Miss Sasha

This is a ridiculous idea. One's weight has little to nothing to do with a person's ability to perform their job. I'm all for testing of one's abilities to meet the demand of their job but a "weight limit" is ignorant. BMI doesn't account for muscle mass or body type, just that if they are this tall they should weigh between this much and that much. By BMI index a lot of body builders or muscular men and women would be considered obese. One's weight does not necessarily mean they can't perform essential functions of the job such as having the ability to intubate someone on the ground. Not every woman carries the weight at her breasts, some gain weight around their hips. Instead of setting a "weight limit" let's have a universal test that screens for the ability to perform the functions of the job.

Compressions only CPR works under the theory that there's enough oxygen bound to hemoglobin and such to circulate while waiting for an ambulance to arrive. Every time you interrupt compressions to deliver breathes, you're interrupting circulation to some vital organs since you ARE the circulation. I think this also works on the theory that you'll get an ambulance pretty quick... I doubt this "new CPR" was made with rural and very busy areas in mind where you may wait for 10+ minutes for an ambulance to arrive.

In my lovely little Orlando area, there are a few companies that still do 911. Rural Metro still runs some 911 calls. Some. But they're also about to die in central florida and pull out. American is kicking their butt in IFT calls. Health Central is a hospital based EMS 911 response, it covers some theme parks plus some of Ocoee. They're actually currently hiring for EMTs (I want that job! Arrgh!) Reedy Creek EMS is in Disney, which is kinda "911 response" and you get the little golf cart ambulances. Who wouldn't want that? EVAC is in Daytona Beach, they still do 911 response (last I heard. But I also heard they suck as much as Rural Metro does.) Lake Sumter EMS Polk County EMS (Actually requires you to be a resident in Polk County.) Lee County EMS. Orange County FD is hiring NON FD Medics for roaming Medic trucks. 12 hour shifts. They do require you to become FD within a certain time, but they pay for it. You must also pass the same fitness test their FF do. There is still SOME job ops for Non Fire EMS out there, but they don't pay very well and they're kind of hard to secure.

' I'd advise you to see a doctor about that.

I'm willing to bet that most people don't consider a police officer to be a medical professional. If someone, who claims to be a medical professional, can't even master their own trade, do you really want them to be trained for a couple hours and handed a gun? One that has the potential to kill someone? I also have a feeling that these guns wouldn't be concealed. What's to say a whacky patient wouldn't take it to use against you?

Allowing EMTs/Medics to carry a fire arm is just asking for trouble. What will be the regulations on when you can use it? Where is the funding going to come from to provide and train their staff on how to properly use the gun? It's my understanding that the title FDNY isn't NYFD to prevent EMS personnel from getting attacked due to it being similar to NYPD. So wont adding a gun to the mix just make people automtically think "Cop" and make it even more dangerous to the EMS personnel? I can also see an abuse of the fire arm and people getting overly trigger happy.

In my very limited experience, the ones who brag they never miss don't do it enough to allow the opprotunity to miss.

I'm assume you always drive perfectly, especially running l/s? It was a spin out due to bad road conditions, I'm not sure how you managed to pass judgement that they were driving too fast, it's nearly impossible to tell how fast they were driving in the video. It was an accident, not something worth termination and name calling.