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Some info on our Statewide EMS Task Force http://www.emsresponder.com/features/artic...;siteSection=22

Its a bit bass ackwards, not gonna lie. I just moved back from Florida, cause the pay down there absolutely blows, and I didn't feel like using my skills to do BLS transports. I am currently being sponsored by AtlantiCare in South Jersey. We are a fairly progressive service, providing MAV, BLS interfacility, BLS 911, MICU, SCTU, helicopter EMS, and we are the lead agency for the NJ EMS Task Force in the Southern Region. Yes, we do contact medical control for every ALS patient, and yes, ALS is over worked, and under staffed. However, the BLS agencies are (for the most part) all paid in my area, and our service is becoming more progressive. If you are interested still, PM me and I can shoot you some more info. There IS change coming. May not be right now, but there is change coming.

Damn. Something else I wasn't taught in school. :roll: It as jsut here, draw up until I say so. I did find out from an RN that blue has heparin, and needs to be all the way full.

Hm. He gets angry at seeing nudity and profanity on the TV. My last shift I worked in the ER, I wiped someones ass, heard a man swear up and down, enough so to make a sailor blush when he crushed his fingers in a vise, saw a trauma naked victim come in on a backboard, then get cathed, and got an explicit history from a females sex history. I was more offended from work then I would from ANY movie or show. Glad the ban hammer came out.

I'm throwing the challenge flag on this. You need to remove shirt to locate anatomical landmarks. And to later attach quick combo pads or paddles, as well as leads.

ooh, sorry, the state we were looking for is New YORK. Yes, New York drivers are the worst in the country. Well, the board is still open, and you have control.... And apparantly you have never met a blue light terrorist.... :twisted:

And we wonder why we are held back in the 1970s.... :roll: :roll: :roll: I had a couple EMTs tell me the other day that they were only EMTs cause they had to be. That they got enough training at their "squad". Fracking morons. Ban the FAC! Bring their leaders heads to me on a platter! :twisted:

Avoid the silver bracelets if at all possible. They are great at first, but once on that cot, use a soft restraint (Kling, cravat, soft restraint) or leathers. Further harm can come to the patient from the handcuffs, and guess who will be held responsible?

Ignorant fool.

Alot of insensative and ignorant comments here. Lets just leave it at, if you haven't dealt with depression and/or suicidal ideations yourself, you really don't know what you are talking about. Period. You can listen to someone talk about it all you want. Thats akin to describing an orgasm to a virgin, what color is to a blind man, and music is to a deaf man. Judge not, lest ye be judged.

Something leads me to believe that he is not yet an EMT...

No. Nein. Nyet. Non. You will not be hireable. Save your money.

Any Tower Co. for Orlando Fire Dept. 8)

This is something that I am proud to say I have been involved with, albeit behind the scenes, as a Communications Specialist. http://floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...S/80917004/1086

I interview with AtlantiCare on Monday as an EMT. Once I get my NREMT-P written taken care of, I start the reciprocity process.

I move back to Jersey Thursday, and interview the 22nd. Should I pass, I will be starting out as an EMT :roll: until I get my NJ Medic license. When I come back in October for the Pepper concert in Orlando, I plan on taking it. The only place that I really want to work for (Orlando FD) isnt hiring at the moment, and this job up in NJ opened itself up. I cant turn it down. Florida is not ruled out in the future though.

If you haven't already heard, I passed Medic school! The final was tough, but I did it. I passed my NREMT-P practical last Saturday, and I am waiting on my auth. to test, so I can knock out that, and get my NJ Medic. It was a tough class, but some of you helped, whether you meant to or not. Specifically Dust and Vent. I have had more then my fair share of disagreements and arguements with yall, but you both have a wealth of knowlege that I have tapped from some you your posts. Thanks guys, and the rest of you on EMT City who post smart stuff I remember, and applied.

Many PDs require ETOH persons to be transported to a hospital because of liability concerns. I saw nothing but good handling of another skell. I take that back, only the cop had on skell gloves. Getting pissed off, chasing the skell around the bus will not look good at all. Especially in the ghetto.

This was a first, at least that I had heard of. When there are reports of people trapped, or there is reason to believe that there is entrapment, it would be near negligent to not make at least an aggressive interior search, if not attack.

Yes and no, Dust. As long as the educational requirements continue to pander to the lowest common denominator (sorry folks, but that is 9 times outta 10 the vollies), then there will be no advancement. Here in Fla, the FFII curiculum is heavy in the fire behavior. The Fire I is what to do. No whys. More like EMT. And the vollies piss and moan and cry when career depts won't call them for assistance. Hm.... :roll: As for the no, look at the numbers of those that died, and the causes of said injuries. 55% (+/-) are from cardiovascular related incidents, 25% (+/-) are from motor vehicle related incidents. That leaves aprox. 20 % (+/-) from actual firefighting related injuries. I did not further break that down to include rapid fire growth, structural collapse, lost/disoriented, or otherwise entrapped. Also, there is at least 10 (+/-) Firefighters who are killed in wildfire incidents. Those are extremely hard to predict, and often times are the result of sudden changes in weather. Yes, some could have been prevented, but short of the fire never starting, many would have been difficult to have actually prevented, since the weather plays such a large role in wildland firefighting.

Hmmmm

Naw, the T shirt, and myspace pics.

Ak, if only the law was followed. :roll: As it currently stands, FFI is 180 hrs, and FFII is 280 hours. FFII is known as minimum standards, as in the minimum to get hired with a career dept. In light of the current urban interface wildfire problem, Florida will be changing the FFI curriculum to include Red Card, or the minimum training to fight a wildfire.

For the love of God I hope you are joking. The days of joining up at the local Fire Dept, then running a structure fire as soon as one comes in are long since over. Building construction, fire behavior, and fuel loads have changed dramatically in the last decade. Not to mention all of the new and devious ways of forceable entry have changed, due to, once again, building construction change. Yes, the USFA, and FEMA are now requiring a MINIMUM of FF-1, ICS-100, 200, NIMS 700, 800, and, IIRC, Bloodborne pathogens, as well as HazMat awareness for ALL combat employees (including VFFs) in order to be considered for a grant. To be honest, that is too little, too late. A minimum of First Responder, and FF2 needs to be implimented as well. Firefighting is not just a physical career. There needs to be brains behind the brawn. FFI is monkey work. FFII is when you actually use your brain, and muscles in order to make yourself an asset to your agency, and the taxpayers.

Sorry, but better you guys then us! We got over 2ft of rain, and in many areas, the flood waters are still rising! :shock: