Richard B the EMT

FDNY Certified First Responder-Defibrillator Engine companies, and FDNY EMS BLS ambulances carry the Philips HeartStart FR2+ AED. I am forgetful as to what defib the FDNY ALS units carry. I understand that some NYPD patrol cars are carrying the same, or similar, models, as are units in the Nassau County PD, and, I think, some NY State Trooper cars. Can anyone verify the LEO organizations as carrying defibs in NY State?

CRASH! Actually, I saw that in my own dog, years ago. It is more common than you think, to have a dog sleep running. Perhaps the dog is dreaming of chasing a rabbit or other small animal, and it's body is following suit. Actually, "Lady" ( a German Shepard based mutt) woke up with a yelp, and a quick turnaround, until she realized all was well, and she was in my living room, unthreatened. Perhaps she was having a nightmare?

While I admit I didn't hear any of what happened prior to the female being taken down, on viewing the video, both on the Television newscasts, and the link here, the officer who punched her when she was already cuffed acted outside of professionalism, IMHO. While I understand why he might have done that, I emphatically do not condone it. Also, a point to consider: My girlfriend weighs about 100 pounds, at five foot 2. However, much larger men and women in her Karate Dojo are afraid of her when doing competition. Find and file that under "Big Surprises In Small Packages", hence, that is why LEOs have to act quickly, when they take action.

While I have no idea if they are selling any of their ambulances or mini-pumper companies, you might want to contact (via Google for contact information) the Roxbury VFD & Rescue, the Rockaway Point VFD & Rescue, or the Point Breeze (possibly also listed as Breezy Point) VFD, for help. ALL their apparatus has 4 wheel drive, as they have a lot of coverage area in off road sand. If they are not selling any of their equipment, they can probably put you in contact with those who purchased their equipment in the past, who, in turn, can advise as to location and availability of equipment that meets your requirements.

"Treat the patient, not the machinery" is a mantra I learned when NY State, and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation EMS, first went with the EMT-Defibrillation program. A good thing for all levels of responders to go by.

On the ducks fighting the fire fighters: They were protecting their nest, or the birdbrains (the feathered ones, that is) thought the ball was an egg?

I'd be questioning why anyone would put food in an area where the food could get cross-contaminated, and then ingested? Of course, there's always the story of the med student got sick from ingesting a lab sample he mistook for an exotic foodstuff... And I'm told a family member used to be a mortician, fired an aide for putting his lunch bag into an unoccupied cadaver refrigerator drawer. Jokes aside, don't store food, even for a short moment, in any area or storage, where any sort of "Nasties" might grow. As for the stench of rotting food that was supposed to be frozen, I've had at least 2 deep freeze food storage units in the basement die on me, discovered when looking for what might be dinner the next night. Ever seen, or worse, smelled, a moldy green 20 pound turkey? A 2 week old decomposing DOA smells better.

At least I learned that Benadryl might have a dye contained in it, that might trigger an allergic reaction. Thanks, everyone, now continue the discussion, that I might learn more!

Not necessarily a medical thing, but either try to contact the child's parents, or get the LEOs there to put the child in some kind of temporary protective custody. Not the first priority, anyway. Grampa is.

1) Someone enlighten me as to the Swan attack? 2) Don't forget the jetliner that did the "Splash-landing" in the Hudson river, after the Canada Geese flew into the engines. Continued kudos's for Captain "Sully" Sullenberger for that incredible landing with no loss of life of any of the 150 souls aboard. 2-A) Canada Geese, not Canadians. Canadians are a whole bunch friendlier than those damn birds!

I have never really been a good student, but did quite well in English (as notable in the number of postings here), and Music. However, my math skills and my Foreign Language studies (Spanish in public schools, Hebrew in religious school), then as well as now, still leave much to be desired. Due to my low math skills, should I not have become an EMT? I've only been doing it for a short time, specifically, from 1973.

