Richard B the EMT

Back to "Whale Down"...Couldn't you use the phrase "Additional Manpower Required"?

PLEASE tell me you didn't actually say "Whale Down" over your radio comm links. While I'm not THAT overweight, and have never been to a car race (other than the Long Island "Distressway" during Rush Hour), I have been known to pack along a scanner to listen in to whatever area's emergency services sectors.

The long spine boards are usually in an unheated outside compartment, so we use, minimally, a sheet as an insulation between the board and patient, preferably a blanket. I have to ask, but...IV bag heaters are a good idea, but what about the fluid actually in the IV line? Doesn't the possibility of the fluid freezing, between the bag/bottle, and the needle in the patient exist?

Standard joke is, , but 6 Weeks is too long. Contact the class Instructor-Coordinator. Also, don't know if they still do it, but some classes would wait until after the allotted time expired for the test, and, for a small fee above whatever you'd already spent for the class, do "On-Site Scoring". It might still take you some time for the card to arrive in the US Postal Service mail, but at least you'd know if you passed or not.

I was unsuccessful in attempting to post some specific information, so I'll just tell you what to Google: 1) New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, item 115C. 2) New York State Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services, Chapter VI of Title 10 (HEALTH) of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations, State Emergency Medical Services Code Part 800 Emergency Medical Services 800.26 Emergency Ambulance Service Vehicle Equipment Requirements

Who is to say that the next Daytona/Indy 500 winning vehicle won't be based on the VW "Bug"? I won't, but I wouldn't rule it out, either. All automotive engineers are still at the drawing boards.

Say what? Just turm your left sock inside out, and it will fit as a right sock.

The voices in my head usually have such interesting ideas, but would get me in trouble if I followed through.

At least it's not Emily LaTella complaining about discussions on Flea errections. Turned out to be discussions on Free Elections (Never mind).

Dork rhymes with Fork, Quark rhymes with Spark. Meet you at Quark's Bar on DS9 after work. lol

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

#25 is supposed to be a Jewish curse, "You should have kids that give you the same headaches and heartaches you're giving me". I only express it as Jewish, as I learned that one through the "Jewish Experience", it might be the same in the Italian, French, German, Russian, or Apache experiences, just with slight wording differences.

Not really. If it became known a nerd was causing damage to someone who "damaged" them in the past, they could lose customers not involved with the past time Jock. I may be doing an incomplete or inaccurate quote, but sometimes just living well is the best revenge. Other than that, go Klingon:

Simple words, yet the biggest lie ever perpetrated on children, from kindergarten through 12th grade. I honestly don't know how I survived. Some crawl into their shells. Others hurt themselves, believing the lies their classmates throw at them, again and again, as to how stupid or ugly they are, even when they may, in some topics, actually be smarter, with these classmates trying to drag them down. Sometimes the "advice" is totally wrong. "Beat up one of the crew that messes with you". Nope, they have friends who will beat on you, either in the lunchroom or after school, plus, I never learned how to fight. Also, I was the kid who not only got beaten up to a pulp, but I was the one suspended for fighting. Mom drove me, one time, to the house of one kid who beat me up, but he had one of those mothers who stared down mom and me, stating, "My Lester would NEVER do anything like that!" (Sidenote: When Lester announced in class that he was moving out of the community, the other students applauded.) Unfortunately, things like this can, and will, result in another Columbine shooting incident. A few, as adults, get a satisfactory revenge. The "jocks" who picked on the "nerds" now pay them for their services as accountants or computer repair personnel. I had something to prove to both the world and myself, and I became an EMT. Then as now, I may not be the best EMT in the world, but I am competent in what I do.

Matter of opportunity. Tech 1's time available doesn't coincide with Tech 2's. Besides, sometimes, a person's just not got anything to say.

From the Myth Encyclopedia, http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Tr-Wa/Trolls.html I must presume trolls come in all sizes.

chbare, you must be one of those people who like math for math's own sake. I, on the other hand, am definitively NOT!

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were Atomic Bombs. Hydrogen Bombs are so big a blast, an Atomic bomb is the trigger. What I don't want to imagine is that type incident happening over a multiple "Glass Tower" city, such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Toronto, Paris, London, and any others that might be local to other EMT City denizens. They're lucky, as "ONLY" 1,000 victims, roughly 3/4 requiring ER services. Historical note: When the USAF Academy opened, they had a supersonic jet fly-over, who's sonic boom shattered almost, if not all, the new building's windows.

Wasn't my post. Tnx anyway

could you be a bit more specific?

