Echoburger

I have doubled checked and this is what they told me: "Officers can run code at theri discretion"

Here in our city of about 360,000 people we have around 80 ( I think ) Police Units that are staffed to take 911 calls. Out of these 80 police units...exactly 13 of them are "PD AED units". They carry Philip HeartStart AEDs. When a Full Arrest call comes in...Fire/EMS are dispatched when 25 seconds. However...any time there is a Full Arrest, PD will do a broadcast over the radio and ask if there are any units with an AED that are able to respond Example : "Attention all units...we have a full arrest...123 Fake street in the 450's...map page 90Adam...Dispatch to any unit with an AED that can respond?" And...if there is a unit that has an AED...they will respond and get onscene as a first responder and attempt to defibrillate the patient. However...I have just found out that when PD units with AED's go on Full Arrest calls...they do not run code?! They will do a "Priority 1" Response...which is an immediate response without Lights and Sirens. My question is: 1. Whats the point of even giving PD units AED's if they dont run code 3 to full arrest calls? (besides the obvious :roll: a witnessed arrest) 2. Why do they respond non-emergency? To me...if someone is in cardiac arrest and a PD unit is 3 minutes away...it doesnt make sense to me for the PD unit to be sitting at the red light waiting when the poor guy is dying? Just wanted yalls opinions

I dont think so. It's called EMS because its EMERGENCY medical services not Non Emergency Medical Services.

Thanks to everyone who replied... and a special thanks to Dustdevil for all of your help. I appreciate you typing all that out for me. I believe that the high school that I go to has the ROTC program...I should be able to take it next year :wink: again, Thanks for all of your help everyone! :sign3:

What is the best way to become a paramedic? What classes in high school? Should I become a EMT-B before I go to college? What about EMT-I or even EMT-P before I go to college? What are the chances, benefits, disadvantages of working as an EMT in college? After college...what happens? Get married and work as an EMT? Echo needs your advice...thanks :wink:

"we were called to an asthmatic male patient. on arrival we realized he wasn't asthmatic just drunk. we got him in the back of the truck and i started doing vitals. after i had finished the patient clutched his chest and asked me to check his pulse again. when i did he started stroking my hand and stared at me with this huge grin on his face. my partner was laughing his ass off!! then the patient asked me to check his blood pressure again. when i did he faked passing out....right on me!! i pushed him away and did the sternal rub to "wake" him back up. when we got to the hospital my partner said if a patient rubs your hand it's ok to kiss him on the cheek. i got so much grief for that call!" lmao. That must have been a good one I havnt ran any calls so I dont know any funny ones...but... 1. One time I heard on a Pt report that the lady's Chief Complaint was "Im feeling funny" :?: 2. A homeless man "fell" and needed to be "evaluated" at a hospital. He had no injures but insisted on going to a Level 2 Trauma Center. He only said that because he didnt have a ride....oh well...at least he got diverted. :roll:

:?: For those that dont know im only 13 so I can assure you that my "treatment + assessment " is not right. :shock: Just for safety I think you should apply C-collar and backboard the pt for safety. Also if the pt is violent you might want to apply restraints per protocol. Get the pt's vitals and treat them accordingly. If there is nothing severely wrong with the pt's vitals I think it would be a low priority transport. Give 02 if sats are below 96%. Re-assess pt's vitals every 15 min. Try to keep the pt calm and radio a report in when you are about 10 min out from the hospital. thats all I can think of .

Well here where I am we only have 3 red light cameras (I think) but most (if not all) of our street lights have teh 3M OPTICOM, so if there is a medic or fire engine coming down the light will most likely turn green.

haha...that was a funny 911 call....I remember when I was listening in at my city's dispatch/911 center a lady called and said something along the lines of: "My husband has a gun and I want to get rid of it....what can I do?" and...they told me about another call when a guy asked for money so he could go to new york. lol :shock:

Here in my city, they call a "Signal 18" and wait for PD. Once PD arrives they have custody of the PT. and deal with the Funeral House, etc.

Hey everyone! Some of yall know me from the EMTcity chat room. I am a 13 year old (almost 14 ) that wants to be a FF/EMT-P in medical school. I dream of becoming a ER doctor one day. I live in the United States. On the side note: I am a good kid and I am a Christian...I guess I'm pretty mature for my age I want to work in EMS because you get to help others in need. My 2 favorite quotes are: and And just one more thing, I want to say thanks to all the people here on EMTcity especially itku2er and AkFlightMedic for being so nice and answering my questions. Take care everyone! :sign3: