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At least you would think they have a list... I figured, well, I'll just zoom on to the Indiana EMS website and get a list. Yeah, well, there is no Indiana EMS website. They kick everything over to the Indiana Dept of Homeland Security. It was like a puzzle just to find this info.. No organization.. http://www.state.in.us/legislative/iac/title836.html < Click on Article 2 http://www.in.gov/dhs/fire/branches/ems/admin/index.html http://www.in.gov/dhs/fire/branches/ems/index.html

Oh? What about osteoporosis and other diseases that are oh, so common? Case by case, still have to look. Remember, if it hurts here, look here, here and here.. etc.

It is my personal opinion, that this is the best way to treat each individual patient.

Was the only injury a humerus fracture? The child died because of a humerus fracture? Did it go untreated, was the child left at home? Was there an artery lacerated, or a compound fracture that caused sepsis, or from a pulmonary embolism? Just to immobilize a humerus injury, would require the shirt to be cut away from the body. I've seen quite a few odd ball, and mid-shaft humerus fractures, the better part of the number were easily spotted with out much effort put forth. A more detailed account of the situation would be excellent!

Look under the furniture.. They always roll under something.

I used a short spine board in my EMT class, during the "gaining access/vehicle extrication" portion. That was the first and last time that I used a short board, in an emergency. I used it to prop up a portion of a bariatric patient whom was larger than the cot, however. According to the regional director, in Pennsylvania anyway, you can substitute a KED for a short board on the Required Equipment List. That's what we do, easier to clean vinyl, doesn't stain or absorb blood as easily as the wooden board. I see them as more of an infection control concern.

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137 Damn lions.. Good thing I wasn't in a cage..

They haven't seen any films made in Europe?

I usually don't talk about my personal life, and frankly don't pay attention to other peoples drama. If you do bring it out in the open, well then I guess you've got to be prepared for the ignorance or opinions of others and deal with it. Just don't rub it in anyones face. Three things I never want to talk about at work, Politics, Sex and Religion. They always end in someones feelings getting hurt.

I would say, you don't bring your work home; don't bring your private life to work. If they don't ask, you don't tell.

They have it on DVD at Walmart. I dubbed it onto a VHS and also threw Jim Page's The History of Modern EMS for some locals..

I always wondered what that joke would look like, played out on screen. Actually, it wasn't that bad. But they looked more like those city boys who pretend to look redneck. and the blonde telecommunicator was a nice touch.

All you can see sticking out of the wreckage is part* of a hand... Although; I dunno how this qualifies as funny stuff, unless you've got a f**ked up sense of humor.

Firefighters Prayor?

:roll: Oh my god. I had hoped you were being sarcastic, but I'm afraid you are not. That little "note" has been around for quite a few years, probably posted on here a few times before. Has the well of humor dried up on EMT City? It's not funny when it has to be explained.

museum curator. I collect rare 19th Century ambrotypes, and newspaper archive books. I currently own about six hundred archive books. An archive book holds every page of every issue of a newspaper for six months for daily's, and one year for weekly's. The average weight is 45lbs.

Yes.

We don't give out plaques, unless it's to a child who woke up a family and saved them from a fire or someone from the community who risked their life to save another. But we have a plaque in the station that we update each year, XX lives saved, etc. This will be the 153rd year for Fire, and 73rd for EMS. But we do have a picnic every year, alcohol free, it's a family event. Alcohol and emergency services don't mix, leave that at home. We give out hats, shirts, uniforms, new PPE, coats, etc. to try and keep morale up. But in this type of organization, it's bound to become a PITA eventually. You can only give some much of yourself, I enjoy it and that's why I do it. I usually trade the shirts w/ companies around the world. Ireland, the States, Canada, UK, etc.

I only told you what the call was for, I didn't think it was necessary to run through the whole call. The dispatch center will follow through all calls, no matter how asinine. I personally think they hate us, but that's neither here nor there. Just covering their own asses. If the patient won't tell them what is wrong, they either label it as an unknown medical, or an unknown situation. One gets PD, BLS and ALS. The other gets BLS, the unknown medical. That is what we were called for, and it should have been transfered to a hospital for an routine transport vehicle. However, they don't come out at 5am. We can't refuse to transport someone, we can limit their choices to where they can go.. We're not a taxi service, and we don't do favors. That's what neighbors are for.. They can go to a hospital. That's all. We don't do transports to clinics, nursing homes or the post office. And we don't return patients to their homes. The hospital based ambulance services do all of that. We offered to take her to the nearest ER, and that was it. She got fussy, so we offered to have the state police come assist her. She refused care and transport, and didn't call us again. But, that didn't change the fact that what she did was abuse of EMS, especially given the time of day and weather. It would have been different if the storm posed a threat to her health and well being, but she had no reason to call, at all.

:cussing: We got stuck a half mile from a patients residence during a blizzard in 2002, and had to walk in to the scene. She called b/c she didn't feel safe driving (neither did we), so she needed a ride to mail some bills. She thought if she called an ambulance, we could take her to the hospital, since the electric company was on the same street, she could just drop it off there and stay at the hospital until the storm was over, then we could take her back home.

Sounds fishy to me too.. So, here ya go. A Pennsylvania EMT Card, edited for security.

A local chief calls his ambulance, on the air, the "gut box". I can't stand that sob anyway.. But that is just so annoying, it makes me want to go to the scene hit him with some large, blunt object.

Now that.. is cool.

Never mind. Why waste the server space.