Chief1C

A&O? Confusion? Too many HTN pills?; BGL? I start to have similar vitals when I work out on a hot day w/ out snacking periodically.

You're a 24 year old Paragod from New Orleans.. and a 15 year old surfer from California?

Maybe if the law enforcement system actually prosecuted and followed through with blatantly prank 911 calls, it would drop a bit? Say, a kid calls in a fire, as a joke. It's a known fact, that by pulling a fire alarm, you can be subject to a $5,000 fine.. or two years in jail. How about actually fining them, or sending them to jail. It may be cute when a three year old dials 911 for the first time using a phone, but on their second try.. Fine the damn parents. Keep the phone out of reach, like you would a bottle of pills.

Never mind.. your Myspace link was wrong, its llttlff.. Otherwise, you'd be a 17 y/o from the Cheese State.

That's just f*cked up. Why protect someone like that, sounds like sexual assault to me.

Well, then it's clear... We need to change our number!

I think you're kind of over reacting to a small town "aww isn't that cute", fluffed up for the front page, story. The state allows full certification, at that age. If you have teenagers that have it in them to do it, well, that's not always a bad thing. I dunno, maybe it's just because I've had a really bad day, but I'm not seeing the evil in the story.

Swoyersville, in PA's Wyoming Valley, is like a little suburb, rather than a city. It probably means to homes around the town. I used to do the same thing.. We don't have highways here. We have the "main road".. and dirt roads. But I went to the firehouse, as that's down hill, and all the homes are up hill.

Our Regional EMS Officer purchased an ANSI extremely reflective and blinding green vest for every responder. I've worn in a few times now.. and.. you need sunglasses to put it on during the day. They go for about $43 a pop.. and of course, there will have to be a sudden $20 mark up b/c it's a federal mandate. Won't have any limbs left. What we don't shovel out for fuel and over priced first aid equipment, we'll have to hand out to over priced government contracted manufacturing companies.

I can't even watch ants on TV w/ out scratching.. But I found myself, subconsciously scratching, as I was reading the part about them burrowing. Of course, this story would be much better, with pictures!

We bill the patients; and run a subscription drive. But mostly, the fee for transport pays the bills.

Better those, than them damn shoes with the wheel that comes out of the heel. I don't have much of a problem with people drumming up business for us.. But lets try and avoid Paediatric trauma.

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Paul McCartney is dead?

The difference between rural and urban EMS is... Time. People are farther away from EMS; EMS is father away from hospitals. The nature of the calls is basically the same, however, in smaller areas, people are more likely to only call when its necessary. Time can be a real bitch sometimes too. BTW.. Welcome to Chat. 3PN :roll:

They would suffocate in those...

How about a case of tooth paste, instead?

If everyone under 25 was forbidden from EMS, many systems would have some serious staffing issues. While I would give a 16 or 17 y/o EMT a chance, I think that's too young. I had to take a CPR course in high school, twice, to graduate. It's a requirement, as part of the local physical education curriculum. I would highly recommend that every man, woman and child take a CPR course, and at least standard first aid; so they could render proper aid if necessary. Local "Fireman's Relief" organizations offer the EMT Basic course for free, to high school aged, children. Very, very few take advantage of it.. and those that do, even fewer stick around to use their skills.

Most of that was sarcasm, even though you can't read sarcasm, I was hoping it was obvious.

Yes! How dare they allow someone to break in and steal the apparatus. As should the person who built the fire house, and the person who installed the door, and the company who made the door; and the person who owned the land, from which the resources were taken, to make the door, firehouse and truck.. As well as the parents, who made the cadet. It was all likely caused by gun violence on the streets of LA, video games and loud rock and roll.. So, we should include anyone that fits into that category.

Nothing new.. Happens often. Although, they should charge the offending person with a count of endangering a life for every citizen in that community. I say that around here, if someone does something to purposely cause harm to an emergency vehicle, they're putting the whole community at risk. You can't say when the next emergency will occur, what it will be, or who the victim will be; so you have to be prepared. If you lose that equipment, anyone could be affected. So, they should be charged as so. May seem harsh, but I'm in favor of people getting a punishment that fits the crime they chose to commit.

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There were words?

We've hit a deer, responding L&S at full speed, totally creamed the brush guard, and tore the deer in half. Literally. Coming home from a late night call, I was asleep, heard the back up alarm then.. WHAM. We had the bay door folded around the back side of the ambulance. Pulled ahead, and the whole deal collapsed, throwing springs and pieces of gears all over the station. Funny story, not an ambulance; Back in the day, before half our town was turned into a parking lot; there was benches along the street. I was sitting there, talking to my barber. There was a garbage truck across the street. He pulled forward, got pinned on a stop sign, backed up, bent it over, pulled forward, bent it the other way. Backed up again, snapped it off at the ground, pulled forward, hit the curb, back up, blew one tire on what was left of the sign post. Backed up farther, off the curb, and... down onto the sign post, blowing another tire.

Great? It wasn't great.. It was awesome! That was hilarious! I love that show.