"Emergency!", which aired in the early 1970s, is a reason many became EMTs, Paramedics, and Fire Fighters back then, as "Adam 12" led numerous people to become Law Enforcement Officers, in the same era. Me? I give recommendations as what EMS/FD related shows NOT to watch, most of which are off the air, anyway. "240 Robert": Followed the doings of an L A area Sheriffs Rescue group, with the nice touch of having the helo pilot being a woman, a rarity in those mid 1970s days. First episode, they use a winch on the front of their Jeep to pull the door off a wrecked car, grab the woman out, throw her down onto a long spine board, THEN start immobilization. They also slipped a stethoscope down the generously endowed woman's shirt, in a fashion that seemed to me more copping a feel than medical necessity. "Trauma Center": As strongman Lou Ferrigno was one of the Paramedics, they never needed a "Jaws Of Life", as he'd just rip the car apart with his bare hands. "Rescue 77": In a tunnel partially full of water, a Fire Fighter/Paramedic defibrillates a patient by doing a handstand on top of the patient, with the paddles as he fires the shock. "Trauma": Start with a Paramedic put back to work on a Medivac helicopter, on the one year anniversary of him being the only survivor of another Medivac helo crash. Make him a womanizer, but the only woman he can't entice is the lady pilot he's now assigned with. He also calls On Line Medical Control to advise them he's already done the procedure he was supposed to get authorization for, and arguing constantly with the OLMC doctor. This Paramedic and pilot also land their helo on rooftops and streets, with no security against someone walking into the blades, or leaving the aircraft unsecured against being stolen (not only stolen, but by a double leg amputee without prosthetics!). We won't get into stable calls that, instead of going by the 3 land ambulances, were transported by the helicopter, and the fact that San Francisco, the city where the show takes place, doesn't even have helicopters in use by the Fire Department.

un Let's start at the beginning. You're an MFR, which I'm guessing is a Medical First Responder. Good start, but as you don't have any geographic area posted, as I'm in New York City, none of us can do anything but guess what your "Scope Of Practice" is. We're from many countries on this site, and in some countries, my status as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic would translate to that of a First Responder. In other countries, a Paramedic might be on the same level as a Physician's Assistant in my home town. I'm in agreement with most of the postings saying you don't need half of the gloves, unless your intent is to supply a bunch of First Responders at a scene (incidentally, I'll take a few XL gloves, please). As an EMT-B in New York State, USA, I'm allowed to administer Oxygen, baby asprin, albuterol, and soon some pre-loaded autoinjector meds. My Paramedics have a longer list of medications and narcotics they can administer, both on standing orders, and after an OLMC (On Line Medical Control) authorization ("Mother/Father, may I...") I only know of a few Paramedics who carry their own drugs with them while off duty. I, myself, while I have a "kit" in my car, don't carry any meds, even asprin. The cell phone to call 9-1-1, 9-9-9, 1-1-9, or whatever the emergency number to the Public Safety Answering Point, is always a good idea. Someone sees a person working a streetside call, they presume in error that the "system has been already activated, because someone's already on the scene". Even if you do stop to help, call it in first. Some (or at least myself) refer to this as "Elevator Button Syndrome", exemplified by a bunch of people waiting for the elevator, but all think someone else pushed the button when nobody has. With my ambulance, I've stumbled onto streetside calls, where everyone is asking me why I took so long to get there, yet there's no record of the call "in the system", until I put it over the radio as a flagdown. As for carrying a "sharps container"? Prior to that, you might want to find where, when full, you are allowed to dispose of it. I know, as I have a gallon sized plastic milk bottle, full of injector pen mini-needles used for my personal medical administrations, and am not allowed to dispose of them at my Firehouse/EMS station, as the department pays by the pound for "Red Bag" disposal services. Other than that, the bag seems to be well thought out. I now make an often repeated request of you, Benasack2000. Please avoid acronyms and initials, as they might mean different things to different people., Spell it out, unless someone else on the string already has. One EMT of my acquaintance is also an accountant, and put up an ad for Electronic Data Processing, which she posted as "EDP Service". EDP also means Emotionally Disturbed Person, so you can imagine the laughter. We prefer laughing WITH other EMT City dwellers, rather than AT. WELCOME ABOARD EMT CITY!

Regarding us "Old Farts" taking over the City: (Anonymous) Just remember something else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFAzmH75Fs

Nancybell, I'm also an EMS retiree, but only because of an accumulation of injuries over 38 years (can't lift due to knees and back). Off the FDNY EMS Command's payroll for about 2 1/2 years, but my State "Cert" is good until 2015, and I keep a "kit" in my POV. Welcome to the City.

Which NAS was that? The "Weekend Warriors" flying A4 Skyhawks buzzed my house regularly doing "Touch and Go" practice at Floyd Bennett Field/NAS Brooklyn, NY, a few miles from my house. The field is now, from 1972, I think, the command area of the Gateway National Recreation Area, and I live 1/2 mile from the Riis Park/Fort Tilden sections