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Lots of issues and questions are put to light in this "case"

The biggest one is that the trooper has a case of "I have a gun and a badge you better do what I say"...The Ambulance lets the trooper pass and it took the trooper less than 0:00:30 to do it, thanks for the time stamps VinMann:

13:55:55 Around a curve. Amb. and car visible up ahead.

13:55:59 Possibly in mirror sight. About to crest hill. No pass zone.

13:56:02 Approaching rear of Amb. Car in front appears to be yielding.

13:56:03 Amb. passes yielding car.

13:56:05 Pass complete.

13:56:08 Trooper now visible to left-side mirror.

13:56:09 End of no pass zone.

13:56:10 Amb. begins to yield to trooper

13:56:13 Pass complete

14:?? Driver of Amb. issued written warning for "failure to yield"

The problem is I know some troopers from my own state with this same mentality.

Next is another point that was just mentioned in the previous post

Common everyone you forget EVOC 101: L&S means all rules are null and void to you.

Do LEO's not understand that point. We in EMS deal with it everyday...Driving L/S is a responsibility not a right. Due regard and all that. How fast was the trooper going en route to assist the Sheriff - and when he got to the scene that scene is looking under control by the officer that is there.

As for the racial issues the EMT driving and the trooper are both Caucasian - was the trooper even able to see what race the paramedic was??

The issue of Abandonment - leaving the truck NO - getting arrested YES.

Also there is another little thing I haven’t seen mentioned yet called HIPPA - the trooper should not have put his head in the back of the Ambulance and spoke with the pt - He was not on the initial call with the pt and had no need for pt contact.

The ER (the largest in most of Michigan and the only Level 1 in Western MI)

Don't forget about K-Zoo - Both of them advertise they are Level 1

I was working and ended up watching it online at the station, Glad that everyone was OK and no major injuries...

First call was a donor bike that lost it on a gravel covered curve and hit his chest on a steal post on the side of the road...got to the hospital and watched the Dr put in bilat chest tubes...

How is it that LMAs are being used in the field BLS when the pt has to be NPO because the LMA doesn't protect against emesis. Also do you have the ability to autoclave them for reuse

Longevity and pay seems to be the issue this thread is going...The company I work for has a longevity and Cert level increases...after so many years it caps, and you get a % raise afterwards...an EMT-B that has been at my company for the max number of years will make just about the same as a new medic just starting out...after the medic has been at the company for the max amount of time his pay has increased to more than the EMT-B but the EMT-B has still been getting his annual raises...but at this company Basics either don't stay basics long or they go elsewhere by the time that comes around...

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WOW! that's a pretty general statement considering the company here at EMTCity. I personally don't think you have the right to make such a statement and take exception to it! Maybe where you work bro, but not where I am. Most EMT's and medics I work with are nothing less than professional in all aspects of their pt care and all other duties we have to take care of. Maybe with that attitude, it's time for you to move on!

All I was doing was answering akflightmedic and I will stick with my previous statment...X

Stay on track people and read from the beginning.

This has nothing to do with the morning after pill, whether it is right or wrong, or whether we as EMS providers can give it.

If you read the first original post in its entirety, you will have a grasp on the topic at hand.

It is about laws that are trying to be passed that enable us to withhold ANY treatment if it conflicts with our own personal religous or moralistic views.

My concern was this law would enable or allow a lot of abuse of the privelege by burnt out lazy or incompetent medics.

In addition, it would give certain zealots a really nice platform upon which to place themselves in order to start spewing their message in whatever unique way they contrive now that their actions or inactions are protected by the law.

There are always those willing to be martyrs to prove a point, to any extreme, no matter how right or how wrong.

First I entered EMS because of my Religious convictions...This legislation SHOULD NOT affect EMS but it will because there are a lot of burned out and lazy EMS providers out there that need to move on to a new line of work...