karieduckworth

lmao... Gatta love redneck thinking!!

Ok, what in the world was he thinking? It ain't called a STUN GUN for nothing!! Ok, I will give him credit though, if he had not done that I would not be laughing so hard I am crying. Thanks for the laugh man!

oppss...thank you JP...didn't see you fixed it before I copy/pasted the story. Guess I am still learning. -10 points to self for totally messing this forum up

Ok, sorry all...how bout I just do this. I will just copy/paste the article. Fire Response Run Around Why protocol allowed a Mid-Missouri home to burn down. Moberly fire district protocol leaves family with a total loss A Mid-Missouri family is homeless after their house burned down and they say one fire department just watched it happen. The fire started from a space heater in the home that sits just a tenth of a mile outside Moberly city limits. The Moberly Fire Department says it couldn't respond because the home is outside its jurisdiction and instead the family waited for other units until their home eventually became a total loss. "I've got a 7 year old son, the only thing he was worried about was his pair of K-Swiss Sneakers because they make him run faster. My four year old was worried about his video games. There is nothing left in my house, nothing," said homeowner Dennis Price. The night of the fire Price's wife called 911. That call went to dispatchers in Moberly who alerted the Higbee Fire District. But officials say there was confusion about whether Price's home was within the Moberly city limits. So a Moberly fire truck responded as well, that truck arrived to the area first, but because of protocol was forced to sit at the city limit line. "They told us everyone was out of the house and it was out of city limits so therefore it's not our jurisdiction," said Robert Creed Moberly's Assistant Fire Chief. He added unless the Higbee Fire District requested their help they couldn't move past the line. "Everything is gone because I'm out of their jurisdiction. It's hard for me to think that somebody could sit there about a 10th of a mile away when your house is burning down and not come down here and help," said Price. But I discovered that Price's home is at least three miles closer to the Moberly Fire Station than Higbee's. "Technically we could have gotten there faster", said Creed. Higbee Fire Captain Greg Eustace says since his crew are all volunteers it takes longer for them to respond because they are not housed at the station, so they would not be able to ask for help until it was too late. So was the Moberly fire crew needed? "Yes, had we gotten out there at the station and made an initial attack, I believe we could have saved 90% of the house," said the Higbee captain. Moberly says it has to worry about liability, for example, if a separate fire started in the city limits at the same time, Moberly would be at fault for not responding as fast. "We do feel bad, but we have to follow rules," said the Moberly Assistant Fire Chief. We made a call to the State Fire Marshal's office who says a state statue shows Moberly is in the right. He also says more fire districts are adopting these rules because of the liability. The Higbee Fire Captain told us the area fire districts will be reviewing the incident to see if a change in protocal, which has been in place for more than twenty years, is needed.

Thats what I am trying to do...help!! How do ya do that

I am just kinda curious on everybodys thoughts on this. Watch the video and read the article [web]http://www.kmiz.com/news/story.php?id=10546&author=Brynn%20Gingras&category=Fire&franchise=&county=Randolph&city=&partner=[/web] (Hope I did this right) :wink:

Great Job to everyone involved in patient care. :D/ On the flip side, know that from patient all the way through to patient care, know everyone involved is in the thoughts and prayers of alot of people. Lets hope this opens the eyes of those companies not practicing and preparing for mci's. And remind those just how important it is to contiue practicing.

Dwayne, I have to agree with you. Lisa, you WILL meet a lot of really cool people here. And there are A LOT of people here that are willing to help you do what you gatta do, and teach you beyond that. I too am a student. Granite I am a lowly EMT-b student, but a student none the less. I understand you "have to do what you have to do to pass the NR exam." I too, have to do this. And yes, I will probably be an EMT-b for awhile. My hubby is working extra so I can go to school, when I am in the field for a year, we are furthering his education next. From there we will see if or what decisions I make on my own education. Please do not take to heart everyones opinions, for they are just that, opinions. Everyone has them, don't mean you have to take all of them to heart. Take from this site what is useful to you now, and in the future. And don't ever, ever give up. Keep trucking along, have fun doing it. My experience says, if you enjoy and have fun with what you are doing, you will learn WAY more than you would by the hum drum way. Again, stick around, learn from the viable information And good luck! PM me sometime, maybe we can help each other out. :study:

I wanna play...I wanna play will Trendelenburg position work????

Hello, I am Karie and am from Missouri. I am currently enrolled in the emt-b class. I have been around the medical field for a long time. (dad's a medic, mom's and rn, hubbys an emt-. I have been lurking around for a little while now and am still getting the hang of this. I have found myself addicted to this site. Between chapters in my textbook, I am on EMTcity, before class I am on EMTcity, after class I am on EMTcity. You could say I am addicted. My hubby and kids even say everytime laptop is in front of me "are you at the city again???" LOL guess they really know me. Well will close for now, chat at ya later

Ok, 1st post but couldn't help myself. We (EMT-b hubby and I emt-b student) were listening to hubbys radio one night while he was off duty, we heard come across radio xxxcounty station...please respond to (whatever the addy was), 24 yo female complaining of leg pain. xxx county copy call xxx county, please be advised patient advises she has ummm...been severely bleeding internally for years now...*clears throat* ok, like I said he was off duty so we never did get to find out the rest of the details of the call....but I could imagine the feelings of the ones taking the call...had to be a lot like ours...soft laughter and confession.