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Thanks for the replies. I'll give the NREMT office a call. Happy new year to you all.

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You crack me up reporting me? That made me smile, get a life. I only replied to this thread to counteract your utterly appalling attitude, I was ashamed by your comments regarding American EMS. What people should know is that many your comments are based on fantasy, You are not a State registered Paramedic, you do not work for the NHS Ambulance service, I assume you have never trained as a US medic? (correct me if I am wrong) never worked as a pre hospital care provider in the US? So what gives you the right to criticize the system? Why do you insist on coming on Ambulance forums, gobbing off, criticizing everything? You do not have any credibility on many of the UK forums mate, is that why you are lurking here?

Hello all, another Brit Medic here, working for the mighty EEAS. I hope the usual suspects don't show us up here :roll: Remember, we see everything :twisted: Best Watch The Spelling

Zippy, you eternal wannabe, there really is no escape from you. This Zippy guy lurks in many UK Ambulance forums trolling for an arguement, mostly we ignore him. I make £32500 without overtime. My wife is on band 8 at just under £40k, what post do you hold that would necescitate at £10,000 pay cut my delerious little friend? Crawl back into a Nursey forum.......Oh, sorry, forgot, they all banned you for being such a pain in the arse! Apologies to any of our colonial friends who were offended by our cretinous bretheren, the genuine frontline NHS Ambo bods do not share his attitude.

Can't let you hog all the glory old bean!

That is the best comment I have ever read on an EMS forum

X-Rays in Ambulances??? What do you guys think? DR systems now available in UK Portable digital radiography (DR) systems are to be made available to UK ambulances, following the success of the technology in Italy. An Italian hospital in Vicenza reported a marked increase in efficiency and standards of patient care after the implementation of the Canon DR x-ray system last year. Imaging systems provider, Xograph, now plans to make the equipment available in Britain. The system will be installed into ambulances in order to make field examinations possible for paramedics. Using the equipment, images can be produced in less than three seconds after exposure and transmitted back to the hospital. "The filmless hospital was initially seen as the main advantage of DR but as the innovation continues, the boundaries of the radiology department have expanded," said Neil Staff, technical director at Xograph. "Today, portable x-ray solutions can be used in the field during military action, as a triage tool at roadside accidents and for remote examinations in nursing homes, prisons and forensic sites." Hospital chiefs will be hoping that once installed, the system will speed up decision making and reduce congestion in A&E

Can't be a bad thing, do it!

Here in England we use both lignocaine & Amiodarone for refractory VF/VT. Both are supplied to us in minijet form. Any evidence of improved outcome with the Amiodarone is anecdotal at best. I have used both numerous times & can percieve no appreciable difference in outcome.