lemonlimeEMT

Yeah, I completely agree with you USAF, but its easier said than done (in the case of Osama). As much as I would love to say I'd save him, because I couldn't let an innocent die, I know that there is a part of me that would want him to burn-justice right? As for my question, just so guys know my opinion I would save the strangers. I don't think I could live with myself knowing that I let 5 people die just because I wanted to save someone I cared about. And to EMT001, yeah I'm taking intro to west. philosophy.

Ok so the other day in my philosophy class, we were talking about ethics (Kant vs. Utilitarian ethics to be specific), and this what would you do question came up: There's a fire, with people trapped inside. You only have enough time to save either 5 strangers or 1 sibling. What do you do? Just wondering what you guys would choose?

Around here there is some kind of law about stopping when you are off duty; if you are in a car with some kind of EMT identification (i.e. sticker thing on windshield), you are required to stop and offer assistance if police or other rescue crews are not already on scene. The other day I was with a fellow EMT, and we heard on his scanner about an MVA down the road, we decided not to stop since the ambulance should be ariving in a minute or so. As we kept driving, we saw the MVA; it was in a different location than where the ambulance was dispatched to. So we stopped, told the cops to radio dispatch, and offered help. We took initial assessment, baseline vitals and c-spine by the time the ambulance got there. We told them what info we had, and stuck around (out of the way) to see if they needed any extra help. Turns out both patients need to be back boarded, and we were around to help load the patients. If I stop on scene, that's what I usually do: what I can until the ambulance gets there, and then offer help any way I can-if they don't need it, I leave.

one day, and not even a particularly busy day, I waited in the ER with a patient for 87 minutes (we got bored and decided to time it), the worst part was it was about 3 am when we got there....

I totally trust everyone at my agency. They've had to treat me before (after I was in a bad car crash), and I trust every one of them with my life.

ok guys, just thought I'd share this with you: you know you're in urban ems if the medic station is too close to be considered safe while the cops secure the scene at an assault call....