Richard B the EMT

"Nobody knew how deep the water was, as I was with my head above water. Then, I told them I was standing on my buddy's shoulders..."

OUCH!

Can we safely presume that the Darwin Awards people have been notified?

http://groups.msn.com/PVACPeople/recentpic...&PhotoID=12 Actual photo of Richard B and little Lady J, in the helmets. Momma B chaperoning.(Somebody who knows how, put the picture itself into the string?)

I'm partial to a wooden, not aluminum, Louisville Slugger baseball bat, or a 9 iron golf club.

Forgive my nitpicking, Spock, but this runs a bit afoul of my "anti-non-standard-initialing" initiative. Does "DEM", as used here, mean Democrat (opposition of Republican), or perhaps it means "Department of Emergency Medicine"? I am in question of your logic in not posting what the initials stand for. Peace, and Long Life!

Put it on my account, as on no account am I paying! (lol)

Going back to Cujo for a minute: OK, no discharging a firearm within city limits, as I got the same law here in New York City. What about a bow and arrow, or a crossbow? Nope, can't do that either, even with the dog committing the crime, it's cruelty to animals. While I don't know if calling 9-1-1 was the correct action, I think I might side with calling the LEO precinct house, trooper's barracks, or sheriff's office instead. I'd flip back to the 9-1-1 call if you felt the dog might force entry to your home, and do someone a world of hurt, in the confines thereof. I was not there, so I am unable to make the judgement call here.

I am trying to recall my source, but I seem to recall, within this calendar year, reading a newspaper story about a woman, "in custody" of a "bail enforcement officer", who left the woman in a local jail for , shall we say, "overnight security". Neither the local LEOs operating the jail, or the bail enforcement officer, bothered to listen to the woman's protestations that she was not the wanted person, and had never been to the state where the bench warrant had been issued. On arrival in the warrant's original jurisdiction, the bail bondsman who contracted the bail enforcement officer asked who the woman was. It turned out that she was NOT the woman on whom the warrant had been issued! The woman is charging the bail enforcement officer, the bail bondsman, the LEOs from the overnight stay in jail, and their agency, with interstate kidnapping, kidnapping-conspiracy, assault, battery, illegal imprisonment, damages to her home (when the bail enforcement officer broke down her door), and dereliction of duty, as she had demanded, to deaf ears, to be fingerprinted as proof she was who she said she was, and not who the bail enforcement officer said she was, while in the mid-journey jail.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK!!! Damn, you just cured my hiccups. For life!

I am going to hope that I am misunderstanding you, or perhaps I simply don't understand, period. The movie standard phrase was, "Dead Or Alive". There, strictly called "Bounty Hunters" got paid for the delivery of the runaway, no matter if the person was delivered intact to serve jail time, or go directly to "Boot Hill". Somehow, I don't think the Bail Enforcer/Bounty Hunter, at least nowadays, gets paid if they deliver a dead body, nor would they want their recovered fugitive to die in their custody. I am unsure of the law, but doesn't it seem that, if only technically, the Bail Enforcer/Bounty Hunter would not want to be charged for either causing, or allowing, the fugitive's death through not getting said fugitive needed medical care? I speak emotionally, and probably not factually, that the District Attorney could charge such Bail Enforcer/Bounty Hunter with human indifference and/or manslaughter, if the fugitive died on their watch.

I have a contact with one of the EMTs connected with an FDNY EMS Explorer post. If you PM me your personal contact information, I can forward a printout of it to her, that she might contact you with further information such as you seek.

I would be a bit slower on "identifying" any individual as a drug seeker, simply because they know generic names for pain killers. I know a bunch of stuff (and presume many of the "city dwellers" do, too) because I read a lot, and watch Jeopardy! I also admit there is the possibility they might be drug seekers, but, without any further information to go on, I'll simply give the usual advisement of doing it "Case by case).

When You're weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I will comfort you. (Paul Simon, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters")

That is Bubba's DATE? Must have been love at first sight. Excuse me until I stop shaking. From fear.

If the dog is Cujo, yes. lol Actually, if a dog was playing jail guard on me, and not allowing me to leave my dwelling, the dog is preventing me from travelling, and holding me against my will, hence, a technical kidnapping? LOL again. But then, again.....?

Perhaps I missed this point in trying to follow the string. Has anyone mentioned allowing the self professed (state of the ocurrance, not of the state, no regulatory needed in the state) "Bail Enforcer/Bounty Hunter" to accompany their "prisoner" as long as the local LEO also accompanies you in your ambulance? I am aware, sometime over a year ago, we had a discussion on firearms in the ambulance (not carried by the crew or patient), and anyone wishing to return to that discussion should research the thread, and reopen it, if they feel they have something further to contribute ON THAT THREAD. (Trying to keep on track)

Wait a minute, Itku, isn't that first picture Bubba himself while at Attica Correctional Facility, NY State Bureau of Prisons?

I have not been in the chat room too often as of late, to notice you not there, but now that I know you've been sick, feel better soon. Then we can both go back to the chat room.

Ouch!

As a cooling off measure for our discussion, does anyone remember Lee Majors in "The Fall Guy"? (Not his alleged singing of the theme song)

I went to a site that does conversions, and they say

In my system, and probably many more, it is NOT just a 2 person crew. It is anywhere from 2 crews of 2, to 25 crews (or more) of 2, plus driver only specialty units at a Multi Casualty Incident. I am not going to quote, chapter and verse, what the FDNY EMS Ops Guide says, and it's probably copyrighted anyway, but it does spell out what, in general, is expected of EMTs, Paramedics, Lieutenants, Captains, and Chiefs. Someone already noted that someone has to keep the time sheets, order non-medical, disposable, reusable, meds and fuel supplies for the vehicles, or even see that the vehicles have been pulled from service and prepped that the repair shop can get them quickly for preventative maintenance, and the restocking of same on their return. FormerEMSLT297 can, if he feels like it, tell you what I probably left out for running the station, after all, he used to run mine. But I think you get the drift, even if he gives no further input.

Is anyone here a member of NENA, the National Emergency Number Association? I, for one, would be interested in a response from them.

"Scott" sees his partner doing incorrect patient care, and, instead of trying to correct the error, takes photographs with a cell phone camera of the error(s). Is that what is supposed to be what happened? If that is the case, "Scott" is committing malpractice by NOT taking immediate corrective action to help the patient under the duo's care. At minimum, both should be retrained, both the EMT making the errors, and "Scott" for the HIPAA violation with the camera. Worst case scenario is BOTH get fired. I went through the string perhaps too quickly, did the erroneous EMT have any consequences of the actions "Scott" photographed?