Don1977

Hmm, Ill have to ask around, might be.

My service has 2 bariatric stretchers that can hold up to 1600 lbs a piece, and trust me we use them damn things almost everyday. I have been sore after a few fat asses, but never pulled anything, yet.

The majority of calls here are elderly falls or the drunks that get beat up.

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THANK YOU! Agree....somewhat! If they are violent then I feel we should not transport them PERIOD, with or w/o restraints. Throw them in the paddy wagon and ship them to jail.

Wow.....

Wow, dust, Iraq must be getting to the brain... I don't know what dream land your coming from, but here we are well respected. The town im a fire fighter with has a paid crew and we are the volunteers that COVER THERE ASS, the boro likes us more because we are not cocky and arrogant and we do not have a budget that is killing the town like they do, in a few years they will be by the wayside as council told us last month. We get more RESPECT...hmm..theres that word again..then they do. I put my bunker gear on the same way they do. As for the town I work in in the EMS side, yes paid EMT, volley FF, we are respected...wow...that word again..their recognize us at all times not just when the drunk idiot is bleeding, but at the store as well getting dinner. My point is the shit about "paid is professional" is a crock, we are all pros, whether paid or volley, or we would not be in our departments/services.

Never said anything about being a hero or an ego trip . Fuck the IAFF. I have my opinions about them too. I do the same thing a paid FF does, I put my gear on the same way they do, only there paid im a volly....

Thats mild compared to the Nursing home's here

Hmm, so as a volunteer fire fighter Im not professional? Hmm, interesting. Try "career" fire fighter. Volunteers are professional too, get more respect because we don't get paid to do it.

Thats why EMS should not deal with psyche emergencies!!!!! Police matter! Like I said before!

Um....wow

If you tell me you dont want transported or treated, I don't argue, cya! I will tell you what could happen and that jazz and to call us back if you change your mind.

We have a town here in Pittsburgh area (Monroeville) that has those, useful, especially when i found out that the strobes lights on two of our trucks sets them off!

Fire monkey??? Didnt know I was an animal. How about "firefighter"

Just like an interfacility psyche transport, call a damn taxi or for the violent person have a county sheriff do it in a paddy wagon. What am I going to do for a person wanting to kill someone??? sounds like he needs to go to jail. Heres a patient of mine the other night... get a guy who has been in jail a year, gets released 1 friggin day, goes to work, fights with a guy, literally pushes him off ladder and beats his ass...and the guy "needs psych help"!!!!! BULLSHIT!!! He needs to go back to friggin jail!!! the man has Homicidal Ideations! WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT ME TO DO?!?!?!!?!?! Transport him in a police van!! Allegheny county Sheriffs don't do anything, let them transport them!!!! Most interfacility transports here are for upgrade of care or insurance reasons, most are legit.

Pittsburgh EMS has had 2 medic cycles for a while now, they use them at special events.

I totally agree!

Eye for eye! You want to kill people by shooting them in head, then thats what should happen to you, USA is too lineate!

I am actually happy as an EMT. I know people who have taken it 4 times and haven't passed yet, I don't know what there reasons are for not passing. I don't have the money or time to keep taking it, and thats the problem I have now, no time or money to do it. My company will help im sure, but its a two year commitment, I cant promise them another 2 years, never know what the future leads. Thanks for everybodies input.

I agree with you...

I here this everyday where I work, other companies get calls and its "station xxx acknowledges call, standing by in station" This happened just 20 minutes ago for a odor of natural gas at a sewage plant, VFD arrives with an active gas leak, and of course the EMS is standing by, VFD gets mad because thy arent tehre and requested them to the scene, the EMS was kinda mad they had to respond. Now I have to respond to every call my VFD in this town go to. I agree with taht. Sure it could be a wire down or small trash fire, or the 5 alarm building fire or train derailment. I feel that no matter what it is, ANYBODY can get hurt, so why not respond. Isnt that what you are there to do?? Isnt that what you are paid to do??? So sorry if taht brush fire interupted your precious playstation game or the 4 AM CO alarm interupted your sleep. GET OVER IT! thats what you get paid to do! It just shows me who is lazy and who is not! Now what are your opinions about this??

I've been EMT 6 years now and Im still not ready to take Paramedic, I want to take it when im well and ready, i dont want tio be one that takes it 10 times before tehy pass it...

I havent had a big enough fire here yet, but I bought bottled water for fires and big shit that may happen here, I am also a member of the Emergency disaster services, so as soon as it is a confirmed working fire, upon my arrival, I will call a canteen in, especially in extreme temperatures.

We had an EMT here tell anotehr new employee that after every patient you fix up the stretcher and make it perfect.....and put a mint on the pillow, like a hotel. Well, the newbie fell for it..................................Starlight mints are good!