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he's not an emt, hes not a cfr, hes going to be going to school to be an EMT soon, and apparently is on a volunteer squad. anyone else read something wrong in what i said ? where are you located where you cant legally go to an emergency scene for 1 year after your certification ? When you are trained, knowledgeable, and comfortable with your training and knowledge, then and only then should you get equipment to help if you see something happen, otherwise call 9-1-1 and let a 'proffessional' deal with it. and a 5 week course? I know in NYC we only have a 120 hour course, but it is broken down over a few classes a week for handful of months so you can absorb the knowledge. If you dont like what I or other EMT's have to say about this subject perhaps you should re-evaluate your anxcious attitude.

an emergency o2 tank is like 40$'s .. not all that expensive, its less expensive then most steth's, if you cant afford proper equipment to help, and arent knowledgeable in skills such as vital signs, c-spine stabalization etc.. you shouldnt really be jumping out of your car to help just yet, just activate 9-1-1. again just an opinion, you and everyone are free to do as they wish.

o2 bag? and no o2? nrb? nc? steth? bp cuff? with the equipment mentioned you cant perform a full set of vitals. And if you drive up to an accident 3 things you should be really thinking(in my opinion) is the scene safe? activate 9-1-1. and C-spine stabalization. Of course there are many other aspects to consider and alot of details change everything. but hey I said what I said.

i didnt say this was breaking news, still glad the topic was brought up. and there will always be a more pressing issue thats more news worthy doesnt make it interesting. Just appreciate it for what it is. Another reminder about possible side affects/disruptions to a pacemaker. And no it hasn't been thoroughly researched I want yourself (or your sources) AZCEP or Ridryder to show me at least 1 other research study about IPOD's and pacemakers! If you took my response to be a relationship between electronics and pacemakers you are incorrect I was being specific in the reseach topic to be IPODS VS. Pacemakers. again, appreciate it for what it is.

all the hospitals here always have signs posted to not use cellphones. of course we do it anyways, and dont usually get a hard time about it, but we do occasionally. *shrugs* i still think it was a good topic !

okay, so therefore, it seems you further strengthen the point, cell phone on = little electromagnetic field where as using an IPOD = stronger electromagnetic field :?:

cell phones dont work in the subway, not sure about pda's but i dont beleive they do either. ipods do. *shrug* whatever. no point in arguing over pointless nonsense. i for one am glad this was brought to attention, however it hasnt even been thoroughly or completely researched. and actually Paris did, shes going to jail, or gotta buy/sleep her way outta it for violating her parol!

this might not be relevant everywhere but i think this is absolutely important in NYC, where everyone has an ipod(well close to it) and we all pack ourselves onto subway stations without enough room to breath, if my ipod is in my inside jacket pocket and im pushed up against sumone with a pacemaker it could be potentially deadly. and i think its newsworthy cuz it did bring attention to a situation that others might not have thought of. i certainly didnt think an ipod could cause a pacemaker to stop. interference sure, stop it? no. just an opinion. love ya all

here in ny we are allowed one attempt only if there is lack of distal perfusion, motor, and/or sensory. otherwise just splint and go.

for the record the term "smoke a fag" means smoke a ciggarette. how do you people not know this ? lol ...

To answer this question, yes, and moreover alot of people probably have and dont know it. I've worked an over night with a transgenderd partner or close to it(I'm not up to date on political correct terminology,) and I don't know the exact details of the persons sexual orientation and I dont want to, completely irrelevant to the job, and the persons choice had nothing to do with anything. Others don't share this outlook, and to say the least co-workers always seem to be whispering behind this persons back, including supervisors. Then again supervisors at my job lack ethics in general sleeping with employees bringing it with them to work and other nonsense. Theres not much to say about it in my opinion unlike AK who wrote a novel

precepting, hmm easiest way to explain, hmm, i guess a peceptor is like a mentor, precepting is mentoring a student who is trying to become a emt-b/emt-p etc.. I think that should explain it ... maybe someone else can explain better.

doubt anyone will hate you, seems everyones in some sort of agreement that hatzola isnt the best service in nyc.

Hatzolah, has been known to pass by flag downs on the " your not jewish" line. Which is why they might get a cold shoulder from some, but this is word of mouth i have no documentaion so ill stay quiet about it

" Good catch never trust Doctors care in Mexico, but for this scenario patient was seen by one of the few very good Doctors in this border town, one that you would trust with your childs care, cast done better than what they'll get at our small town hospital we take them to. X-ray shows proper bone set. Again intercepts only done if need second medic in back for real emergency or if when in route another call comes in then you sometimes give them first patient then go back for the next. I'll forgive you for not knowing frontier medicine if you'll forgive me for getting lost when try the city medicine. Can't imagine only 10 minutes to hospital. Primary service I am with patient at least 90 minutes. My part time service will spend about 45 minutes with them unless I go as mutual aid back to my primary area.

<< city boy ... i dont have any protocol that says make a medical decision/refuse treatment/txp cuz the next available unit is too far away. Why not run an intercept with that unit 60 miles away ? split the ride half way ? Further, theres no new medical complaint except the broken arm ? ... here's a question how well does the parent/child speak english ? are you certain she said what you think she said ? I don;t know the "text book answer" but i would take the pt. cuz i have no idea, whats going on under that cast, dont know if it was done right, or what. again I'd probably go for an intercept but im a city boy what do i know lol

txp ... why wouldnt you txp ? sure you're being a taxi cab in a sense, but if they called 9-1-1 txp. just my opinion

ut oh what did they do now ? lol

no it says ASPIRING FF/medic meaning thats what he wants to be. Now, to the original poster. Lets think for a moment, if a PT needs TXP by AMBULANCE, first question to ask is WHY do they need that ambualnce. Lets say they need it because they have Epilepsy, and they need to go from a hospital where they were for a recent seizure to a long term care facility or assisted living facility. Even if they are on medication which can control there epilepsy to an extent, there is still a risk of a seizure, thats why they need the assisted living and why they need an ambulance. Sure there is little to no probability anything will happen, but in the case it does, you would need to initiate the proper treatment call your dispatcher and get permission to "light it up" to take the PT to nearest ER. Another example, someone above mentioned that alot of Nursing Home's call private companies, this is very true. When I was in transport, we would get numerous calls for pt's that needed immediate interventions and required us to "Light it up." A spin off of this is, we also would get dispatched to calls going to the ER, Pt needs txp from private home to ER for something that is not very significant, like an infection of a Decubitus Ulcer. So you will get some "emergency" expirience, as well as learning alot of terminology from reading charts, as well as reading nurse's and Dr's histories. I think there are benefits to both jobs, and it is a tough call. My intent of the post is just to give you some insight on "lighting it up" not really to give you an answer on which to pick.

isnt this a little presumptive ? i mean transcare medic starting pay is 23$'s an hour straight from school, so why wouldnt a medic from fdny with years of expirienve getting paid $19 transfer over to make more money? just a thought based on money. and money only, nothing to do with being part 800 etc...

with the way he stated the last line in his first post,

this was a bad puntuation problem let me fix yes its a bad thing, is my answer your poll i like getting paid .. aka, i like getting paid so YES volunteers in nyc are bad.

yes its a bad thing to answer your poll i like getting paid .. and 2ndly i havent had any problems with fdny

fitzpatrick i posted them already, ... fitz where do you work ?

haha that gave me a good laugh lol ..