On a separate string, there is a discussion on the (alleged) virtues of diesel versus gasoline power plants in ambulances, as Ford is reintroducing gas powered V-10(?) engines for the 2010 model year. This might be better answered by personnel who have more than the basic Hazardous Materials Awareness level of training, which is where I currently am at. I admit to not really knowing much about any car/truck engine repair, but presume I am not the only one with that particular educational lacking. Someone on the string mentioned that, in a potentially explosive atmosphere, it was under a federal mandate (in the United States), that Emergency Response vehicles should be diesel powered, as there is danger of the spark plugs and/or electrical system of a gasoline powered vehicle igniting explosive fumes. 1) Could someone give both quote and link to this mandate? 2) Could a plume of a potentially explosive vapor be triggered into an explosion by some random spark inside a gas fueled engine? 3) Could such vapor plume cause an explosion by being sucked into the air intake of a gasoline powered engine, and "flash back" through the air intake from the spark plug inside the engine? 4) As diesel engines use a non sparking gizmo called, I think, a "glow plug", referring back to question 3, could the diesel engine cause an explosion via the air intake, as previously described? 4-A) If it isn't called a "glow plug", could somebody tell me the real name, and how diesel engines generally work? As always, in questions like this, asked by your humble servant (yeah, riiiight! the man, the myth, the legend in his own mind, HUMBLE?), I thank, in advance, any and all who respond with legitimate answers to these questions.

I'm similar, but from a 1967 Superior Coach 54 Caddylance as my first, back in 1973. Both the Miller Meteor and Superior caddylances gave most excellent smooth and fast rides. In addition to the reliability of the diesel engines (which appears to be questioned here?), there was a time when the diesel fuel cost a bunch less than gasoline. There is also, now, the apparent lack of meeting clean air standards with diesel, which are probably tied in with the Ford Motor Company's decision to offer gas powerplants again.

I mentioned getting medical care when in a foreign country. I have 3rd party medical coverage. If I'm getting ready to travel internationally, I ask the insurance company, and on their recommendation, would buy traveler's insurance that includes in-country medical care, and medical evacuation back to the US if needed. I don't have any plans to leave the US except on vacations.

1) New York State is a mandatory reporting state for suspected child abuse. LEOs, EMTs, Paramedics, Teachers, and probably Fire Fighters, are mandated to make such reports. 2) Speaking to the subject of reporting illegal aliens who happen to also be patients, would that not violate the HIPPA standards, rules and regulations?

These items just in, from the New York Post, at link http://www.nypost.com/news/weirdbuttrue/weirdbuttrue.htm WABC-TV7 Eyewitness News did a report on the first of these 2 items, but I cannot get their website to cooperate for another link.

Hopefully, you'll be posting. Welcome aboard.

I think that there is a Pandora's box here. We are talking about undocumented aliens, questioning if care should be rendered (Yes, it should!). We cannot live by "what if's", but how about the non English speaking foreigner, who falls victim to a common street mugging? Without entering the discussion of other countries medical care (which will be a big time separate string to follow), if I was visiting a different country, and got sick or injured, I'd want medical care, no matter what my entry status to that country was. Would they supply it? Probably.

For the record, I hope everyone notices when I indicate something as local protocol, I emphasize that it is local protocol.

In science fiction books and movies, we have already had robot porn, and even sex with robots. Nobody remembers the movie "Westworld", where "nothing can go wrong." "go wrong." "go wrong." OK, that was a repeat of the movie gimmick. However, James Brolin and Richard Benjamin's characters both had sex with prostitute robots in an 1880's western town setting, before Yul Brenner's Gunman robot shot and killed one, and wounded the other.

Backtrack for a moment, please? The patient has no notable fever? Can anyone enlighten me as to how fast a fever can "break", as I want to know if the patient had any fever, while having the seizure episode, as, due to the age, I'd be thinking febrile seizure?

I'm "Grandfathered" in to the FDNY EMS, from the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation run EMS. I do know, however, that for both EMS and fire fighting, they do some kind of Psych eval as a part of pre-employment.

Try sun tanning in your backyard, or on "tar beach" (flat roof usually on multiple family dwellings, as in the song "Up On The Roof") when the temperature drops below 30 degrees. THAT remains unregulated, and unregulateable.

As someone with a 26 gallon fuel tank in my Venture, when fuel costs started zooming up to almost $4.00 per gallon after Katrina, I was already paying by credit card at the self serve pumps. My problem was, the pump would decide that I had enough when I got to $50.00, and shut down, leaving me with a 3/4 full tank, and paperwork headaches. I eventually started bringing the card inside to the attendants, and told them what the pump was doing. Their brilliant idea was to put the card in again, as a second purchase. No. I record the date, mileage, place of purchase, amount of fuel, and cost. Why should I have to do double entries? Or, why should I have to keep refueling with a half a tank, instead of getting down to 1/4 tankload? I get roughly 412 miles per fillup with combined city/highway driving.

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