes like the one that just called her an "Ambulance Driver". Did anyone note that our favorite whipping boy, Rabbit, appropriately yelled at the rookie EMT for practicing moralistic views, instead of triage, when the rookie identified the vehicle driver as a "drunk driver", later found to be a stroke victim? On a different note, while I have placed a patient (one time only) into a Bell Jet Long Ranger 412, like the one shown (on my Ferno 30, mind you!), does anyone know if the 412 could have taken 2 patients at once, with one of the ground Paramedics riding along in addition to Rabbit? That way, possibly, they could have saved both the stroke patient, and the profuse bleed patient.

There once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger. They returned from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger! (author unknown)

As noted... Amplifier? Should I buy this brand, instead of a Martin, for my electric guitar? Let's be fair, folks. Perhaps this is the local protocol in San Fran, which is the reverse of what I have been taught, and use, in New York City and New York State. Out of curiosity, does anyone have yellow for immediate, red for delayed, in their local protocols?

In a Utopian world, any and all agencies would cooperate fully with an outside agency investigating them. However... In a Utopian world, there would not be any deed needing such investigations. Fire him? Perhaps, with loss of any benefits. I feel certain that the lawyers for both the paramedic, and the newly mentioned assault victim, no matter what the legal outcome of any lawsuits against the LEO, are probably already forming up civil cases, with large dollar signs envisioned as both court awards, and their paycheck. Bernard Goetz, the "Subway Vigilante Gunman" who shot 4 men he felt were going to try and rob him, was convicted of the shooting, served time, and then was "hit" with the civil suit, which now has a quarter of any earnings he makes, goes to the worst of the injured of the quartet. If Bernie wins the New York State Lottery, say One Million Dollars, $250,000 goes to that victim. Did I mention that the worst hurt admitted in court that the quartet WAS planning on robbing someone?

Lone Star: That was you? Not your great grandfather? (Herbie1) Oh, a wise guy! Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!

You with chiropractors, and me with accupuncture, as they are against our religions. We are devout cowards. LOL

1) I actually didn't know the Memorial was a National Park area. I should have known that. 2) District of Columbia probably is full of them. 3) I'm going to have to review the tapes, but I trust your statement about the guy in the "Smokey the Bear" hat. 4) It would explain why the helicopter, seen doing the short haul rescues at the Air Florida crash at the 4th Street Bridge, was National Parks Service, not the DC PD.

I'm going to respond to a few comments already posted. 1) Helicopter Paramedic "going fishing" for a patient, any patient. Bad! 2) Ground Paramedic elevates an injured wrist of a good looking woman from a "Green Tag" to a "Red Tag", probably just to have the helicopter Paramedic have a good looking woman on board. Bad, bordering on evil! 3) Female Helicopter pilot comments that she didn't realize she was flying "Booty Airlines". Possibly the truest line of the show. 4) FDNY EMS EMD runs all 9-1-1 ambulances in the city, of which there are about 250 FDNY EMS Command ambulances, with several hospitals running their own ambulances (have the hospital name on the side of the vehicles) as a part of the 9-1-1 system. Some of the hospitals are actually subcontracting private service ambulances (have both the hospital name and the service provider, such as AMR or Metrocare). (Note that the figures are dated, the current numbers might be different).