Chief1C

Huh?

or a hammer to the back of th..... ah, well, never mind.

Same here, but we will not take an Inter-facility, non-emergent transport request, unless it's made 24 hours prior. Otherwise, all dispatched calls have the priority. That being the case, the local nursing homes have either purchased their own vans, or contracted w/ a service.

Nursing homes should have contracts w/ paid, transport services, to do their Non-Emergency transports. "911" Ambulances, should not be doing Non-E transports. It's a waste of resources and manpower. This is where many paid services fail, and go belly up, they expect a lot of Non-E business to pay the way, but see that a lot of people had that idea. Little more business can never hurt..

It accounts for the size of the cylinder. Of course every one holds more or less, accounting for type of construction. e.g. Steel, Aluminum, Carbon Fiber. Really can't say any more than that, I usually don't pay attention. We use both D & Jumbo D, easy to carry, store, etc.

An ambulance staffed by a Vol. EMT and a Cop.. You're not in New Jersey, are you?

No, no.. I was being sarcastic.

I'm allergic to patients.

Wouldn't he expel the alcohol after he "passed out"?

I've heard of people putting drugs into their rectum so they are absorbed more quickly, and less painfully than snorting or injecting them. But alcohol? On a tampon? Wouldn't a vodka enema be easier? Sick. But you KNOW someone would try that. :?

Can't say I've ever thought of checking for that...

The patient is a conscious and alert, hearing impaired, 82 y/o/m. 00:45

If he'd spent the night dancing to the bay city rollers, this wouldn't have happened!

Was the patient sleeping on the chair, in a manner that would suppress blood flow to the paralysis area for an extended period of time?

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The patient appears to have fallen 25 feet from a fixed hunting stand. Clock: 00:15

Chastity

I do. Throw them away. I've only found them useful for bleeding control, but saran wrap works just the same.

We didn't start the fire Billy Joel

We don't start inter-service pissing matches, but we make it clear that we're neutral in terms of the crime and only there for the health and safety of the victims. If the cop has an EMT #.. They can recall us, or if they are willing to take responsibility for the life of the victim, they can. However if there is any reason to second guess their decision, we continue in, and ask that the in-charge officer sign something. If it's a situation where no services are needed, at all, a non-reportable crash, we'd cancel. Either way, we rolled/stood by/canceled, still have paper work to do.

Rural, 5 days old.. I'd get some wings.

Google

The medics are dressed like an ambulance attendants from the Leave it to Beaver era... Otherwise. Kinda funny.

Pfffttt.. We get directions using landmarks or names of people who date back sixty years.

They race out houses here..