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FF's OVERCOME BY C.O. ON EMS RUN

Thanks Billy G from The Secret List @ www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com

Two Salina (KS) Fire Department members were hospitalized and numerous other people were treated at the hospital last night after being overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning in a townhouse. A civilian is also reported dead from this run.

The civilian victim was reported to be unconscious and not breathing when SFD firefighters were called to his home around 1900 hours Wednesday.

A woman who had been trying unsuccessfully to reach the man called the SFD when she went to his home and discovered him unconscious. She was sickened by carbon monoxide when she entered the townhouse, but was able to get out and call for help.

However, an SFD paramedic and firefighter who went into the house upon arrival were quickly overcome, and they collapsed. The Captain and FF/driver who were on the apparatus with them had to go in and pull them out.

Additional help was requested, and before the night was over, a total of seven Salina Fire Department members ended up being treated at the hospital for elevated carbon monoxide levels. A Salina police officer also was treated, he said, as was the woman who called 911.

The hospital reported that one person had died-would not identify but it was likely the initial victim.

The SFD paramedic and firefighter who were the first to enter the townhouse were admitted to the hospital for treatment. The source of the carbon monoxide was a car that had been left running in an attached garage. The car had run out of gas, and the battery also was run down, but SFD Fire Marshal Williams said the engine was still warm.

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Norvegian diet...

Ole was at the doctor's office.

Doc: 'I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you should have lost at least 5 pounds.'

When Ole returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 60 lbs!

'Why, that's amazing!' the doctor said, 'Did you follow my instructions?'

Ole nodded..'I'll tell you though, by God, I thought I wuz gonna drop dead on dat 3rd day.'

'From the hunger, you mean?' asked the doctor.

Ole: 'Hell no, it wuz from all dat damn skippin'!

A man was arrested after running over his neighbors cat. Seems that when he hit the cat it severed the tail. He did his best at reattaching the tail and that's were his trouble started. Unfortunately it's illegal to retail pussy in Montana

A hole was found in a nudist colony wall. Police are looking into it.

Get off the stove Momma your to old to ride the range

If you choke a smurf what color does it turn?

If you kiss your honey when your nose is runny you may think its funny but its snot.

to my knowledge nurses and other staff take the same course and use the same criteria for cpr as everybody else. That being said I wonder if the ER staff are using info on there monitors combined with education and experience to give them criteria to go outside the standard rates and techniques. Question on the patient you witness did all of the ER staff increase the rate of compressions or just one or two. If it is the later I would say that they were just too amped up.

The perfect song to time your compressions by is ironicaly 'another one bites the dust' by queen.

if it doesn't make it can we cook it?

Has any one seen a c-collar system using vacuum splint technology. If you think about it wouldn't elongate the neck, allow movement, it would conform to the patient and could be built to bridge out to the shoulders and give a better base to the c-collar. Fore that matter it could be formed in such a manner as to support the head as well so the weight would not be suspended by a neck that is immobilized. One of you guys develop that and become a millionaire.

I do what the voices in my radio tell me to do

My father went threw 6 weeks in CICU after a unsuccessful bypass surgery and I can sympathize with your problem. I think once the nurses get use to the idea of you being there they will be a good allies. They were for me.

Obama like his predecessor is a liar, you can tell cause his lips are moving. The real shame is you thought it would be different.

ok abc,s appear to be OK how is air way, questions location of pain, started when, quality,radiating so on, meds list alergies, events leading up to this, last oral intake, expand current medical history, breath sounds what is patents general appearance and skin color.

Actions o2 15 lpm on nrb and may examine abdomen or pain area if pertinent and productive.

Envy? I doubt it, very much. Anyone can become a volunteer firefighter.

I too am a volunteer firefighter in a small country town. I joined because I wanted to help the community, we don't have a hug amount of volunteers, I enjoy the company of the other volunteers, I enjoy the training and associated challenges and I'd like to think that if something went wrong that appropriately trained people are there to help. I have no desire to become a Career Firefighter or do Firefighting full time. I like having the flexibility of being a volunteer, there is no pressure to attend calls you attend when you have time. Training is also flexible to a certain extent depending on your level of involvement and training. I'm at an intermediate level, I have all the basic skills needed to preform wildfire suppression, basic structural/urban assessment and suppression, hazmat and minor rescue. I'm happy to turn out to this level, I also take responsibility of maintaining this level of qualification and it's requirements to maintain competency. The option is there to take the next step up into a leadership or advanced firefighting role but I feel I have insufficient experience to preform at this level and working full time would put me under increased pressure to maintain these skills.

In Australia EMS and Fire are totally different services. While I am the crew medic our appliances only carry basic first aid equipment, I do not respond in a medical capacity. If we get to a scene were someone is injured I will apply basic first aid until the paramedics arrive, the local paramedics know I'm a nurse and will ask for help if they need it.

There is no need for all this “them and us” rubbish, we all flying under the emergency services banner – we should all work as a team.

True timmy and well spoken but that wouldnt be as much fun messin with phil and a few others.

More hose envy poor Phil

Lets try this approach in teaching this new basic, first don't yank his had away you will freak him and the patient. You need to have control of your student prior to the call as a preceptor. Second try out this explanation on palpation " you are looking for lands mines if you see one or find one don't play with it but you do have to look'. What I am trying to express is that you need to palpate the ab to locate any problems but once that is done we (as basics) really don't the skills to produce any more useful findings threw continued palpation. In summation a palpation of the abdomen should be done at all levels but once a significant finding is found then further examination should be weighted with a cost verse gain approach. It is assumed that all other investigative avenues are being used like history vitals etc.

Tnuigs I pushed your post about the FDA up to the state level citing only the sources and guess what? They are gonna use it anyway, who da thunk.

Well this has been fun it started with a discussion on the king airway but because a basic brought it that point fell out to the old traditional paramedics rule basics drool argument. but I would still like to know dust do you think the king is a good device. Also there was some pending problems with the king airway and the FDA, how did that come out. As far as the age old basic verse paramedic argument if we throw money out of the equation and did strictly what was best for the patient we would have a ER doc and nurse plus a basic for a driver on ever call in every state but this is the real world know what?

All this animosity stems from "HOSE envy". Sadly its true some people feel woefully under equipped to handle all situations so they choose to canonize the one the have mastered. Its a shame really all they need is a little confidence building and they to will feel adequate in most situations. But one truth still remains some of use can be firemen and emt's some can't.

P.S. I love stirring the pot Merry Christmas to all

So often people are tried by the media and it takes weeks for the truth to come out and then it is usually under reportered. If you want positive media coverage you need to were tights and a cape, go topless or defame the current regime. Other wise you could start the pope's heart with your radio battery and still get arrested for assault.

Children play nice together or there will be a lump of coal for you.

That chicks got some wheels on her she caught my escalade 97

OK first can we take the helo scouting for elk?

Secondly if we go in the direction of the bends then we are going to have to fly low not to aggravate the situation more.

gotta due some research to be productive at this level but i'm stickin with the scouting for elk plan

horns are backwards

In Montana that would be a daycare center

because you gave him the choice to have a shitty life back and he can change it. Also you do this so that son knows his dad is gonna get the best care and so he can cry on your chest. If you need more I will be there for your family member you be there for mine.