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LOL the scarey thing is there are some people out there with this shit.

When I said I dont carry anyhitng, i should have made it a little clearer. I have one of those small car first aid kits, but i dont carry anything pro grade like some people do. I have a basic reuseable mask, a pair of gloves, and some bandaids. And IMO if you are going to step in while "off duty" i think you should identify yourself, otherwise you get joe blow who took a first aid course at work 3 years ago trying to tell you what to do. When I stopped for that motorcycle it was pretty obvious that there was a fire captain running across the median at me so i identified myself to him (it was obvious because he had his radio in one hand dispatching trucks to the scene). But honestly if i think there is someone who knows first aid there, in a urban or semi urban envrionment i dont think id ever stop unless its a mass casuality situation or again life threatning.

My self I carry nothing, I dont go looking for things like some crazy people. My firefighters freinds carry....NOTHING as well. It is a lot easier and safer to just active the 911 system then get involved unless it is the difference between life and death if someone dosent step in right away. I've step into a situation once, and it was when a motor cycle did a power slide on the 401 (major highway) infront of me, it would be irresponsible for me not to. The scarey thing was we were in a rual area and there was a voulanteer fire captain there as well, when the first non transport paramedic showed up and realized there were trained people on scene his exact words were "What do you guys want me to get you", my jaw dropped.......

While not an EMT I thought it'd be interesting to you to tell you what I carry on my person as a junior hockey trainer (jr hockey is about two levels below NHL). 1) Paramedic sheers, if you ever have tried I cut any hockey equptment off with anything else but good quality sheers or a hoffman knife you know why I carry expensive ones. 2) Nitrate Gloves, 1 pair on during the games, 3 in my pocket. 3) Gauze pads + blood stop strips. 4) Pressure bandages (1 of each size) for major cuts) 5) CPR mask with O2 nipple 6) oral airways, jaw thrusts and head tilts dont work with hockey helmets on very often. 7) penlight 8) Pop ice pack 9) Roll bandages x2 I carry all of this in a asspack, sheers go in a special easy to get at pocket since i use them the most.