Richard B the EMT

1) Kobayashi Maru scenario is to find out how potential command candidates handle failure. 2) James Tiberius Kirk is the only candidate to take the Maru scenario twice, and the only one in academy history to beat the scenario. He cheated, you know! 2) Peace and long life. Live long and prosper, my "Trek" fan breathren!

You got me good!

Johnny has a definite future in national politics!

Actually, I believe I have seen those 2 phrases in several of our humor strings, usually mentioned as someting like stereotyped 'Hillbilly" EMS talk, such as "Artery=Study of art", or "Benign=What you be after you be eight". However, while there is a place for that type humor, intentional or not, it has no place on a written call report, or when presenting a patient in the ER. I have seen an ER doctor ream out a Newjack for using these type phrases, because the Newjack actually thought the phrases were type-acceptable.

I have seen "Emergency Responders" and "Emergency Workers", identifying us, and, as the EMS Command of the FDNY is, well, a part of the Fire Department, simply as "da fiyah depahtment" (apologies to the folks in Boston for the bad imitation accent). There's also "Ambulance Crews". Once in a while, I actually have heard "EMS Workers" or "EMS Crews".

Blue "Shock" lights? Let's do the time warp again! As I recall, the blue lights were to be easy on the vision of a patient you cardioverted back to life. Don't recall them being on any American make ambulance following the 1980 model year.

Please clarify what you mean by "registered FOR" your EMT-B. Are you registered in a class for it, or do you already have your NY State DoH "Cert"? Depends on the facility. Some use people already trained as EMT-Bs, some as EMT-Paramedics, some do in-house training for the position, or exclusively use those trained as Emergency Room Technicians. Some don't hire any EMT-B or EMT-Paramedic personnel at all for any hospital jobs, relying on people trained to one of the levels of nurses.

While I still call for this string to be locked, I mention that there is the possibility of confusion of "Funny", to specifics, LOL funny, versus strange type funny.

Considering the subject matter, I'd say it was "questionable".

Back in those dark days when my ambulance was pulled by amoebas...Make that the spring of 1974, when I was taking my very first EMT class, I had an instructor who stated that it was more important to have an EMT Textbook, to refer to when in doubt, on the ambulance, than a map. Nowadays, I hold both to be important, less so the map, due to GPS, and the text, due to iPADs or similar.

Happiness and tniuqs have just proven, once again, that England, Canada, Austrailia, New Zealand, and the United States are still devided by our common (?) language.

Just be aware that any pocket protocol books are generalized, and might have in them protocols not used in your area, or not have protocols that you do. See my mantra at the end, that you should follow your local protocols, as mine might be different from yours.

Check in with the New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association, at http://www.nysvara.org/

Best look at the NYC REMAC (Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee), at http://nycremac.com/ Also, look at NYC REMSCO (Regional Emergency Medical Services Council) at http://www.nycremsco.org/

I'm east coast (and technically south shore of Long Island, NY). Does that make me, a native New Yorker, a "Neufie", even an honorary one?

Station fifty one, K-M-G-3-6-5.

I remember there used to be a "Hamburger University", where the McDonald's Corporation used to send it's senior managers for training. It might be considered to be a managerial school in the "Hotel and Food Indsustry" trade, or "Industrial and Labor Management Relations". Plus, the class was only a week or 2, and EMT-Basic is at least 125 hours, more in some counties, parishes, states, provences, and countries.

Probably just as bad, but in different ways.

True. I know a few took their New York State DoH written test on the day of their 18th birthday. Depending on the area, EMT-CC is not recognized. Lets go crazy: Nassau County, NY, accepts A-EMTs, but Queens County, a part of New York City, and is on a common border with Nassau, does not. Local protocols always rule, sometimes confusingly, but they rule!

Want to go nuts? New York County is one of the five counties comprising New York City, which is, in turn, a part of New York State. I also mention that there is a West New York, New Jersey!

As the Union Local's president, isn't he supposed to be pissed off at management? Actually, Pat has a way of turning a phrase.

Your saying that offends me. Don't say that again! (Did I just make your point?)

Thanks 4c6, that's who I meant.

Let us not forget "All in the Family", "Archie Bunker's Place", and "The Jeffersons", for using similar, and a bit worse, words.

I'm going to get back to you with information on a trade show at the Nassau Coliseum, in Uniondale, Nassau County Long Island, in late February, with vendors showing off Engine, Ladder, Rescue, Airport Crash Rescue, and ambulance vehicles, and just about everything to equip them, or dress the crews with. I've always been provided with free event tickets, so I have no idea the cost, plus, parking is NEVER free. It's a 2 day event, over a weekend. I was not able to locate the information on the Nassau Coliseum's website, but you might be able to get dates from the New Jersey First Aid Squad's association (probably messed up their name).